About Me

Dr. Sidhartha Ray

           

 CURRENT POSITION:

• Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences; AMS College of Pharmacy & Health Scs.

• Professor of Pharmacy & Clinical Scs, Creighton Univ. School of Pharmacy & Alld. Hlth. Profs. (Co-appt)

• Fellow of The American College of Nutrition

• Editorial Appointment: ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY

                                             OXIDATIVE MEDICINE & CELLULAR  LONGEVITY

POSITIONS HELD 1994 – PRESENT:

• 2004-Present: Professor–AMS Coll. of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

• 1999-2003: Associate Professor–AMS Coll. of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

• 1994-1999: Assistant Professor–AMS Coll. of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

 

EDUCATION

June 1975 - Dec 1993

 

 

 

BS – 1975;  MS – 1977;  Ph.D – 1984

FACN-1999 – FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NUTRITION, USA

 1984-1986: Post-Doctoral: Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology-JGPT-Rutgers University [ERNEST MARIO COLLEGE OF PHARMACY-EOHSI] (NIAAA-RO1: Title-Ethanol & acetaminophen induced mechansims of liver injry-Intralobular metabolic heterogenity; biochemical & molecular mechanisms) [First Postdoc. Fellow of JGPT]

 

1986-1988: Post-Doc: Dept. of Biology & Molecular Biol – Univ. of California at Santa Cruz (NIH: Title – Hormonal regulation of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Endocrinetoxicology study in vivo & in vitro)

1988-1989: Res. Associate: Dept. of Pharmacol. & Toxicol – Univ. of Miss. Medical Center (NIEHS: Title – Role of cellular regeneration during halocarbon hepatotoxicity in vivo & in vitro; Potentiation of halocarbon toxicity by various alcohols )

1989 – 1992: Res. Assoc/Sr. Res. Associate– UNM Coll. of Pharmacy – Toxicology Program (NIH/NIGMS : Title – Mechanisms of acetaminophen-induced liver injury; Mechanisms of cell injury & cell death: APOPTOSIS IN VIVO) [First Res. Assoc./PDF of UNM-Tox. Prog]

1992 – 12/1993: Sr. Res. Assoc/Research Toxicologist- Medical College of Virginia, Richmond – Environ. & Mol. Tox. Program- (NIEHS-RO1: Title – Molecular mechanisms of cell injury & cell death – Protective role of antioxidants/tocopherol derivatives on xenobiotic-induced cell injury cell death in vitro & in vivo)

 

TEACHING: PROFESSIONAL DOCTOR OF PHARMACY PROGRAM

• PH-430: Iatrogenic Diseases–3 Credit-Core [Spring]

• PH-132: Medical Microbiology & Immunology–3 Credit-Core [Spring]

• PH-271: Advanced Medical Microbiology–3 credit-Elective[Spring/Fall]

• PH-599: Research Projects in Pharmacy- 3 Credit-Elective[Spring/Fall/Summer]

• PH-000: Toxicogenomics/Molecular Medicine [In Prep]

TEACHING: GRADUATE PROGRAM

• PTM-910: Toxicology of Drugs & Chemicals–3 Credit-Core[Fall/Summer]

• PTM-917: Molecular Toxicology–3 Credit Elective [Spring/Fall on occasion]

• PTM-802: Exp. Methods in Pharmacology & Toxicology–4 Credit-Core [Spring]

• PTM-707: Carcinogens, Teratogens & Mutagens–3 Credit-Elective; [Offered on occasion]

• PTM-070- Thesis/Special Problems in Pharmacy–3 Credit-Elective[Spring/Fall/Summer]

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES (UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE LEVEL)

 

• Member, Curricular Assessment Committee-Professional & Graduate Programs

• Member: Disciplinary Committee-Professional & Graduate Programs

• Hon. Degree Awards Committee-AMS College of Pharmacy

• ACPE LIASON-Graduate Reaserch Committee

NATIONAL LEVEL [Elected office]

• SOCIETY OF FREE RADICAL BIOLOLGY & MEDICINE’S SR. INVEST. AWARDS

     –LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD/DISCOVERY AWARDS COMMITTEE: 2009-2011

• NIH–NLM–TOXLEARN PROJECT: 2007-2012 toxlearn.nlm.nih.gov/

• SOCIETY OF TOXICOLOGY-EDUCATION COMMITTEE–2007-2010

HONORS AND AWARDS 

OTHER  ACHIEVEMENTS

 

• Guest Editor of ‘Comments on Toxicology’ (Spl.Issue on Apoptosis in Health & Disease) , 1997

• Editorial Board Member of Toxicology Letters, 1999-2003

• Author of “;">Apoptosis and Cell Death”, Vol. I, Chapter-9, Pp. 175-213, in Bryan Ballantyne’s  ‘General and Applied Toxicology’, McMillan Publishing, 1999;

•  Co-Author of “Apoptosis and Cell Death”, Vol. I, Chapter-11, Pp.247-312 , in Bryan Ballantyne’s  ‘;">General and Applied Toxicology’,Chapter-11 Published by Wiley 2009

• Principal Author of the Review Chapters “(0, 0, 255);">APOPTOSIS” in ‘Encyclopedia of Toxicology’, Editor: Philip Wexler-NIH/NLM, 2nd Ed, Vol-I, Pp. 153-178, Elsevier Science Publishing, 2005. Also the Principal author of the review article on “;">Dimethylnitrosamine”.

 

Organizer/Chairperson Continuing Education-Symposiums at the National Meetings

• 2002: Regulation of Drug and Chemically-Induced Apoptotic Cell Death: New In Vivo Perspectives(SOT Meeting, Nashville, TN)

• 1996: Apoptosis: Recent Advances in Detection and Regulation (SOT Meeting, Los Angeles, CA)

GRANT REVIEWER (NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL)

 

•  US Dept. of Energy

•  University Grants Committee, Hong Kong

•  Israel Academy of Sciences

•  NSERC, Canada

 

PATENT Ray et. al., June, 2001: Prevention and treatment of acetaminophen toxicity with grape seed proanthocyanidin extract.