Research
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.
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