The RIC core is directed by Dr. Song Gao and supported by our faculty expert and consultant teams. As shown in the figure, our members are experts in different research areas in drug development. We expect to help our users in the relevant area using our ability.

Faculty Expert

Dr. Song Gao

Dr. Song Gao, an Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics and expert in ADME and bioanalysis of small and large molecules. 

Dr. Omonike Olaleye

Dr. Omonike Olaleye, a Professor of Pharmacology and expert in pharmacology/toxicology evaluation, assay development, and high throughput screening.

Dr. Dong Liang

Dr. Dong Liang, a Professor of Pharmaceutics and expert in animal studies, pharmacokinetic, and PK/PD modeling.

Dr. Huan Xie

Dr. Huan Xie, a Professor of Pharmaceutics and expert in bioanalysis and formulation, especially developing formulation for targeted delivery.

Dr. Alamelu Sundaresan

Dr. Alamelu Sundaresan, a Professor of Biology and expert in tissue engineering and immunology.

Dr. Yun Zhang

Dr. Yun Zhang, a Assistant Professor of cancer genetics and expert in bioinfamatics and genomics. 

Dr. Daniel Vrinceanu

Dr. Daniel Vrinceanu, a Professor of Physics and expert in high speed computational science and model analysis.

Consultant Team

Dr. Diana Chow (UH)

Dr. Diana Chow, Professor and Director of the Institute for Drug Education and Research at University of Houston and expert in preclinical and clinical PK/PD modeling.

Dr. Zhongming Zhao (UT Health)

Dr. Zhongming Zhao, Professor of Biomedical Informatics and founding director of the Center for Precision Health, School of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT Health) and expert in bioinformatics.

Dr. Susan M. Abughosh (UH)

Dr. Susan M. Abughosh, Associate Professor at University of Houston and expert in biostatistics

Dr. Ming Hu (UH)

Dr. Ming Hu, Professor of Pharmaceutics at University of Houston and expert in bioanalysis, drug absorption and metabolism, especially in glucuronidation of phenolic compounds.

Skilled Staff

Dr. Mahua Sarkar

Dr. Mahua Sarkar is a formulation scientist in RIC

Dr. Anuoluwapo Egbejimi

Dr. Anuoluwapo Egbejimi is a pharmacologist in RIC

Dr. Kehinde Idowu

Dr. Kehinde Idowu is a Computational Chemist in RIC

Dr. Ting Du

Dr. Ting Du is a drug metabolism specialist

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