Michael Jay - Ph.D.

Dr. Jay is a professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the UK College of Pharmacy and has a joint appointment in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology of the UK Chandler Medical Center. He is a member of the Pharmaceutics, Drug Delivery and Analysis area of graduate study (AGS) and has ongoing collaborations with faculty within and outside of the College. He also served as the Director of the Center for Pharmaceutical Science and Technology (CPST) from 1998-2007 and the Executive Director of Economic Development and Innovations Management from 2003-2007. Dr. Jay also is co-founder, along with Dr. Russell Mumper, of NanoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc., an early-stage advanced drug delivery company using nanotechnology, thin film composites and film-forming gels to enable the development of new drugs and vaccines and to improve existing drugs.

www.nanomedpharm.com/dnn/

Selected Honors

• Fellow, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (2006)
• Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation
• Bluegrass Pharmaceutical Association - Distinguished Service Award (2005)
• Kentucky Science and Engineering Award (2002)
• University of Kentucky Environmental Health & Safety Award (2001)
• Rho Chi Pharmaceutical Honor Society
• Mendell Award (17th Int'l Pharmaceutical Conference, Dublin, Ireland) (1998)
• Berson-Yalow Award (Society of Nuclear Medicine) (1993)

Selected Publications/Presentations

• D Zhu, X Lu, PA Hardy, M Leggas and M Jay. Nanotemplate-Engineered Nanoparticles Containing Gadolinium for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Tumors. Invest. Radiology, in press.
• D Kryscio, MA Bell, PM Sathe, R Lionberger, L Yu, M Jay and JZ Hilt. Spreadability Measurements to Assess Structural Equivalence (Q3) of Topical Formulations. AAPS PharmSciTech, in press.
• K Sutthanut, B Sripanidkulchai, C Yenjai and M Jay. Simultaneous identification and quantitation of 11 flavonoid constituents in Kaempferia parviflora by gas chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A, 1143:227-233 (2007).
• D Zhu and M Jay. Nanoscintillation System Composed of Polystyrene-Fluor Nanoparticles for Aqueous Scintillation Counting of aand b-Emitting Radionuclides. - Nanotechnology 18(22):225502 (2007)
• D Zhu, Z Mu, C Mooty, M Kovarik and M Jay. Suspensions of Fluor-Containing Nanoparticles for Quantifying Emitting Radionuclides in Non-Hazardous Media. J Pharm. Innovation, 1:76-82 (2006).
• J Medendorp, J Wyse, RA Lodder, LG Tillman, S Dokka and M Jay. Rapid near-infrared qualification of microcrystalline cellulose and sodium caprate minitablets through intact enteric coated capsules. J Process Analyt Tech. 3:11-17 (2006).
• D Zhu, RD White, PA Hardy, N Weerapreeyakul, K Sutthanut, and M Jay. Biocompatible Nanotemplate-Engineered Nanoparticles Containing Gadolinium: Stability and Relaxivity of a Potential MRI Contrast Agent. J Nanosci Nanotech, 6:996-1003 (2006).
• C Crofcheck, I Maiti, S Pattanaik and M Jay. Effect of Ion and Surfactant Choice on the Recovery of a Histidine Tagged Protein from Tobacco Extract Using Foam Fractionation. Appl Biochem Biotech. 119:79-92 (2004).
• AE Green, S Banks, M Jay and J Hatton. Stability of Nimodipine Stored in Oral Dosing Syringes. Am J Health Systems Pharm. 61:1493-1496 (2004).
• JC Weekley, PE Rosenstiel, S Wuenschel, RJ Mumper and M Jay. Aqueous Liquid Scintillation Counting with Fluor-Containing Nanosuspensions. Appl Rad Isotop. 60:887-891 (2004).
• MO Oyewumi, RA Yokel, M Jay, T Coakley and RJ Mumper. Comparison of Cell Uptake, Biodistribution and Tumor Retention of Folate-Coated and PEG-Coated Gadolinium Nanoparticles in Tumor-Bearing Mice. J. Controlled Release, 95:613-626 (2004).
• C-H Hsu, Z Cui, RJ Mumper and M Jay. Preparation and Characterization of Novel Coenzyme Q10 Nanoparticles Engineered from Microemulsion Precursors. AAPS PharmSciTech. 2003; 4(3) article 32:269-280 (2003).

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