Faculty Spotlight
Prof. Heather ClarkTracking health, via iPhone
Heather Clark, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, explains how nanosensors she's developing that are placed under the skin could one day be monitored using smartphones.
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Prof. Richard Deth
Research suggests mercury linked to dementia
New research by Northeastern University professor Richard Deth and academic colleagues in Germany suggests that long-term exposure to mercury may produce Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in people.
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Prof. Vladimir P. Torchilin
Torchilin among most-cited world scientists
Northeastern University scientist Vladimir Torchilin is the world's second-most prolific researcher in pharmacology and toxicology, according to Times Higher Education, a London-based international publication.
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Prof. Alexandros Makriyannis
New weight-loss compound shows promise
Researchers at Northeastern University's Center for Drug Discovery (CDD) and the National Institutes of Health have created a weight-loss compound that reduces the metabolic and hormonal consequences of obesity, including diabetes, insulin resistance and fatty liver, without causing psychological side effects.
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Prof. Mansoor Amiji
Drug-delivery research shows early promise
Mansoor Amiji, Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Northeastern University, has designed a nano-cocktail that targets multi-drug resistant tumors with remarkable accuracy and makes chemotherapy more efficient.
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Prof. Barbara L. Waszczak
Professor receives Michael J. Fox Foundation grant
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research has awarded a $187,500 grant to a Northeastern pharmacologist to further study a new treatment against Parkinson’s disease. With her colleagues, Professor Barbara Waszczak developed the idea to use an intranasal delivery method to deliver a protein called GDNF (glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor) to the brain, which, in previous studies, has shown promise as a means to stop the progression of the disease in early stages.
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Prof. Robert A. Schatz
A cut away from science
Creating stained glass gives professor another outlet for imaginative, precise mind By Susan Salk (Northeastern Voice - June 19, 2009 Edition)
Robert Schatz is probably the only faculty member, or among a rare few, who has stained glass in his office. It hangs from his windows and bookshelves, brightly colorful. Abstract representations of flowers and birds intertwine with abundantly growing plants growing wild, nearly obscuring his bookshelves. In the middle of it all, at his desk, sits the pharmaceutical sciences professor who, when he isn’t deep in contemplation of toxicology work, is often painstakingly piecing colored glass into representations of nature, abstracts, or ancient symbols.
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