Meet our Researchers
Meet some of our researchers in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Stay tuned as more researchers are featured over the coming months.
Khaled Barakat
Professor
Barakat's focus on teamwork and patient needs has led to breakthroughs in the search for cancer therapies, antivirals and safer drugs.
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Ken Cor
Clinical Associate Professor
Assistant Dean of Assessment
Cor believes ensuring high-quality tests, exams and other typese of assessment in higher education is an important issue of fairness and equity.
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Tony Kiang
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
Kiang's passion for patient care leads to translational studies (from the bench to the bedside) that will improve the lives of people living with kidney disorders.
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Afsaneh Lavasanifar
Professor
Using nanomedicine to improve effectiveness and safety of chemotherapy, Lavasanifar’s precision drug-delivery system could mean better outcomes and fewer side-effects for cancer patients.
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Sherif Mahmoud
Clinical Associate Professor
Director, Certificate to Canadian Pharmacy Practice Program
Mahmoud brings the bench to the bedside in neurocritical pharmaceutical care.
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Cheryl Sadowski
Professor
Sadowski is co-leading a U of A team developing a tool to help arthritis patients and health professionals decide whether to use cannabis as a treatment.
John Seubert
Professor
Adjunct Professor, Pharmacology
Seubert's goal is to develop therapies to prevent and treat cardiac injury and improve overall cardiac health by studying the impacts of aging and epoxylipids on the heart.
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Scot Simpson
Professor
Working to help patients with Type 2 diabetes receive the safest and most effective medication, Simpson's research helps answer critical questions in medication management for diabetes patients.
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John Ussher
Professor
Ussher’s lab combines metabolic, genetic and drug sciences to improve the quality of life of people living with obesity.
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Kaitlyn Watson
Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
Watson is the world-leader in research on the intersection between pharmacy practice and disaster management. Her research focuses on the public health, social sciences, and disaster and emergency aspects of health service research in pharmacy. Watson utilizes implementation science, qualitative, and quantitative methods.
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Nese Yuksel
Professor
Yuksel's research focuses on understanding aspects of women's health, including menopause and osteoporosis, and improving their quality of care.
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