Principle Investigators
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Mitch A. Phelps, PhD.
Professor
Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Phelps.32@osu.edu
NCBI | Google Scholar
ResearchGate | COP Faculty Page
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Chris Coss, PhD.
Assistant Professor
Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Coss.16@osu.edu
NCBI | Google Scholar
ResearchGate | COP Faculty Page
Research Staff
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Samuel K. Kulp, DVM, PhD.
Research Scientist
Hometown: Wilmington, DE
Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention
Kulp.1@osu.edu
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Hanna Radomska, PhD.
Research Scientist
Hometown: Szczecin, Poland
Radomska.1@osu.edu
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Zhiliang Xie, PhD.
Research Scientist
Hometown: Jinan, China
Xie.53@osu.edu
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Lauren Granchie
Research Associate/Lab Manager
Hometown: Boardman, OH
Granchie.1@osu.edu
Post Doctoral Researchers
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Pankaj Kumar, PhD.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Hometown: Sitapu, India
Kumar.953@osu.edu
I got my Ph.D. degree from CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad, India. During my doctoral degree, I tried to understand the role of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) in drug resistance and tumor metastasis.
Currently, I am working as a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Coss’s lab, trying to explore the estrogen receptor-b (ERb) signaling in Non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases (NAFLD)/Non-acholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
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Joo Young Na, PhD.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Hometown: Seoul, Republic of Korea
Na.162@osu.edu
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Phelps’s lab. I got my Ph.D. degree in Clinical Pharmacology at Seoul National University. My main research field is pharmacometrics and pharmacokinetics.
Graduate Trainees
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Adeoluwa Adeluola M.S.
1st year PhD candidate
Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria
Adeluola.1@osu.edu
I am a graduate student in the pharmaceutical sciences Ph.D. program. My research goal is to investigate novel strategies to improve the therapeutic outcomes of immunotherapies in advanced-stage cancers with cachectic comorbidity. Primarily, my project seeks to understand the effect of cancer cachexia on the pharmacokinetics of monoclonal antibodies administered via extravascular routes.
Fellowship: The Ohio State University Fellowship, 2022/2023
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Min Hai
1st year PhD candidate
Hometown: Nanjing, China
Hai.29@osu.edu
I am a graduate student specializing in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics modeling.
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Kyeongmin Kim, PharmD, MS.
3rd year PhD candidate
Hometown: Busan, Republic of Korea
Kim.7648@osu.edu
I earned my PharmD and Master’s in Pharmaceutical Science in Korea and then worked in Dong-A ST, a Korean Pharmaceutical company, focusing on preclinical PK studies for drug development. I am passionate about studying drug pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics and patient characteristics that are associated with variability of the drug PK/PD to achieve my goal of contributing to personalized pharmacotherapy. My current study is to understand factors influencing pharmacokinetics and response of immune checkpoint inhibitors and other anti-cancer drugs using PK/PD modeling/simulation.
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Emma Montgomery
3rd year PhD candidate
Hometown: Lewis Center, Ohio
Montgomery.1016@osu.edu
I am a 3rd year PhD student on the Coss side of the Coss/Phelps lab focusing on the role of sex hormone receptors in sexual dimorphism and the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma. My current project has been understanding androgen receptor splice variant (AR-SV) signaling in the context of HCC and working to develop drug analogs to target AR-SV positive HCC.
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Bryan Remaily
3rd year PhD candidate
Hometown: Horsham, Pennsylvania
Remaily.1@osu.edu
I am a 3rd year Graduate Research Fellow focused on Fc Gamma contribution to antibody PK/PD and how it changes in disease state under the advisement of Dr. Mitch Phelps. My work is focused on understanding Fc Gamma receptors’ contribution to monoclonal antibody Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, and how disease state may affect Fc Gamma receptor influence.
Fellowships
Cheng-Yok and Kai-King Chow Fellowship in Pharmaceutics, August 2022-Present
William Craig Orr and Mary Black Orr Fellowship in Pharmacy, August 2020-August 2021
Grants/Scholarships
American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Trainee Grant, March 2023
Patrick and Jane O’Neill Scholarship, August 2019-May 2020
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Justin Thomas, MS
4th year PhD candidate
Hometown: North Canton, OH
Thomas.2962@osu.edu
I am a fourth-year graduate student in the Coss/Phelps lab. My main focus is on identifying the mechanisms of elevated exogenous antibody clearance shown in cancer cachexia.
Fellowship
Feller Pharmacology Support Fund, 2021-2023
Awards
College of Pharmacy Divisional Scientific Retreat Impact Award in Translational Research, 2021
Betty-ann Hoener Graduate Endowed Fund in Pharmaceutics, 2022
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Greg Young, MS
1st year PhD candidate
Hometown: McLean, VA
Young.3412@osu.edu
I am a graduate student under Dr. Coss. I am currently interested in investigating the role Kupffer cells have in the metabolic dysregulation in cancer cachexia.
PharmD Candidates
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Jin Gyu Kim, PharmD, MS.
PharmD/MS candidate class of 2025
Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Kim.6182@osu.edu
I am a PharmD/MS student interested in quantitative pharmacology research. I will be joining PMX team as an intern at Boehringer Ingelheim in the summer of 2023.
Scholarships
Altschule Scholarship, 2022
OSU Scholarship, 2022
Day of Giving & General Scholarship, 2021
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Ruowen Song
PharmD candidate class of 2024
Hometown: Shanghai, China
Song.1311@osu.edu
I am a PharmD candidate and a Phelps/Coss Lab student volunteer.
Undergraduate Research Associates
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Isaac Dickess
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Hometown: Coal Grove, OH
Dickess.8@buckeyemail.osu.edu
I am currently an undergraduate student working for the Coss laboratory in genotyping.
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Mayu Fukuda
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Fukuda.17@osu.edu
I am a 4th year pharmaceutical sciences undergraduate student under the supervision of Dr. Coss. I have been working in this lab since Autumn 2021. My primary focus is on mitigating androgen receptor signaling in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Fellowship
CREATES Fellowship, 2021-2022
Awards/Scholarships
College of Pharmacy Undergraduate Research Scholarship, 2022
Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology Outstanding Undergraduate Award, 2023
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Gillian Mulcahy
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Mulcahy.65@osu.edu
Fellowship
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2023