Pharmacy: From Plants to the Medicine Cabinet

From Laboratory to Patient: Students in the pharmacy course will gain insight into the various science disciplines involved in research and development of pharmaceutical products and through hands-on lab and research experiences, manufacture a product.

Faculty

Coordinator (in-kind): Dr. Robert McCurdy is a pharmacist and the Assistant Dean of the College of Pharmacy at ONU with an extensive background in corporate community pharmacy. He holds a B.S. in Pharmacy degree, M.Ed. in counseling, and an honorary Doctor of Pharmacy degree. His corporate background includes pharmacy management roles culminating with 13 years in an executive position with a national pharmacy chain. Areas of expertise include management, community pharmacy, and career counseling.

Prof. Deirdre Myers is a pharmacist with background in hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy, long term care pharmacy, and pharmacy education. She holds the B.S. in Pharmacy degree and is currently the pharmaceutics laboratory instructor as well as lecturer at Ohio Northern University. She has presented at national meetings and is active in several professional organizations. Her areas of expertise include pharmaceutics, compounding, calculations, pharmacology, and geriatric therapeutics.

Dr. Kelly Shields is a pharmacist with a background in community practice, drug information research, and medical writing. She holds the Doctor of Pharmacy degree and has completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Natural Products Information and Research. She is currently Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of the Drug Information Center at Ohio Northern University. She has extensively researched and published in the areas of natural products, herbs, and dietary supplements. She has previous summer camp experience at the University with "Girls in Engineering, Math & Sciences" camp.

Dr. David Kinder is a medicinal chemist with a Bachelor's Degree from Purdue, a Master's from Indiana, and his Ph.D. from Illinois. He did his post-doctoral work at the Mayo Clinic in Developmental Oncology Research under Dr. Ames. Dr. Kinder is Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Ohio Northern University, where he has served for 14 years. He has particular interest and experience with medicinal plants grown in the "four corners" region of the southwestern U.S. He has an active research laboratory with strong student involvement. Dr. Kinder is the parent of two children and serves as advisor to Phi Delta Chi professional fraternity.
Facilities

The Pharmacy Summer Honors Institute will use a combination of facilities on campus and will be going on two field trips. Facilities on campus will include a chemistry laboratory, a pharmaceutical research laboratory, our Drug Information Center, the Pierstorf Pharmacy Museum, the pharmacy computer lounge, and selected classroom and building lounge areas. Off campus, we will make field trips to the Tidd Farm, a biological wetlands field station owned by Ohio Northern, and to MedcoHealth in Columbus where students will participate in pharmaceutical compounding demonstrations.