韦德Russu
在太平洋自从: 2005
韦德一. Russu, PhD earned a bachelor of science from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 1992 and his doctor of philosophy from University of California, 2000年的圣巴巴拉. He completed his graduate training at University of California, Irvine at both the Cancer 研究 Institute and at the Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia. He has been a part of the Pacific family since 2005.
Dr. Russu's passion is for teaching chemistry in the context of pharmacy, which forces the students to think about chemistry from a new perspective. He hopes that when his students discover the practical application of chemistry it will cause them to have a greater interest in the subject. His goal is to provide valuable experience to students through practical re搜索 opportunities. The focus of his re搜索 is drug discovery for cancer and it is his aim to share those advances with the broader scientific community.
Dr. Russu enjoys problem solving and was drawn to his field of study by a curiosity about drugs and how they work. His career has been shaped by the mentorship of professors R. D. Little and James Nowick. Dr. Russu is a member of the Phi Lambda Upsilon National Honorary 化学ical Society, the Rho Chi Pharmaceutical Honor Society, the Alpha Chi Sigma National 化学istry Fraternity, the American 协会iation of 大学 of 药店, the American 协会iation for Cancer 研究 and the American 协会iation for the Advancement of Science. He is also actively involved in the organic and medicinal chemistry divisions of the American 化学ical Society.
Dr. Russu is a California native and comes from a multicultural family. He is one of seven siblings, two of which were adopted from South America. He and his wife have six children, two biological children and four adopted children. He also loves scuba diving and being near the ocean.
BS in Biochemistry, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 1992
PhD in 化学istry, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2000
PostDoc, University of California, Irvine, Cancer 研究 Institute, 2001-2002
PostDoc, University of California, Irvine, Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, 2003-2004
教学理念
"I see my role as a teacher providing the tools, knowledge and insight necessary to facilitate the active and responsible participation of the student in the learning process. I strive to help the student grasp and apply knowledge and concepts and to enlighten them as to their relevancy to the profession of pharmacy. ‘Learn by doing' is a unifying learning style that can benefit every student. It gives the student an opportunity to practice critical thinking, to use the skills that are being developed and assess progress. It also provides a sense of satisfaction that goals are being met and positive reinforcement for the student and instructor. In my courses I work toward a ‘learn by doing' methodology by providing in class problem solving, as well as discussion/lab sessions, self-assessment problem sets and quizzes. For some topics I provide outside reading material from texts, original re搜索 papers and my own topical narratives."
课程
PCSP 211 — Drug Design
PCSP 208 — Pharmaceutical Analysis
PCSP 203 — Laboratory Management
PCSP 209 — Technical Writing (Writing Mentor)
PCSP 397 — 研究生 研究
PHRM 114 — Physical 药店 and Dosage Forms
PHRM 145 — Pharmacology & 药物化学
研究总结
One re搜索 project concerns the design of drug molecules that target specific mutations in cancer cells in order to slow the growth of and/or kill the cancer cell. Another project attempts to design small pieces of a protein or peptides that can target and deliver toxic drugs specifically to cancer cells."
研究兴趣
- Drug discovery/design for cancer
- Peptides/peptidomimetics as drugs
学术活动
Shallal H. M.; Faridi J. S.; Russu W. A. "Anti-tumor Pyrimidinylpiperazines bind to prosurvival Bcl-2 protein Family member Bcl-XL.“Bioorg. 地中海. 化学. 列托语. 2011, 21, 1325-1328.
Shallal H. M.; Russu W. A. “发现, 合成, and Investigation of the Antitumor Activity of Novel Piperazinylpyrimidine Derivatives.“欧元. J. 地中海. 化学. 2011, 46, 2043-2057.
Phanidhara Kotamraj, 韦德一. Russu, Bhaskara Jasti '95, 李小玲, "Novel Integrin-Targeted Binding-Triggered Drug Delivery System for Methotrexate.“制药. Res. 2011, 28, 3208-3219.
Hashemzadeh, M.; Movahed, M. R.; Russu W. A.; Soroush, L.; Hill, D. N. "Novel design and synthesis of modified structure of carveldilol.“最近拍的. Cardiovasc. 药物越是加大. 2011, 6, 175-179.
