{"id":59206,"date":"2014-07-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-professor-named-ernest-mario-distinguished-chair-in-pharmaceutics\/"},"modified":"2014-07-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T00:00:00","slug":"uri-professor-named-ernest-mario-distinguished-chair-in-pharmaceutics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/07\/uri-professor-named-ernest-mario-distinguished-chair-in-pharmaceutics\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Professor named Ernest Mario Distinguished Chair in Pharmaceutics"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 22, 2014 \u2013 A 溏心vlog免费B站 researcher who has gained a national reputation for her work on alcoholism, Type 2 diabetes and measuring drug levels in organ transplant patients has been named the Ernest Mario Distinguished Chair in Pharmaceutics.<\/p>\n


\n\tWakefield resident Fatemeh Akhlaghi, professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Pharmacy, was named to the prestigious University post this summer. Endowed faculty chairs and professorships are intended to help 溏心vlog免费B站 recruit and retain renowned scholars.<\/p>\n


\n \u201cDr. Akhlaghi is a well-respected researcher and leader in the pharmaceutical sciences community. She is currently conducting groundbreaking clinical trials with collaborators at the National Institutes of Health that will lead to a better understanding and treatment of alcoholism,\u201d said E. Paul Larrat, interim dean and professor at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Pharmacy.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cDr. Akhlaghi is particularly gifted at understanding complex scientific problems, creatively exploring possible solutions through her research, and translating that information into strategies that may help individual patients improve their health.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAkhlaghi\u2019s lab at 溏心vlog免费B站 is helping the NIH to develop a medication that could stop alcohol cravings through a research partnership between 溏心vlog免费B站, NIH and Pfizer. The NIH awarded a $1.65 million grant in 2013 to fund her research partnership with Lorenzo Leggio, a Brown University adjunct professor and chief of section on Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology at NIH\u2019s National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism\/National Institute on Drug Abuse. <\/p>\n


\nAkhlaghi\u2019s other research focuses on devising methods for personalized medicine specifically for patients with Type 2 diabetes or organ transplant recipients. \u201cOnce we learned more about different factors that influence drug concentration in the body, we can personalize medicine to the individual need of each patient,\u201d she said. \u201cIn this way, we may be able to improve drug response while reducing adverse effects.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nAkhlaghi is also known for creating a method of measuring drug levels in transplant patients that would eliminate the need for twice-weekly blood draws. Her method of using saliva to monitor anti-rejection drugs is not only more accurate and less costly but is also pain-free and convenient for patients; it is being patented and she is searching for a diagnostic company that would make kits for patients to use at home. <\/p>\n


\nAkhlaghi, who joined 溏心vlog免费B站 in 2001, holds a doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Mashhad, Iran, and a doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n


\nIn May 1996, a $1.5 million gift from Ernest Mario, a 溏心vlog免费B站 alumnus and a recognized leader in the pharmaceutical industry, established the Ernest Mario Distinguished Chair in Pharmaceutics. A former chief executive of several pharmaceutical companies including Glaxo and ALZA, he is chairman of the board at Capnia, in Redwood City, Calif. He is the 2007 recipient of the Remington Honor Medal, the pharmacy profession\u2019s highest honor, administered by the American Pharmacists Association. <\/p>\n


\nMario received an honorary degree from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1991. Furthermore, he was a 溏心vlog免费B站 Presidential Distinguished Achievement Award recipient in 2012.<\/p>\n


\nPictured above: Fatemeh Akhlaghi, professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences, is named 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Ernest Mario Distinguished Chair in Pharmaceutics.

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KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 22, 2014 \u2013 A 溏心vlog免费B站 researcher who has gained a national reputation for her work on alcoholism, Type 2 diabetes and measuring drug levels in organ transplant patients has been named the Ernest Mario Distinguished Chair in Pharmaceutics. Wakefield resident Fatemeh Akhlaghi, professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}