Doctoral Degrees Awarded August 2019
Na-Ra Lee, Ph.D.
"Discovery of Novel Pharmacotherapeutics for Substance Use Disorders"
Mentor: Linda Dwoskin, Ph.D.
Salin Gupta Patel, Ph.D.
"Mechanisms and Thermodynamics of the Influence of Solution-State Interactions Between HPMC and Surfactants on Mixed Adsorption onto Model Nanoparticles"
Mentor: Eric Munson, Ph.D., Co-Mentor: Brad Anderson, Ph.D.
Markus Ville Tiitto, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
"Therapeutic Video Games and the Simulation of Executive Function Deficits in ADHD"
Mentor: Robert Lodder, Ph.D.
Xirong Zheng, Ph.D.
"Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Cocaine Hydrolases for the Treatment of Cocaine Overdose and Cocaine Addiction Using Rodent Models”
Mentor: Chang-Guo Zhan, Ph.D
We wish to remember and honor those who inhabited this Commonwealth before the arrival of the Europeans. Briefly occupying these lands were the Osage, Wyndott tribe, and Miami peoples. The Adena and Hopewell peoples, who are recognized by the naming of the time period in which they resided here, were here more permanently. Some of their mounds remain in the Lexington area, including at UK’s Adena Park.
In more recent years, the Cherokee occupied southeast Kentucky, the Yuchi southwest Kentucky, the Chickasaw extreme western Kentucky and the Shawnee central Kentucky including what is now the city of Lexington. The Shawnee left when colonization pushed through the Appalachian Mountains. Lower Shawnee Town ceremonial grounds are still visible in Greenup County.
We honor the first inhabitants who were here, respect their culture, and acknowledge the presence of their descendants who are here today in all walks of life including fellow pharmacists and healthcare professionals.