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Faculty Profile

Kristine L Willett

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Biomolecular Sciences
Chair and Professor of Pharmacology & Environmental Toxicology in BioMolecular Sciences and Research Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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303A Faser Hall, School Of Pharmacy
University, MS 38677
(662) 915-6691
Joined UM: August 1, 2000

Areas of Expertise

  • ANTICANCER RESEARCH
  • BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
  • CANCER, CHEMOPREVENTION
  • CHEMISTRY, RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
  • ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
  • ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
  • FISH
  • GENE EXPRESSION, KNOCK OUT
  • MARINE BIOLOGY
  • MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, CANCER
  • MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, GENE EXPRESSION
  • MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION
  • TOXICOLOGY STUDIES

Brief Bio

Kristine L. Willett is an Professor of Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology, Chair of the Department of BioMolecular Sciences, and the Graduate Student Coordinator for the Environmental Toxicology Division. She received he PhD from Texas A&M University in 1997, following a BA in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at Indiana University and Duke University prior to coming to Ole Miss. Her research interests include using fish models to study mechanisms of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and cannabinoid toxicity as well as in new dru discovery for cancer and epilepsy. She is an Associate Editor for Toxicologica Sciences. At UM, she teaches both graduate and undergraduate toxicology and environmental toxicology courses and in the Honors College.

Degrees

BA
Chemistry
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (1993)
PhD
Toxicology
Texas A&M University (1997)

Committee Memberships

Dist. Resrch & Creative Achievemnt Award
Ad Hoc Committee

Awards

School of Pharmacy Faculty Service Award
2014
School of Pharmacy Distinguished Teaching Scholar
2014
School of Pharmacy Distinguished Teaching Scholar
2015
School of Pharmacy Distinguished Teaching Scholar
2016
School of Pharmacy, Faculty Instructional Innovations Award
2017
Faculty Achievement Award
2017
School of Pharmacy, Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. Faculty Research Award
2019
Distinguished Research and Creative Achievement Award
2022
SEC Faculty Achievement Awards Program UM Nominee
2023