Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
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.
Email:
sop_pdd@olemiss.eduOffice Location:
104A Faser HallPhone:
662-915-7341
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Our Department
Develop the Future
Learn to turn a new chemical entity into a medication that patients in the community can safely and effectively use.
Innovate New Delivery Systems
Understand pre-formulation, formulation development, pharmaceutical processing/manufacturing, and targeted drug delivery systems.
About our Department
Learn more about the department and its defining goals of excellence.
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.
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
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
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
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
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Meet the Department
Mo Maniruzzaman
- Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and Research Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Eman Ashour
- Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and Research Assistant Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jaidev Chakka
- Principal Scientist
Walt Chambliss
- Professor Emeritus of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and Research Professor Emeritus in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Mahmoud Elsohly
- Research Professor in the National Center for Natural Products Research and Professor of Pharmaceutics
Le'Tosha James
- Program Manager
Sean Jo
- Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics and Research Associate Professor in the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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
Md Nurunnabi Nabi
- Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and Research Associate Professor of the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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
Taha Sheikh
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Cory Varner
- Visiting Instructional Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Sateesh Kumar Vemula
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Yu Catherine Zhang
- Senior Research Scientist
Pharmaceutics News
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.