Education

• PhD in Pharmacy and Veterinary Clinical Sciences, 1996:
  The Ohio State University.
• Post-Pharm.D. Fellow, 1988-1991: Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy,
  The Ohio State University
• PharmD, 1988: The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Clinical Pharmacy Resident, 1998: The University of Utah Hospitals,
  Salt Lake City, Utah
• BS in Pharmacy, 1983: The University of Texas, Austin, Texas

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Areas of Interest

• Mechanisms of Cardiac Remodeling: Role in Cardiac Arrhythmias

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Research

Mechanisms of Cardiac Remodeling: Role in Cardiac Arrhythmias
My laboratory is investigating the mechanisms of cardiac remodeling which underlie the development and perpetuation of cardiac arrhythmias. Current areas of investigation include atrial fibrillation and heart failure. The general goals in these projects are to define the mechanisms of cardiovascular disease evolution which promote arrhythmogenesis. In addition, changes in the myocardium which result from arrhythmias (and promote a substrate for chronic perpetuation of these arrhythmias) are under investigation. The goals of these investigations are to identify therapeutic targets to 1)diminish the incidence of arrhythmias in high-risk patient populations and to 2) minimize the progression from paroxysmal to sustained arrhythmias.

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Teaching

• College of Pharmacy

  • Co-Director, Pharmacy 617, Introduction to Clinical Pharmacy Research.
  • Pharmacy 778, Pathophysiology and Therapeutics II, Cardiovascular and Renal Disease States, “Ischemic heart disease” and “Cardiac arrhythmias”.
  • Pharmacy 724, Clinical Pharmacogenomics, “Pharmacogenomics of Cardiovascular Disease”.

• College of Medicine and Public Health

  • Second year medical students, “Antiarrhythmic Drugs”
  • Integrated Biomedical Graduate Program,  IBGP 703.03 , “Cardiac Ion Channels” and “Cardiac Arrhythmias”.
  • Physiology 911, Advanced Cardiovascular Physiology, “Cardiac ion channels and cellular electrophysiology”

Related Links

• Division of Cellular and Integrative Biophysics
  
  
• http://www.longqt.com

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Professional Experience

• July 2007 to present – Specialty Practice Pharmacist, Antiarrhythmic Medication Monitoring Clinic, Ross Heart Hospital, The Ohio State University

  October 2004 – present: Associate Professor, The Ohio State University, College of Pharmacy, Columbus, Ohio

  June 2003 to present: Member, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

  April 2001 to June 2003: Associate Member, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

  July 1998 to September 2004: Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, College of Pharmacy, Columbus, Ohio

  April 1996 to June 1998: Assistant Professor (30%), The Ohio State University, College of Pharmacy, Columbus, Ohio

  April 1996 to June 1998: Post-doctoral researcher (70%), The Ohio State University, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Dr. Ruth Altschuld, advisor

  1989 to 1996: Pharmacist, St. Ann’s Hospital, Westerville, Ohio

  1987 to 1988: Chief Pharmacy Resident, The University of Utah College of Pharmacy and University of Utah Hospitals, Salt Lake City, Utah

  Autumn 1987, and Spring 1988: Teaching Assistant, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, Autumn 1986

  September 1985 to June 1986: Pharmacist, Brackenridge Hospital, Austin, Texas

  August 1983 to June 1986: Pharmacist, Oak Hill Pharmacy, Austin, Texas

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