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Gwendolyn Pais, Ph.D.

Research Asst. Professor

Pharmacy Practice

  • Research Asst. Professor
    Pharmacy Practice

BIO

Dr. Gwendolyn Pais is a Research Assistant Professor in the College of Pharmacy and a Scientist within the Midwestern University Pharmacometrics Center of Excellence. Dr. Pais earned her PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago for her research on the mechanism of estrogen regulation of Notch in breast cancer. She completed a Postdoctoral training in Molecular Pharmacology at Midwestern University with the Gulati group where she worked on endothelin-1 as a potential biomarker of renal injury in neonates of different gestational ages. She is currently engaged in identifying biomarkers of renal and brain injury in preclinical studies with the Scheetz group to aid in the Pharmacokinetic/Toxicodynamic (PK/TD) modeling of antibiotics in infectious diseases. Her interests include utilizing quantitative systems pharmacology to prevent drug-induced nephro and neurotoxicity.

MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS

  • Research Assistant Professor
    College of Pharmacy, Downers Grove Campus

DEGREES

  • Ph.D.
    University of Illinois at Chicago, USA2010
  • B.Pharm.
    Mumbai University, USA1994

ACADEMIC DEGREE PROGRAM

  • Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)

CAMPUS

  • Downers Grove