MEEX Speaker
UNADKAT Jashvant, PhD
Professor of Pharmaceutics in the School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, US
Biography
Jashvant (Jash) Unadkat, Ph.D. is the Milo Gibaldi Endowed Professor at the School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle. He received his Bachelor degree in Pharmacy (B.Pharm.) from the University of London (1977), his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester (1982) and his postdoctoral training at the University of California at San Francisco (1982-85). Dr. Unadkat studies the mechanisms of transport and metabolism of drugs, including during pregnancy. Dr. Unadkat has published more than 200 peer-reviewed research papers. He is a fellow of AAAS, AAPS, JSSX, and the founding co-chair (1999-2001) of the focus group of AAPS on Drug Transport and Uptake. Dr. Unadkat received the AAPS Research Achievement Award in 2012. Dr. Unadkat created and leads the UW Research Affiliates Program on Transporters (UWRAPT), funded by pharmaceutical companies and UWPKDAP, a NIDA funded Program Project grant (P01) on drug disposition during pregnancy.
Webinars
- The Next Frontier in ADME Science: Predicting and Verifying Tissue Drug Exposure
- Principles of Transporter Drug Interactions with Special Focus on Hepatic and BBB Transporters
