College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Research Seminar
Presented by Shelby Coates, PhD Candidate
Title: Potential Drug-Drug Interactions Between Cannabinoids and Select Opioids

Presented by: Farheen Shaikh, PhD Candidate
Title: Crosstalk between TNF-a and TWEAK/Fn-14 Signaling Pathways in Human Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts

Women, people who become pregnant and their children have not been spared from the opioid crisis in the United States. In the last 20 years, maternal mortality rates in the United States increased. Deaths related to suicide and overdose may be the leading contributors to maternal mortality up to 1 year postpartum. Relatedly, parental drug use is a frequent driver of child welfare involvement with the number of cases increasing as the opioid crisis expands.

This presentation aims to review the historical and present context that drives the continued crisis for women, birthing people, and their children, and offers hope and solutions to reverse the tide to save lives and break the intergenerational cycles of harm and loss. Discussed will be the current evidence-based recommendations to care for pregnant and postpartum women, people and their children, along with ways to facilitate collaboration and inclusion to promote positive mother/birthing parent and child outcomes.

Debra Gonsher Vinik, PhD, is a film producer, writer and director who has produced and written 21 documentaries, including six Emmy winners. Dr. Gonsher Vinik’s newest feature film, Attention Must Be Paid: Women Lost in the Opioid Crisis, explores the stories of women who are battling opioid use disorder (OUD) and are casualties of this neglect.

Presented by: Adeola Aminu PhD Student
Title: Screening of lung cytochrome P450 enzymes against the potent tobacco carcinogen, NNK

Presented by Megan Goddard , PhD Student
Title: Lanthionine Ketenamine Phosphonate Analogues as Small Molecule Treatments for Neurological Disorders