Candidates Chair-elect, Pharmaceutics Thomas J. Cook Touro College of Pharmacy–New York Thomas J. Cook is associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences at Touro College of Pharmacy–New York. Dr. Cook earned a B.S. in pharmacy from Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. (1989) and a Ph.D. degree in pharmaceutics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. (1995). After postdoctoral training at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Dr. Cook joined NaviCyte, where he managed contract research focusing on the gastrointestinal permeability of new chemical entities. Dr. Cook then joined the faculty at Rutgers in the Department of Pharmaceutics where his research endeavors focused on the intestinal disposition of xenobiotics, the effect of xenobiotics on fatty acid disposition in the placenta and novel drug delivery systems. Dr. Cook has published 21 research articles and numerous refereed abstracts, and co-authored two book chapters. He has coordinated symposia and workshops for national and international conferences on polymeric drug delivery, intestinal disposition of xenobiotics and the role of pharmacy in addressing health disparities. In September 2006, he was a visiting scientist at Tokyo University of Science in the laboratory of Dr. Ikumi Tamai. At Touro College of Pharmacy–New York, Dr. Cook serves as the chair of Curricular Assessment Committee and he is course coordinator for foundations of pharmaceutics I and co-coordinator of principles of pharmacy practice I and II. In addition to AACP, his other professional organizations include the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics, the Society of Toxicology and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Sunil Prabhu College of Pharmacy Western University of Health Sciences Sunil Prabhu is an associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences and assistant dean for enrollment management at the Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) College of Pharmacy in Pomona, Calif. He earned his B.Pharm. degree from the Birla Institute of Technology (BITS, India) and a Ph.D. degree in pharmaceutics from West Virginia University. In 1996, he joined WesternU as a founding faculty member and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2002. In 2008, he received the faculty service award in recognition of his contributions to WesternU. His primary teaching responsibilities include the pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics courses in the Pharm.D. curriculum. Dr. Prabhu is credited with implementing the pharmaceutical compounding laboratory skills component for which he serves as the coordinator. Additionally, he teaches the advanced pharmaceutics courses in the graduate program. Dr. Prabhu’s research interest is in the area of novel drug delivery system development. He is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a nano-therapeutic system for the chemoprevention of colon cancer. Dr. Prabhu serves as the chair of the Admissions Committee for both the traditional and post-baccalaureate international Pharm.D. programs, and is also involved in the diversity initiatives of the college. Dr. Prabhu has been a member of AACP since 1996 and has served on the AACP-PharmCAS Advisory Board. In 2009, he graduated as a Fellow of the AACP Academic Leadership Fellows Program. In addition, he has published in AJPE on block curricular design and has presented posters at AACP annual meetings.
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