Director of Development

Program Coordinator, Experiential Education

Amanda Diaz graduated with a BA in Comparative Literature from the University of Georgia in 2009, and a MA in Religion from Liberty University in 2013. She began working at the University of Arizona in 2014 in the College of Nursing, and in 2016 became a Program Coordinator at the College of Pharmacy. 

 

Assistant Professor, Translational Pharmacogenomics

Hongxu Ding is the new assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science. He finished his undergrad at Tsinghua University in 2013, where he was initially trained as a physicist later and switched to the field of life sciences. He finished his PhD at Columbia University under the instruction of Dr. Andrea Califano in 2018, where he worked on single-cell systems biology. After that, he joined UCSC Genomics Institute as a postdoctoral scholar. Under the supervision of Dr. Joshua Stuart and Dr.

Department Head, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology
Professor, BIO5 Institute Professor
Cancer Biology Program Member, University of Arizona Cancer Center
Member, Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center
R. Ken and Donna Coit Professorship in Drug Discovery

Xinxin Ding, PhD, department head, Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy—studies enzyme function, regulation and genetics as applied to translational research for drug safety and efficacy and genetic and environmental risks for chemical toxicity.

Community Outreach Coordinator

Clinical Toxicologist, Director of Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center

The Director of the poison center, overseeing operations and personnel, is Dr. Steven Dudley. Dr. Dudley is a board-certified clinical toxicologist who graduated with a PharmD from the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy in 2015, and completed a toxicology fellowship with the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center in 2017. His fellowship focused on the assessment and treatment of patients presenting with pharmacological toxicity, overdose, and venom poisoning. Previously, Steven spent nine years working in retail pharmacy.

Nurse II, Poison Control

Poison Control Specialist

John A. and Frances P. Ware Endowed Associate Clinical Professor

Christopher Edwards, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP associate clinical professor, Dept. of Pharmacy Practice and Science and clinical assistant professor, emergency medicine, the UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA’S COLLEGE OF MEDICINE—specializes in emergency medicine pharmacotherapy. He maintains a clinical practice in the emergency department of BANNER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER TUCSON.

Systems Administrator

BS, University of Arizona, May 2007

Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Science

Brian L. Erstad, PharmD, MCCM, FCCP, FASHP, is in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the College of Pharmacy. He focuses on critical care medicine, including patient safety and outcomes, and conducts much of his research at the Banner-University Medical Center, Tucson. He served on the FDA, Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee member from 2011-2015 and will serve as President of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy from 2019-2020.

Director, Undergraduate Student Services

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.

Dean, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy

Christopher K. Finch, PharmD, FCCM, FCCP, is dean of the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy. He received a Bachelors degree in Chemistry from Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee and the Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, Memphis. He completed a specialized residency in internal medicine at the University of Tennessee. Finch taught for two years at Auburn University, School of Pharmacy and the University of Alabama, School of Medicine before moving back to his hometown of Memphis in the summer of 2003.

Coordinator, Administrative Services

Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Assistant Research Scientist, UA Cancer Center

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.

Associate Department Head, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Associate Professor

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.

Events and Communications Coordinator

Associate Director, Clinical Trials

Adjunct Research Professor, Professor Emeritus

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.

Assistant Research Professor

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.

Administrative Associate

Building Manager

Grant and Contract Administrator

Assistant Research Professor

Associate Dean, Faculty and Academic Affairs
Associate Professor of Practice

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.

Assistant Research Professor

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.

Coordinator, Community Outreach

Assistant Professor of Practice

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

Human Resources Generalist

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

Senior Coordinator, Recruitment, Events & Marketing

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

Research Specialist, Senior

Poison Control Specialist, Instructor

Sarah Denise Holzman, PharmD, clinical instructor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, works as a Certified Specialist in Poison Information and registered pharmacist at the University of Arizona’s Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center.