Agenda
Thursday, March 30, 2023
3:00 – 4:00 PM Registration / Posters Setup
4:00 – 5:30 PM Poster Presentations
5:30 – 7:30 PM Welcome Reception / Dinner
Friday, March 31, 2023
7:30 – 8:20 AM Registration / Breakfast
8:20 – 8:30 AM Welcome
Indra K. Reddy, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Pharmacy and
Senior Associate Vice President, Texas A&M Health
8:30 – 9:30 AM Keynote Address
Pharmacognosy: An Enduring Pharmaceutical Science
Lance McMahon, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Research
Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock
9:30 – 9:45 AM Coffee Break
9:45 – 11:00 AM Scientific Session I
Moderator: Allison Ficht, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Research, School of Medicine
9:45 – 10:15 AM Guest Speaker
Leveraging Thin-film Freezing as a Particle Engineering Platform - Stabilizing and Delivering Antivirals, Antibodies and Vaccines
Robert O. (Bill) Williams III, Ph.D.
Division Head and Professor of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
University of Texas, Austin
10:20 – 10:40 AM Zein Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Srinath Palakurthi, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
10:40 – 11:00 AM Nanomedicine for Tumor Targeting and Intracellular Drug Delivery
Lin Zhu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
11:00 – Noon Scientific Session II
Moderator: Henry Fadamiro, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research Strategic Initiatives
Texas A&M University
11:00 – 11:20 AM Positive Allosteric Modulators of the Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor as
Novel Non-addictive Pain Relivers
Dai Lu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
11:20 – 11:40 AM Clinical Implementation of Pharmacogenomics and Artificial Intelligence Tools
Sara Rogers, PharmD., BCPS
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
11:40 – 12:00 AM E3 =Environment, Epigenetics, and Endocrinology
Mahua Choudhury, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 – 2:15 PM Scientific Session III
Moderator: Radcliff, Tiffany, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Research, School of Public Health
1:00 – 1:30 PM Guest Speaker
Population-Based Safety Research in Geriatrics
Rajender R. Aparasu, Ph.D.
Musty and Sanober Lokhandwala Endowed Professor and
Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy University of Houston
1:35 – 1:55 PM Effective but Not Cost-effective: the Price Impact of New Cancer Drugs
Lixian Zhong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
1:55 – 2:15 PM Evaluation of Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Training Progress Efficacy in
Targeted Community Participants
Joy Alonzo, ME, Pharm.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
2:20 – 3:20 PM Scientific Session IV: Rapid Fire Presentations
Moderator: Kelley Wilson, Ph.D
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Nursing Education
2:20 – 2:35 PM Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER), a Potential Therapeutic Target for Mutant p53 Colorectal Cancer
Ashish Tyagi, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
2:35 – 2:50 PM Resident: Best poster presentation
2:50 – 3:05 PM Grad Student: Best poster presentation
3:05 – 3:20 PM Post-doctoral Scholar: Best poster presentation
3:20 – 3:30 PM Closing Remarks
Chendil Damodaran, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
3:30 – 3:50 PM Coffee/Refreshment Break
3:50 PM Award Ceremony
Jon Mogford, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President
Texas A&M Health