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Adwoa O. Nornoo
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Education:
Ph.D., University of Houston, Houston, TX
Courses Taught at ACP:
Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics
Pharmaceutical Analytical Techniques
Seminar I
Research Interests:
Novel drug formulation design and evaluation including the assessment and optimization of drug and drug formulation performance both in vivo and in vitro. Specifically, the use of microemulsions as oral drug delivery systems to enhance the oral absorption of low solubility and low permeability anticancer agents compounds like paclitaxel.
Recent Publications:
Cherif, A., Wallace, S., Yang, D. J., Newman, R., Harrod, V., Nornoo, A., Inuoe, T., Kim, C., Kuang, L., Kim, E. and Podoloff, D., Development of new markers for hypoxic cells: [I131]iodomisonidazole and [I131]iodoerythronitroimidazole, Journal of Drug Targeting 4(1):31-39, 1996.
Nornoo, A., Osborne, D.W. and Chow, D. S-L. Intravenous Cremophor-Free Microemulsions Of Paclitaxel (I): Formulation Development, Hemolytic And Cytotoxic Assessments. In preparation to be submitted to the International Journal of Pharmaceutics in August 2006.
Nornoo, A. and Chow, D. S-L Intravenous Cremophor-Free Microemulsions Of Paclitaxel Ii: Chemical Stability, Release Characteristics And Preclinical Pharmacokinetic Studies. In preparation to be submitted to the International Journal of Pharmaceutics in August 2006.
Nornoo, A. and Elwell R. J. Stability of Vancomycin in Icodextrin Peritoneal Dialysis Solution. Submitted to the ‘Annals of Pharmacotherapy’ 7/18/2006.