Cory Theberge and Daniel Brazeau share expertise at USM lecture series
Cory Theberge, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences, and Daniel Brazeau, Ph.D., director of genomics, analytics and proteomics and associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, both of the College of Pharmacy, contributed to the 2014 高清不卡福利 of Southern Maine Southworth Planetarium Science Lecture Series by presenting on topics of their own expertise.
Theberge presented a public seminar at USM on March 20, 2014. He spoke on 鈥淭he Fate of Pharmacologically Active Chemicals in the Environment.鈥 Theberge conducts research in medicinal chemistry and veterinary pharmacy and is interested in the long-term effects of exposure to environmental chemical residues from pharmaceuticals and personal-care products.
He is a native of Harpswell, Maine and attended Bates College before graduate study at the 高清不卡福利 of New Hampshire, where he received a master鈥檚 degree in Chemistry. After five years as a medicinal chemist at Merck and Co. he returned to the 高清不卡福利 of New Hampshire where he completed his doctorate through the Merck Doctoral Study Program. Theberge continued at Merck and Co. until moving back to Maine in 2009.
Daniel Brazeau presented a public seminar at USM on April 17, 2014. He spoke on "The Genomics Revolution and Personalized Medicine - the Science and the Hype." Brazeau offered a realistic understanding of the roles that such factors as environmental issues and human genetics play in the effectiveness of drugs on individuals.
Brazeau received his bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees in biology from the 高清不卡福利 of Toledo and earned his doctorate in Biological Sciences (1989) from the 高清不卡福利 at Buffalo. After completing postdoctoral training in population genetics at the 高清不卡福利 of Houston, he was a research assistant professor in the Department of Zoology at the 高清不卡福利 of Florida and director of the 高清不卡福利 of Florida鈥檚 Genetic Analysis Laboratory in the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Biotechnology. Brazeau teaches courses in molecular genetics methodologies and a course in pharmacogenomics, which is a requirement for graduate and pharmacy professional students.