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Alan L. Myers
Graduate of West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 2005

amyers@rx.umaryland.edu

Mentor: Natalie D. Eddington, Ph.D.
Pharmaceutical Sciences


Research

Glutathione S-transferases
Pharmacokinetics and Drug-Drug Interactions of Oxycodone
Cocaine Pyrolysis
Glycosaminoglycan Determination in Clinical Subjects
Analytical Chemistry, including reversed phase, thin-layer, ion pair, and gas chromatography; UV, Mass and NMR spectrometry

Research Techniques

UV spectroscopy, HPLC, LC-MS, SPE, NMR, QRT-PCR, Immunoblotting, Organic Synthesis

Personal History

EDUCATION
Ph.D.,
Pharmaceutical Sciences, West Virginia University  Dissertation: "Glutathione Conjugation of a Cocaine Pyrolysis Product AEME and Related Compounds"
Degree: August 2005.
           
Pharm.D., Pharmacy, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Degree: May 1999.
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 ◦ Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Aug. 2005 to present)
  -- University of Maryland at Baltimore

 ◦ Graduate Assistant/Teaching Assistant (Aug. 2001 to Aug. 2005)
  -- West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

 ◦ Pharmacy Manager (Aug. 1999 to July 2001)
  -- Eckerd Pharmacy 

 ◦ Professional Pharmacy Clerkship Rotations (08/1998 to 05/1999)
  -- Philadelphia College of Pharmacy

Publications

Oxycodone induces overexpression of P-glycoprotein and modulates paclitaxel’s tissue distribution in sprague dawley rats.  Hazem E. Hassan, Alan L. Myers, Insong J. Lee, Andrew Coop and Natalie D. Eddington.  J Pharm Sci 2007 (accepted for publication).
  
Identification of anhydroecgonine ethyl ester in the urine of a drug overdose victim.  Alan L. Myers, Heather E. Williams, James C. Kraner and Patrick S. Callery.  J Forensic Sci 2005 Nov. 50(6): 1-5.
 
Mercapturic acid derivative of a cocaine pyrolysis product, 3-(N-acetylcystein-S-yl)anhydroecgonine methyl ester.  Alan L. Myers, Jonathan R. Daft, Peter M. Gannett, Patrick S. Callery. Drug Metabolism Reviews 2004; 36(1): 223.
 
Synthesis of deuterated 4,4’-diaminodiphenylsulfone (Dapsone) and related analogs.  Peter M. Gannett, Edward M. Johnson II, Michael A. Grimes, Alan L. Myers, Robert E. Deavers III and Timothy S. Tracy.  J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2003; 46: 107-14.

 

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