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Department of Pharmaceutics & Drug Delivery

WHAT WE DO

Our department studies the art and science of delivering therapeutic agents to the right places at the right times. We conduct research to identify problems related to drug delivery and develop solutions to overcome them.

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Our Department

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Develop the Future

Learn to turn a new chemical entity into a medication that patients in the community can safely and effectively use.

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Innovate New Delivery Systems

Understand pre-formulation, formulation development, pharmaceutical processing/manufacturing, and targeted drug delivery systems.

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About our Department

Learn more about the department and its defining goals of excellence.

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Hands-On Course in Tablet Technology

This postgraduate educational program provides an extensive review of conventional and advanced manufacturing technologies, including hot-melt extrusion, used to develop a variety of novel delivery and continuous manufacturing systems.

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Pii Center for Pharmaceutical Technology

The Pii Center conducts interdisciplinary drug and polymer research that provides end-stage pharmaceutical products for therapeutic conditions, vaccines, antidotes, and wound care.

Our degree paths

GRAD

Industrial Pharmacy, M.S.

Prepare for a career in the pharmaceutical industry with this non-thesis track degree in pharmaceutical sciences, with an emphasis in industrial pharmacy.

  • Oxford

GRAD

Pharmaceutics, M.S.

Take part in research to identify, understand, and resolve problems in drug delivery through dosage form design in this dynamic pharmaceutical sciences degree, with an emphasis in pharmaceutics.

  • Oxford

GRAD

Pharmaceutics, Ph.D.

Join a dynamic Ph.D. program in pharmaceutical sciences with an emphasis in pharmaceutics, where you'll engage in cutting-edge research to identify, understand, and solve challenges in drug delivery through advanced dosage form design.

  • Oxford

Meet the Department

Our faculty and staff have a wealth of expertise and provide exceptional guidance to our students.
Mo Maniruzzaman

Mo Maniruzzaman

  • Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and Research Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Eman Ashour

Eman Ashour

  • Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and Research Assistant Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Michelle Bell

Michelle Bell

  • Operations Coordinator
Leela Raghava Jaidev Chakka

Leela Raghava Jaidev Chakka

  • Principal Scientist
Walt Chambliss

Walt Chambliss

  • Professor Emeritus of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and Research Professor Emeritus in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Mahmoud Elsohly

Mahmoud Elsohly

  • Research Professor in the National Center for Natural Products Research and Professor of Pharmaceutics
Bill Gurley

Bill Gurley

  • Principal Scientist in NCNPR and Affiliate Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Sean Jo

Sean Jo

  • Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics and Research Associate Professor in the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Soumyajit Majumdar

Soumyajit Majumdar

  • Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and Research Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Michael Repka

Michael Repka

  • Director of the PII Center for Pharmaceutical Technology Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and Research Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cory Varner

Cory Varner

  • Visiting Instructional Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Sateesh Kumar Vemula

Sateesh Kumar Vemula

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate
Chang-Hee Whang

Chang-Hee Whang

  • Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and Research Assistant Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Yu Catherine Zhang

Yu Catherine Zhang

  • Senior Research Scientist

Pharmaceutics News

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Research News

Pharmacy Federal Grant to Propel Vaccine Technology Research

OXFORD, Miss. – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded some $500,000 to University of Mississippi pharmacy professor Mo Maniruzzaman, with a recommendation for another $500,000 in 2025, to develop a technology that promises to streamline vaccine production.