Dr. Hunter
Pharmacology
Class overview
This course provides an intensive study of the principles of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacotoxicology. Emphasis will be placed on the mechanisms of drug actions with a focus on how these effects results in the therapeutic and adverse effects of a drug. Determination of appropriate drug regimens for use in the treatment of disease states, as seen in special populations across the life span, will be reviewed. Consideration will also be given to specific problems in prescribing medications for special populations as well as the problems of multiple drug therapy. Cost, indication for use, action, dosage, common side effects, toxicity, and food/drug interaction will be reviewed for each drug category reviewed in this course. A reserved copy of this textbook can be found in Falvey Library. Both in-person and recorded (Mediasite) lectures will be used in this course. Please see scheduling details below. If public health conditions change, lecture material may be shifted to a distance learning modality. Students, faculty, and staff are required to follow the “Caritas Commitment” that has been developed by the University:
About me
When asked about ourselves, don't we all get a bit introspective, and a little nervous? "Who am I?" What I want to say is: I am an educator. I am a scientist. I am a husband and a father, a brother and a son and I am a friend. I am a citizen of the world, and I am a human being.
I was born in Denver CO, moved to Colorado springs when I was 4, West Virginia at 6, Kansas from 9-13 and western New York until 1985. I went to college at the University of Texas in Austin from 1995-1997. I joined the Navy while living in Reno, Nevada at the age of 21. In the Navy, I studied nuclear engineering, chemistry and radiological controls, and in 1991 I was stationed on the USS Birmingham (SSN-695) out of Pearl Harbor, HI.
After being medically discharged from the navy in 1997, I went to school at the University of Oklahoma studying biochemistry. I worked in cardiovascular research for 2 years after graduation, and returned to school at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center in 2004. I was in a multi-disciplinary program called GPiBS (and this is where I met my wife). GPiBS is a collaborative program among six graduate programs within the OU College of Medicine offering first year interdisciplinary curriculum to prepare students for career choices in the biomedical sciences. I matriculated into the Cell Biology department, but my research involved genetics and neurobiology. I received my Ph.D. May 13, 2011.
While in school I took an elective course in pedagogy. Before graduation I volunteer taught at Oklahoma School of Science and Math, and after graduation I taught invertebrate zoology, vertebrate zoology and genetics at OSSM. At the same time, I was an adjunct professor of neurobiology at University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. For the 2012-13 school year, I was a visiting professor at the University of Richmond teaching Genetics and Cell biology. I taught Anatomy and Physiology at ECPI during the summer of 2013. I taught Cell biology for 5 years at J.Sargeant Reynolds Community College, and for 3 years at Gettysburg college.
I am married to a lovely scientist/ physician doing medical research/ clinical fellowship at UPenn. We have a daughter, Jaden, who is 14, and is a budding biologist. I am an amateur magician and love to play pool.
