About Me

Click on the Nucleus to view my "World rank in the Field of Apoptosis-Compiled by Ion Channel Media Group
		Professor of Toxicology and Medical Microbiology & Immunology Programs AMS College of Pharmacy & Health sciences & Professor, Dept. of Pharmacy & Clinical Sciences Creighton Univ. School of Pharmacy & Health Scs. (Co-appt) Fellow of The American College of Nutrition Editorial Appointment: Archives of TOXICOLOGY Education BS--1975; MS--1977; Ph.D.--1984 FACN--1999: american college of nutrition, usa 5/1984- 12/1993 Post-Doc: Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology--JGPT-Rutgers University (NIAAA-RO1: Title--Ethanol & acetaminophen induced mechansims of liver injry-Intralobular metabolic heterogenity; biochemical & molecular mechanisms) [First PDF of JGPT] Post-Doc: Dept. of Biology & Molecular Biol.--Univ. of California at Santa Cruz (NIH: title--Hormonal regulation of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: An endocrinetoxicology study in vivo & in vitro) Res. Assoc.: 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 ) Res. Assoc./Sr. Res. Assoc.--UNM Coll. of Pharmacy-Toxicology Program (NIH/NIGMS: title--Mechanisms of acetaminophen-induced liver injury; Mechanisms of cell injury & cell death) [First Res. Assoc./PDF of UNM-Tox. Prog] Sr. Res. Assoc.--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) Positions Held--1/1994 to Present: 1994-1999: Assistant Professor--AMS Coll. of Pharmacy & Health Sciences 1999-2003: Associate Professor--AMS Coll. of Pharmacy & Health Sciences 2004-Present: Professor--AMS Coll. of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Teaching Responsibilities

DOCTOR OF PHARMACY PROGRAM

â PH-430: Toxicology (Iatrogenic Diseases, 3 Credit-Core) [Spring 2008]

â PH-132: Medical Microbiology & Immunology (3 Credit-Core) [Spring 2008]

â PH-271: Advanced Medical Microbiology (3 credit-Elective) [Spring/Fall 2008]

â PH-599: Research Projects in Pharmacy(3 Credit-Elective) [Spring/Fall 2008]

â PH-000: Toxicogenomics [In Prep]

GRADUATE PROGRAM

â PTM-910: Toxicology of Drugs & Chemicals (3 Credit-Core) [Fall 2008]

â PTM-917: Molecular Toxicology (3 Credit Elective) [Fall 2008]

â PTM-802: Exp. Methods in Pharmacology & Toxicology (4 Credit-Core) [Spring 2008]

â PTM-707: Carcinogens, Teratogens & Mutagens (3 Credit-Elective)

â PTM-070- Special Problems in Pharmacy (3 Credit-Elective) [Spring/Fall 2008]

Administrative Responsibilities At the National Level

	Elected to serve on the Education Committee
	Graduate Research Liason of the National Society of Toxicology Am. Assoc. of Colleges of Pharmacy (2007-2010): NIH-NLM-TOXLEARN PROJECT
	Member, Curriculum Committee
	Hon. Degree Awards Committee International Science Advisory Board

1988-Present

manuscript Reviewer for international journals

	Archives of Toxicology
	Toxicology Letters/ & Toxicology
	Digestive Disease Sciences
	Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
	Brain Research Bulletin
	Free Radical Biology & Medicine
	Toxicology & Applied Pharmacology
	General Pharmacology
	Journal of Toxicology & Environmental Health
	Toxicological Sciences
	Chemico Biological Interactions
	Antioxidant & Redox Signaling
	Cancer Cell International
	Cell Biology & Toxicology

	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
	NIH-NIAAA: Alcohol & Research World
	Microbiology
	Biochemical Pharmacology
	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
	Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology
	Clinica Chemica Acta
	Biochem. Biophys. Acta.
	Journal of Agriculture & Food Chemistry
	Journal of Food and Analytical Chemistry
	Chemical Research Toxicology
	NIH Journal of Alcohol
	Redox Report
	Phytotherapy Research

Honors & Awards

Biennial "Abraham Krasnoff Memorial Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement" 2008

David Newton Award Winner for Excellence in Teaching Pharmacy 2005

	American Academy of Clinical Toxicolgy Research Award Winner -- 1996
	GUEST EDITOR: COMMENTS ON TOXICOLOGY (SPL. ISSUE ON APOPTOSIS IN HEALTH & DISEASE)--1997
	Editorial Board Member-- 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.
	Principal Author of the Review Chapters "APOPTOSIS" in 'Encyclopedia of Toxicology', Ed. Philip Wexler, 2nd Eds, Vol-I, Pp. 153-178, Elsevier Science Publishing, 2005. Also the Principal author of the review article on "Dimethylnitrosamine".

Press Releases

	Ingredient in Turmeric Powder Can Thwart Drug-induced Liver Injury, Says Long Island University Pharmacy Professor Sidhartha Ray
	Acetaminophen Overpowers Some Cell-Protecting Genes
	Polyphenols Punch Back At Common Drugs
	Long Island University's Pharmacy Professor Sidhartha Ray Investigates NSAID Diclofenac and Kidney Toxicity
	Acetaminophen-Induced Liver Damage May Be Thwarted By Grape Seed Extract
	http://stuyspectator.com/2008/02/15/11-stuyvesant-students-are-named-intel-finalists-and-semifinalists-at-four-stuyvesant-has-most-finalists-in-nation/

ORGANIZER / CHAIRPERSON CE-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

INVITED SPEAKER AT THE NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

	Ehrlich-II, International Conference to honor 100th year of Nobel Prize winning ceremony of Paul Ehrlich, held at Nuremberg, Germany, October 3-5, 2008.
	International Conference on Food Factors, Meeting held at Kyoto, Japan (Dec, 2007). Presentation Title: Antioxidants micromanage oxidative stress (OS) and Cyt c release during drug or carcinogen-induced liver cell death in vivo?
	Visited Choseon Pharmaceuticals, presented seminar at the Institute of Basic Science Research, Seoul, S. Korea--August 2006
	APOPTOSIS-2006, Intl. Cong. held at Luxemburg, Jan-2006. Presentation Title: How Phytochemicals Maneuver Antitoxic and Anticancer signals in vivo.
	3^rd Intl. Symp. on Natural Antioxidants: Molecular Mechanisms and Health Effects, Shanghai, China, June 2005. Presentation Title: How Natural Antioxidants Propagate Anti-Cell Death Message to Normal Cells and Pro-Cell Death Message to Cancer Cells In Vivo?
	Worldnutra-2004 meeting held in San Francisco, CA (Nov, 2004). Title: Antitoxic Properties of Polyphenolic Phytochemicals in vivo.
	228^th Am. Chem. Soc. meeting held in Philadelphia (Aug 2004). Title:“Molecular Regulation of Antiapoptotic and Antinecrotic Pathways by Citrus Bioflavonoids”.
	UGC Visiting Lecture Series--Ravishankar University, Raipur, India, 2003.
	Served as a judge for the “Young Investigator Award”, Society of Free Radical Biology & Medicine, Seattle, WA (Nov, 2003).
	Int. Conference on Food Factors & Antioxidants meeting held in Tokyo, Japan (Dec, 2003). Presentation Title: Oxidative Stress is the Master Operator of Drug & Chemically-Induced Programmed & Unprogrammed Cell Death: Implications of Natural Antioxidants In Vivo.
	University of Dortmund: Leibniz-Institute for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), Dortmund, Germany, 2003.
	Society of Free Radical Research, Asia, International Congress held in Seoul, Korea, Nov 2003. Tentative Ttile: “Drug and Chemically Induced Free Radical-Mediated Patterns of Target Organ Cell Death In Vivo”
	Society of Free Radical Research, Europe, International Congress held in Ioannina, Greece, June-2003. Title: “Oxidative Stress Orchestrates Both Apoptotic & Necrotic Cell Death In Vivo: A New Molecular Toxicology Perspective”.
	World APOPTOSIS Congress-2003, International Meeting held at the European Convention Center, Luxemberg, Jan-2003. Session's Title: Pharmacology of Apoptosis. Presentation Title: “Lessons Learned from Drug and Chemically Induced Apoptotic Death in the Liver and Kidneys In Vivo”.
	39th Annual Meeting of Am. Coll. of Nutrition, Albuquerque, NM, from Oct 1-4, 1998. Sympo. Title: Oxidative Stress & Apoptosis: Cancer Signaling Mechanisms.

SESSIONS CHAIR AT THE NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

	Society of Free Radical Biology & Medicine's Annual meeting held at Indianapolis, IN, Nov 19-23, 2008. Session's title: Antioxidants & Redox Biology.
	Ehrlich-II, International Conference to honor 100th year of Nobel Prize winning ceremony of Paul Ehrlich, held at Nuremberg, Germany, October 3-5, 2008. Sessions Chair: Antiinflammatory & Analgesics.
	Society of Toxicology's 2007 Annual meeting, Charlotte, NC. Session's Title: Natural Products.
	Society of Free Radical Biology & Medicine's 2004 Annual meeting, US Virgin islands. Session's title: Antioxidants & Redox Cycling.
	Society of Toxicology's 2002 Annual meeting held in Nashville, TN. Session's Title: Metals- Cadmium & Mercury.
	Society of Toxicology's 2001 Annual meeting held in San Francisco, CA. Session's Title: Apoptosis-I
	Society of Toxicology's 1997 Annual meeting held in Cincinnati, OH. Session's Title: Apoptosis.
	Society of Toxicology's 1996 Annual meeting held in Los Angeles, CA. Podium session Title: In Vivo, Metal toxicology.
	Society of Toxicology's 1995 Annual meeting held in Baltimore, MD. Podium session Title: APOPTOSIS.

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

This site was last updated 11/27/08