As the Director of Undergraduate Student Services in the College of Pharmacy, Rebecca oversees advising, curriculum management, and special programming for undergraduate programs.  She also serves as the primary advisor for special populations within the college, including PharmD Early Assurance.

The Futscher lab’s primary research focus is cancer epigenetics. We use comprehensive genomic approaches to investigate the epigenomic dysfunction that drives human cancer. The use of genome-wide approaches guarantees the capture of all of the information regarding epigenetic change in human cancer.

James Galligan, PhD, associate professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology—studies the link between cellular metabolism, environmental genetics and disease etiology. Keenly interested in post-translational modifications, his research focuses on reactive metabolites deleterious cell health. Current work centers on histone modifications derived from cell metabolism in diabetes and cancer.

A. Jay Gandolfi, PhD, is professor emeritus in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and the former associate dean for research and graduate studies (1999-2012). Dr. Gandolfi taught drug disposition in both PharmD and the graduate student curricula. He directed the Graduate Council and was director of the NIEHS Superfund Program from 1999-2012. Dr.

Neurodegenerative diseases are incurable and devastating neurological disorders characterized by the progressive loss of the structure and function of neurons in the central nervous system or peripheral nervous system. Mitochondria, organelles found in most eukaryotic cells, are essential for neuronal survival and are involved in neuronal functions.

Elizabeth Hall-Lipsy, JD, MPH, assistant professor, Department of Pharmacy, Practice and Science, serves as director of the PharmD Forward program. Co-director of the Regulatory Science Program a collaboration between the University of Arizona Health Sciences and the James E. Rogers College of Law, and she serves as director of the Health Disparities Initiative and Community Outreach.

Weiguo Han, PhD, serves as assistant professor, research, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy. He specializes in next-generation sequencing and cancer biomarker analysis and boasts extensive research and development experience in genetics, epigenetics and molecular biology. His work includes DNA, RNA miRNA, gene cloning, CRISPR/Cas9, SNP and genetic contributions to lung cancer.Author of numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, Han holds three patents.

PhD, University of Arizona, December 2022

Dr. Henry is an instructor in the Pharmacy Practice and Science Department as well as a Pharmacy Manager for CVS Health.

Natalie Herfurth is the Human Resources Generalist supporting the College of Pharmacy.  

Assists with:

• Recruitment and Representation of all UA COP Programs
• Identify target populations for Bachelor in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) and Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) programs
• Coordinator of BSPS and PharmD events sponsored by the Office of Student Services