2005 -
present Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Temple University School of Pharmacy (TUSP)
1999 -
present Professor of Pharmacology, Department of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, TUSP and Research Professor,
Department of Pharmacology, Temple University Medical School (TUMS),
Philadelphia, PA
1996 - 1999
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, TUSP and Re-search
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, TUMS,
Philadelphia, PA
1995 - 1996
Research Fellow, The R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research
Inst. (PRI), Spring House, PA
1991 - 1995
Principal Scientist, PRI, Spring House, PA
1990 - 1991
Senior Scientist, PRI, Spring House, PA
1988 - 1990
Senior Scientist, Janssen Research Foundation (JRF), Spring
House, PA
1987 - 1988
Research Scientist, JRF, Spring House, PA
1986 - 1987
Research Scientist, McNeil Pharmaceutical, Spring House, PA
1984 - 1986
Research Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson Medical
College, Philadelphia, PA
1983 - 1984
Research Assistant Professor, TUMS, Philadelphia, PA
1982 - 1983
Research Instructor, TUMS, Philadelphia, PA
1973 - 1977
Chemical Engineer, Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, PA
Research
Interests
Discovery
of novel analgesic agents with opioid or non-opioid mechanisms of
action. Novel preclinical models for drug screening. Endogenous
analgesic neuropeptide and neurotrans-mitter agonists and
antagonists and the physiological processes involved in tolerance
devel-opment and abuse liability. Synergistic analgesic
combinations. In vivo antisense approach. Theoretical
pharmacology. Thermodynamics of the drug-receptor interaction.
Honors and
Awards
2006:
George B. Koelle award; Mid-Atlantic Pharmacology Society
2003:
Lindback Foundation teaching award.
1991:
The Johnson & Johnson Corporate Philip B. Hofmann Research
Scientist Award for outstanding achievement in the field of
research and development.
1983:
National Research Service Awards (1983, 1984)
1982:
A.N. Richards Young Investigators Award Finalist; Graduate Training
Fellowship Thomas Jefferson University Medical College.
U.S.
Patents
10 (Analgesics and analgesics combinations)
Research
Funding
Total (1996 – 2007) = $1,206,500
Publications
Books
6
Book Chapters 7
Refereed Journal Articles & Reviews 176
Proceedings publications & Abstracts 91
Scientific Advisory Board
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Pain Therapeutics
Consulting History
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Adolor
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Alteon
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Asta Medica
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Discovery Research
Consultants
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Grünenthal
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Johnson & Johnson
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LAPID
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Novartis
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Onconova
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