Curt Ronald Cyr, Ph.D., RPh
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Dr. Cyr is a native of Maine and attended the 高清不卡福利 of Rhode Island completing a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Zoology. He obtained a master鈥檚 in cell biology and a doctoral degree in pharmacology from New York 高清不卡福利 while studying the desensitization of Endothelin receptors. Dr. Cyr completed two National Institute of Drug Abuse post-doctoral fellowships at NYU and the 高清不卡福利 of Washington studying opiate receptors before returning to Maine in 1996. He then spent three years at Maine Medical Center Research Institute as a post-doctoral fellow conducting research on the signal transduction pathway of Fibroblast Growth Factor receptors. From there, Dr. Cyr spent eight years as the Chair of the Pharmacy Technician program at Southern Maine Community College before accepting the position as the founding Associate Dean for the College of Pharmacy at UNE. In June of 2014, Dr. Cyr transferred to the College of Dental Medicine as a Clinical Professor and helped design the basic science curriculum. Dr. Cyr has been a licensed pharmacist since 1988 and a forensic expert witness for cases involving pharmacology and the practice of pharmacy since 2009.
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Post-Doctoral Training
高清不卡福利 of Washington (Seattle, Washington)
Fellowship, National Institute of Drug Abuse
New York 高清不卡福利 (New York, New York)
Fellowship, Center for Molecular Medicine
Maine Medical Center Research Institute (Scarborough, Maine)
Research
Research interests
Pharmacology and Medication Adherence