Seminar Title: “Unearthing pharmacokinetic botanical natural product-drug interactions and digging into the mechanisms”
PBB 229
Monday, May 5th, 2025, from 12:20 pm – 1:10 pm
John Clarke, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Vice-Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University
Dr. John Clarke is an Associate Professor and Vice-Chair in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane. He received his B.S. in biology from Brigham Young University-Idaho, and received his Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Oregon State University under the mentorship of Dr. Emily Ho. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Arizona with Dr. Nathan Cherrington. His research has been funded by the Department of Defense, the NIH National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), and the NIH National Center for Complimentary and Integrative Health. This includes a highly competitive K99-R00 award from NIEHS. He is currently co-investigator in the Center of Excellence for Natural Product-Drug Interaction research and is PI for a prestigious NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Health Scientist (ONES) R01 grant. His research interests and expertise are focused on elucidating the mechanisms of inter-individual variability in xenobiotic metabolism, disposition, and toxicity. This includes research with environmental contaminants and pharmaceuticals. He is the Past-President of the Pacific Northwest Association of Toxicologists, which is a regional chapter of the Society of Toxicology. He also serves as a Councilor in the Drug Metabolism and Disposition Division of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. He serves as a standing member of the NIH Drug and Biologic Disposition and Toxicity study section. He was the recipient of the 2023 Society of Toxicology Achievement
Education & Training
Oregon State University
Brigham Young University, Idaho
For more information, contact: Reena Bokria at rjb07003@uconn.edu