University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Membership

Join the Center for Drug Discovery to collaborate with other researchers to facilitate drug discovery at different stages of the development pipeline, including assay development and validation, high-throughput screening (HTS) and image-based high-content screening (HCS) discovery, hit-to-lead validation and optimization, and in vitro and in vivo pharmacology and toxicology. All CU faculty and faculty at participating Colorado academic institutions interested in drug discovery are eligible for full Membership. Full Members will benefit from discounted rates to utilize the Drug Discovery and Development Shared Resource (D³SR). In addition, individuals from industry or other institutions outside of Colorado may participate as Associate Members.

Fill out the application below for your membership to the Center for Drug Discovery.

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Members

Dan LaBarbera, PhD

Professor and Director, CU AMC Center for Drug Discovery
Co-Director, Drug Discovery and Development Shared Resource (D3SR)
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Areas of Expertise:
drug design, drug mechanism(s) of action, HTS/HCS Drug Discovery, in vitro and in vivo pharmacokinetics and toxicology, in vitro and in vivo pharmacology, molecular and cancer biology, organic and medicinal chemistry

daniel.labarbera@cuanschutz.edu

Steven Abman, MD

Professor
Pediatrics-Pulmonary Medicine

Areas of Expertise:
pulmonary hypertension, neonatal lung disease

steven.abman@cuanschutz.edu

Peter Anderson, PharmD

Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Areas of Expertise:
antiviral therapy, HIV, stable labeled tracers, objective measures of adherence

peter.anderson@cuanschutz.edu

Christina Aquilante, PharmD

Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Areas of Expertise:
pharmacogenomics. personalized medicine

christina.aquilante@cuanschutz.edu

David Bain, PhD

Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Areas of Expertise:
biophysical characterization of therapeutic macromolecules, mechanisms of transcriptional regulation, thermodynamics of protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions

david.bain@cuanschutz.edu

Carlos E. Catalano, PharmD, PhD

Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Areas of Expertise:
enzymology, biochemistry, biophysics, physical virology, nanotherapeutics

carlos.catalano@cuanschutz.edu

Kristofer Fritz, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Areas of Expertise:
pathogenic mechanisms of alcohol-associated liver disease, proteomics, post-translational modifications, sirtuin biology

kristofer.fritz@cuanschutz.edu

Morkos Henen, PhD

Assistant Professor (Research)
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Areas of Expertise:
NMR, Drug-Discovery, FBDD, MST, SPT, ITC, Protein and nucleic acid

morkos.henen@cuanschutz.edu

Jay Hesselberth, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Areas of Expertise:
RNA damage and repair, RNA therapies, single-cell technology development

jay.hesselberth@cuanschutz.edu

Melanie Joy, PharmD, PhD, FASN, FCCP

Professor
Director for Pharmaceutical Science Innovation and Commercialization
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Areas of Expertise:
drug development, entrepreneurship, nephrotoxicity, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenetics, clinical pharmacology, kidney diseases, translational research

melanie.joy@cuanschutz.edu

Jennifer Kiser, PharmD, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Areas of Expertise:
antiviral clinical pharmacology, adherence biomarkers

jennifer.kiser@cuanschutz.edu

Uday Kompella, PhD, FARVO, FAAPS

Professor
Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ophthalmology, and Bioengineering

Areas of Expertise:
ophthalmic drug discovery, delivery, and development, nanomedicines for drug and gene delivery

uday.kompella@cuanschutz.edu

Andrew Kraft , MD

Professor of Medicine
past Division Director Medical Oncology

Areas of Expertise:
signaling, kinases, prostate cancer, leukemia, cell biology, drug discovery

andrew.kraft@cuanschutz.edu

Kristi Kuhn, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Medicine-Rheumatology

Areas of Expertise:
microbiome, mucosal immunology, arthritis

kristine.kuhn@cuanschutz.edu

Traci Lyons, PhD

Associate Professor
Medicine-Medical Oncology

Areas of Expertise:
Breast Cancer, cell signaling, cell biology, developmental biology

traci.lyons@cuanschutz.edu

Krishna Mallela, PhD

Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Areas of Expertise:
protein structure and function

krishna.mallela@cuanschutz.edu

Rebecca McCullough, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Areas of Expertise:
innate immunity, complement, tissue fibrosis, liver disease

rebecca.mccullough@cuanschutz.edu

Wells Messersmith, MD, FACP, FASCO

Professor and Head
Division of Medical Oncology

Areas of Expertise:
gastrointestinal cancers, preclinical models, phase I clinical trials, signal transduction, cancer immunotherapy

wells.messersmith@CUAnschutz.edu

Stephanie Nakano, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics-Cardiology

Areas of Expertise:
pediatric cardiology, pediatric heart failure / transplantation

stephanie.nakano@childrenscolorado.org

Anatoliy Pinchuk, PhD

Professor
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Areas of Expertise:
biophotonics, biosensors, nanotechnology, hyperthermia

apinchuk@uccs.edu

Nichole Reisdorph, PhD, MS

Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Areas of Expertise:
mass spectrometry, metabolomics, proteomics, lung disease, nutrition

nichole.reisdorph@cuanschutz.edu

Peter J Rice, PharmD, PhD, BCPS, FAPhA

Professor
Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Areas of Expertise:
pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, compounding

peter.rice@cuanschutz.edu

David Ross, PhD

Professor and Chair Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Areas of Expertise:
drug development, pharmacogenomics, quinone reductases, Quinones, selective toxicity of antitumor agents, targeting of antitumor agents

david.ross@cuanschutz.edu