 | Dr. Philip Medon is the Dean of the SIUE School of Pharmacy. Prior to joining SIUE, Dr. Medon served as Associate Dean for Students and Professional Affairs and held other administrative roles in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Dr. Medon holds the Master’s and Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Purdue University, as well as a pharmacy degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. He brings a wealth of experience to his role as founding dean. |
 | Dr. Gireesh Gupchup, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, joined SIUE from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNMHSC). There he was Chair of the PharmacoEconomics, Pharmaceutical Policy and Outcomes Research (PEPPOR) Graduate Program and Director of the New Mexico Medicaid Retrospective Drug Utilization Review Program. He was also the First Vice President of the New Mexico Pharmaceutical Association. Dr. Gupchup graduated with the Ph.D. degree in pharmacy practice in 1996 from Purdue University. He holds two master’s degrees — one in Administrative Pharmacy and one in Industrial Pharmacy — from the University of Toledo, and a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Bombay. |
 | Dr. Mark Luer is Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Prior to joining the SIUE School of Pharmacy, Dr. Luer served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Luer is a 1990 graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, where he earned his B.S. in Pharmacy and Pharm.D. degrees. From 1990 to 1993, he served as a Clinical Pharmacy Resident, a Critical Care Specialty Resident, and Neuroscience Fellow at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Recently, Dr. Luer was elected Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. |
 | Dr. Terri Poirier, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, joined SIUE from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Penn. At Duquesne, she was a Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of Life Long Learning responsible for the nontraditional Pharm.D. program and continuing education programs. She received her B.S. in Pharmacy from the Albany College of Pharmacy in Albany, N.Y., and then completed a Pharm.D. and hospital pharmacy residency from the University of Michigan in 1979. In 1985, Dr. Poirier earned a Master of Public Health degree in health services administration from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Poirier is a board-certified Pharmacotherapy specialist and a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists. |
 | Dr. Mike Crider is Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He most recently served as the Department Head of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Louisiana at Monroe where he earned several teaching awards. He earned the B.S. degree in chemistry in 1970 from Murray State University and the Ph.D. degree in medicinal chemistry from the University of Kentucky. Dr. Crider did postdoctoral work in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at Purdue University followed by a faculty appointment at the University of Toledo. Dr. Crider’s research is focused on the development of peptidomimetics and agents acting on the central nervous system. |
 | Ms. Connie Stamper-Carr is the Director of Student Services in the School of Pharmacy. She works directly with prospective and enrolled pharmacy students. Ms. Stamper-Carr has worked as an academic adviser for 20 years. She holds a B.A. degree in Mass Communications from Western Illinois University and an M.A. degree in Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. |
 | Mrs. Tessa L. Keys is the Academic Advisor in the School of Pharmacy. She works with prospective and enrolled pharmacy students. She also provides support for special events in the School of Pharmacy, in addition to maintaining the web site. Mrs. Keys has worked as an Academic Advisor for 3 years. She earned a B.S. degree in Psychology from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2004 and a M.S. degree in Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education from Ball State University in 2005. |
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| Dr. Scott Bergman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and an infectious diseases clinical pharmacy specialist. Dr. Bergman holds a joint appointment with the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield where he participates in multi-disciplinary inpatient teaching rounds as well as outpatient clinics. Dr. Bergman joined SIUE from West Virginia University Hospitals and School of Pharmacy where he completed residencies in pharmacy practice and infectious diseases pharmacotherapy. He graduated from the College of Pharmacy at South Dakota State University with a Pharm.D. and B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Bergman’s areas of interest include the appropriate treatment of healthcare-associated infections such as nursing home-acquired pneumonia and catheter-related biofilms. |
 | Dr. Lakesha Butler is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Dr. Butler received her doctorate of pharmacy from Mercer University in Atlanta, GA. She completed a pharmacy practice residency (emphasis in primary care) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her ambulatory care practice site is at the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, a free clinic serving indigent patients in St. Charles, MO. She specializes in providing cardiovascular risk management services. Her current areas of interest include medication adherence, disease state management of diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia in addition to health disparities in minority populations. |
 | Dr. Radhika Devraj, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, received her Ph.D. with an emphasis in Pharmacy Administration from Purdue University. She holds a Master’s degree from the University of Toledo, and B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Bombay. Prior to joining SIUE, she was Research Scientist at BJC HealthCare, Center for Healthcare Quality and Effectiveness, and at Washington University School of Medicine. Her research interests are in the broad area of patient-reported outcomes, and preventable adverse drug events. |
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 | Dr. Kelly Gable, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, joined the SIUE School of Pharmacy from the University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy. Dr. Gable is a graduate of the University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy, and subsequently completed a specialty residency in Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice at the University of Southern California. Dr. Gable is a Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist. She currently holds joint appointments with the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, as well as with the Missouri Department of Mental Health. Her clinical appointment is with Community Alternatives in St. Louis Missouri, where she works collaboratively with psychiatry in the treatment of persons with persistent mental illnesses. Her areas of interest include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, Assertive Community Treatment, and medication adherence in the mentally ill. |
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 | Dr. Chris Herndon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Previously, Dr. Herndon served as a Senior Science and Research Liaison, Analgesia for Johnson & Johnson. Dr. Herndon received his Doctor of Pharmacy from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and subsequently completed a Specialty Residency in Geriatrics at the University of New Mexico. He served as an Assistant Professor at the Texas Tech University School of Pharmacy prior to joining industry. His current practice site is with the St. Louis University / Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation Family Medicine Residency Program at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville, IL. Dr. Herndon’s research interests focus on pain and palliative care. |
 | Dr. Julie Phillips Karpinski is Assistant Director, Drug Information and Wellness Center, and Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice. Dr. Karpinski received her doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Kansas in 2000. She completed a pharmacy practice residency (emphasis in ambulatory care) at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, in 2001. In 2002, she completed a specialty residency in drug information at the Kansas University Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. Most recently, she was the drug information specialist at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Karpinski became a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist in 2004. Her areas of interest and research include drug interactions, investigational agents, and evaluation of drug information resources. She will be teaching in the Statistics and Literature Evaluation and Drug Information classes during fall and spring semesters. |
 | Dr. Jessica Kerr, Assistant Professor, joined the SIUE School of Pharmacy from the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy. Dr. Kerr is a graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, where she earned both her B.S. and doctorate in pharmacy. She trained at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Amarillo, Texas, where she specialized in primary care. Her current practice site is in coordination with the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Belleville outpatient clinic, which provides geriatric care and cardiovascular risk management services to United States veterans living in Southern Illinois. |
 | Dr. Bill Kolling is an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmaceutics) in the department. He received a B.S. in pharmacy and an M.S. in pharmaceutics from the University of Illinois. He was a pediatric clinical pharmacist at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago prior to obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He was on the faculty at the University of Mississippi and the University of Louisiana at Monroe before joining SIUE. His research interests include the use of microemulsions for nanoparticle synthesis, and water vapor sorption by drugs and excipients. |
 | Dr. Guim Kwon is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Prior to joining SIUE, Dr. Kwon was a research instructor in the Department of Pathology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She received her B.S. in Cellular Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan in 1986, and completed her Ph.D. in Pharmacology at the University of Michigan in 1992. Dr. Kwon completed her postdoctoral training at Washington University School of Medicine and continued to research at the same institution for 12 years. Her research is focused on the dysfunction and destruction of pancreatic ß-cells associated with the development of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. |
 | Dr. Lisa Lubsch is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Pharmacy Practice Department and a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. Dr. Lubsch received the B.S. and Doctorate of Pharmacy from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and completed a pediatric specialty residency at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy. She most recently was on faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy with a practice site at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in the Adolescent Medicine, Pulmonary, and Endocrine clinics. Her current areas of interests are adolescent medication adherence, pediatric asthma, cystic fibrosis, and overweight / Type 2 diabetes. |
 | Dr. Chris Lynch is a native of Southern Illinois who returned to the area from New Orleans, where he taught and practiced for the last 10 years. He has joined SIUE as an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and the Southern Regional Coordinator. He received his B.S. and Doctorate of Pharmacy from St. Louis College of Pharmacy and completed a residency in Family Medicine and Clinical Community Pharmacy at St. John’s Mercy Medical, Department of Family Medicine. Faculty experiences include the University of Illinois Chicago, Tulane University Medical School and the University of Louisiana at Monroe, where Dr. Lynch received the Alumni Association’s Outstanding Faculty Award. Clinical experiences include serving as the director of pharmacy services for the Diabetes Center of Excellence at Charity Hospital New Orleans. His research interests include diabetes, hypertension and women’s health. |
 | Dr. Cassandra Maynard is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Pharmacy Practice Department and a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at St. Mary's Health Center in Richmond Heights, Missouri. Dr. Maynard received her B.S. and doctorate of pharmacy from the Saint Louis College of Pharmacy and then completed a general Pharmacy Practice Residency at St. Mary's Health Center in 2002. Dr. Maynard has worked in the area of in-patient cardiovascular medicine at St. Mary's for the past 6 years. Her areas of interest include patient safety, VTE prevention and arrhythmia management. |
 | Dr. Theresa McCullough is the Assistant Director of Experiential Education and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Dr. McCullough graduated with a B.S. and doctorate of pharmacy from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 2003. Prior to joining SIUE, Dr. McCullough was a clinical and staff pharmacist at Memorial Medical Center Pharmacy in Springfield, Illinois. Her interests include preceptor development, experiential education, and community service. |
 | Dr. Tim McPherson, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, received a B.S. in pharmacy degree from St. Louis College of Pharmacy, and a Ph.D. in pharmaceutics from Purdue University. Following a postdoctoral appointment in the Hillenbrand Biomedical Engineering Center at Purdue, Dr. McPherson joined St. Louis College of Pharmacy as Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, rising to the rank of Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences. His research interests include pharmaceutical and nutraceutical tablet and capsule formulation development, emulsions as drug delivery vehicles, and compounding in the independent community pharmacy practice. |
 | Dr. Marcelo Nieto joined the School of Pharmacy at SIUE as Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences on October 1, 2006. He received his B.S. in chemistry (Organic Chemistry) from the National University of Córdoba (Argentina). In 1999 he completed his Ph.D. working in the area of design, synthesis and physicochemical studies of fluoroquinolone antimicrobials. After graduating, he moved to the US to work as a postdoctoral researcher in the area of synthesis of antiviral agents based on a natural product at the University of Mississippi, and then he moved up to a research scientist position at the same university. During the last three years, his research was focused on the investigation of the interaction of the non-nitrogenous kappa opioid receptor agents (salvinorin A and analogs) with opioid receptors. He also collaborated in other projects in Dr. Chris McCurdy’s research group such as the design and synthesis of nociceptin/orphanin FQ (N/OFQ) non-peptide ligands based on receptor modeling studies. Dr. Nieto’s research interests are the design and synthesis of new anti-infective drugs as well as the investigation of new opioid analgesics (synthetic or natural products). |
 | Dr. Katherine Petkewicz is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Dr. Petkewicz graduated from the Chicago College of Pharmacy at Midwestern University with a B.S. and Pharm.D. Dr.Petkewicz completed a residency in academics and community care, with a focus on providing point of care services and disease management in the community setting. Dr.Petkewicz was an assistant professor at Midwestern as part of her residency. Dr. Petkewicz currently has a practice site at St. Joseph hospital in St. Charles, MO and focuses on both anticoagulation and diabetes management. Dr.Petkewicz’s areas of interest include diabetes and other cardiovascular-related disease. |
 | Dr. Katie Ronald is a Clinical Assistant Professor with the Department of Pharmacy Practice. She also holds a joint appointment with the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois, where she participates in multi-disciplinary teaching rounds in the medical intensive care unit at Memorial Medical Center. Dr. Ronald received her doctorate of pharmacy in 2006 from St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Following graduation in 2006, she then completed a general pharmacy practice residency with focus in critical care at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Dr. Ronald’s areas of interest include appropriate treatment of sepsis and health-care related infections, as well as, ICU sedation and analgesia. |
 | Dr. Mark Ruscin is a native of Central Illinois. He returned to Illinois after spending 12 years with the faculty at the University of Colorado-Denver School of Pharmacy and Center on Aging. He has joined SIUE as a Professor of Pharmacy Practice and the Central Regional Coordinator. He graduated with his doctorate of pharmacy from the University of Illinois Chicago. After completing a Pharmacy Practice Residency at the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, he completed a Geriatrics Fellowship at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy. His teaching, clinical practice, and research experiences all center around care of older adults. His practice site will be in Springfield with the SIU School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine. |
 | Dr. Cathy Santanello, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Director of Instructional Strategies, has been at SIUE since 1993. Prior to joining the School of Pharmacy, she served as the Program Director of the Excellence in Learning and Teaching Initiative and an Instructor in the Department of Biological Sciences at SIUE, and as a Microbiologist and Histologist in industry. She received her B.S. degree in Zoology from Eastern IL University in 1979, her M.S. in Biology from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1983, and a Ph.D. in Biology in 1989 from St. Louis University. Cathy’s research interests are in Medical Entomology (Lyme disease) as well as the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. |
 | Dr. Walter Siganga, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, joined the SIUE School of Pharmacy from the University Of Toledo College Of Pharmacy where he was a faculty member in Pharmacy Administration. He is a graduate of Howard University where he received his B.S. Pharmacy degree in 1984. He proceeded to complete a Masters Degree in Pharmaceutical Administration at the Ohio State University in 1986 and obtained a Ph.D. in Pharmacy Administration from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1992. He is a registered pharmacist with working experience primarily in community pharmacy. His research interests include health policy, pharmacoeconomics and health economics, pharmacy education, and differential access to health care. |
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 | Dr. Erin Timpe is Director of the SIUE Drug Information and Wellness Center and is an Assistant Professor in the Pharmacy Practice Department. Dr. Timpe completed a drug information specialty residency at The University of Tennessee (UT) in Memphis. During that time she also gained experience at the Southern Poison Center and UT Family Medicine Clinic. She remained at UT as a faculty member before her appointment at SIUE. She received the B.S. and Pharm.D. degrees from St. Louis College of Pharmacy. She is a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist and an officer for the Drug Information Practice and Research Network through the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. |
 | Dr. Miranda Wilhelm is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Pharmacy Practice Department and Community Clinical Pharmacist with Schnuck’s Pharmacy. Dr. Wilhelm received her doctorate of pharmacy from the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy. She completed a community pharmacy residency at B&K Prescription Shop partnered with the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy. Prior to joining SIUE, Miranda was pharmacy manager for Hen House Pharmacy in the Kansas City Area. In that role she was also primary preceptor for the University of Kansas/Hen House Pharmacy community pharmacy residency program. Her areas of interest include medication therapy management, disease state management and education, and self-care. |
 | Dr. Ken Witt, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, received his B.S. in chemistry in 1994 from Northern Michigan University and the Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology from the University of Arizona in 2001. He served as a research fellow at the University of Arizona, College of Medicine through 2005. Dr. Witt’s research is focused on the blood-brain barrier, specific to pathophysiological assessment of the tight junctional complex, as well as CNS drug delivery. |
 | Dr. Ron Worthington, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, received the A.B. and Ph.D. degrees from Washington University. After postdoctoral appointments at Washington University, G.D. Searle, and Texas Tech University, he assumed a faculty position in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, followed by a position at G.D. Searle as a senior research scientist. In March 2005, Dr. Worthington joined the SIUE School of Pharmacy from Divergence, Inc. in St. Louis, where he was employed as a senior research scientist in bioinformatics. Dr. Worthington will teach biochemistry and biotechnology in the Pharm D. program at SIUE. His research is focused in the areas of pharmacogenomics and bioinformatics. |
 | Professor Bill Wuller — Director, Experiential Education and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Professor Wuller came to SIUE from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville, Illinois where he was Director of Inpatient and Outpatient Pharmacy services. He is also a past Director of Education and Training and a Past President of the Illinois Council of Health System Pharmacists, was a founding member of the pharmacy advisory committee for Consorta, a major national healthcare purchasing organization. He established and served as director of an ASHP accredited pharmacy practice residency program at St. Elizabeth’s hospital. Professor Wuller was an Adjunct Clinical Instructor in Pharmacy at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy from 1984 until his appointment at SIUE. |
 | Professor Cindy Wuller, Clinical Professor and Capstone Coordinator, received her B.S. in Pharmacy from Drake University. She worked as a hospital pharmacist before returning to school to receive her M.S. in Pharmacy Administration from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Upon the completion of her master’s degree, she joined the faculty at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy as Director of Experiential Education and Continuing Education. She rose to the rank of Associate Professor and became the Coordinator of the Pharmaceutical Care Laboratory. Her research interests include self-care initiatives, over the counter medications, sterile compounding and the scholarship of teaching and learning. |
