Research

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Outstanding Faculty and Research Opportunities

Our faculty and researchers are active in patents, publications, presentations, editorial boards, professional organizations and grant review study panels. Our state-of-the-art research attracts a diverse community of graduate students in both basic and clinical research.

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Faculty Researchers

Brandi Bowers Email: bowersbr@umkc.edu Research areas: Underserved Patient Care; Interprofessional Partnerships; Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Evidence-Based Medicine

Austin Campbell Email: campbellar@umkc.edu Research areas: Mental Health in Primary Care

Kun Cheng Email: chengkun@umkc.edu Research areas: Biotechnology; Drug Delivery

Lisa Cillessen Email: cillessenl@umkc.edu Research areas: Medication Safety; Point-of-Care Testing; Curricular Design

Seenae Eum Email: eums@umkc.edu Research areas: Pharmacogenomics; Psychopharmacology

Simon Friedman Email: friedmans@umkc.edu Research areas: Chemical-Biology; Macromolecular Chemistry

Paul O. Gubbins Email: gubbinsp@umkc.edu Research areas: Health Education and Perceptions Among College Students; Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Pharmacy ; Point-Of-Care Tests for Infectious Diseases; Pharmacokinetics and Drug Interactions Associated with Antifungal Agents

William Gutheil Email: gutheilw@umkc.edu Research areas: Chemical Biology

Kendall Guthrie Email: guthriekd@umkc.edu Research areas: Community Pharmacy Practice Advancement; Interprofessional Education; Co-curricular Experiences

Karen Hardinger Email: hardingerk@umkc.edu Research areas: Pharmacotherapy; Transplants

Chi H. Lee Email: leech@umkc.edu Research areas: Implantable Polymer-Based Cardiovascular Systems for Delivery of Drugs, Proteins and Gene, Ideal Platform for 3D & 4D Printed AI-Based Biomedical Engineering

Cameron C. Lindsey Email: lindseyca@umkc.edu Research areas: Preventative Health; Community Engagement

Yifei Liu Email: liuyif@umkc.edu Research areas: Health Care Services; Health Behaviors and Outcomes

Mridul Mukherji Email: mukherjim@umkc.edu Research areas: Enzymology; Epigenetics

Sarah Oprinovich Email: oprinovichs@umkc.edu Research areas: Community Pharmacy; Chronic Disease Management; editorial board for Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning

Erica Ottis Email: ottisej@umkc.edu Research areas: Interprofessional Education; Interprofessional Team Development

Mark Patterson Email: pattersonmar@umkc.edu Research areas: Implementation Science; Community Pharmacy; Health Information Technology; Artificial Intelligence

Jordan Rowe Email: rowejm@umkc.edu Research areas: LGBTQ Health Outcomes; Educational Outcomes

Jennifer Santee Email: santeej@umkc.edu Research areas: Diversity; Equity

Amanda Stahnke Email: stahnkea@umkc.edu Research areas: Diabetes Distress; Health Equity

Diana Tamer Email: tamerd@umkc.edu Research areas: Cancer Genomics

Bi-Botti Celestin Youan Email: youandb@umkc.edu Research areas: Nanomedicine; Controlled Drug Delivery; Targeted Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Technology; Pharmaceutical Engineering; Pharmaceutics