糖心vlog

Education

• BS, Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Medical University
• MS, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University at Albany
• PhD, Pharmaceutical Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut

Courses Taught at 糖心vlog

• Pharmaceutics I & II
• Pharmaceutical and Analytical Techniques
• Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Experiences
• Botanical Medicines
• Molecular Foundation of Drug Actions
• Advanced Pharmaceutics聽I & II
• Drug Delivery聽Principles
• Regulatory Sciences
• Pharmaceutical Stability
• Special Topics in Pharmaceutics
• Thesis Research
• Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences聽(APPE)
• Industrial Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuticals Entrepreneurship
• Capstone Project

Research Interests

Complex Drug Products聽(CDP)聽have complex聽substances,聽formulations, and/or聽mechanisms,聽that are聽challenging聽to聽characterize聽chemically,聽formulate physically,聽assess biologically, and evaluate clinically. Our聽research is聽to provide insights for industry, regulators, and聽clinicians聽to improve the quality, safety, efficacy,聽approvability,聽and affordability聽of CDP聽for聽patients.聽Zheng鈥檚聽group聽integrated聽an聽array聽of interdisciplinary approaches including structural-based聽drug聽design, computer modeling, formulation聽design,聽molecular聽characterization, and聽bioanalytical聽testing聽to close the gaps聽between product quality and聽clinical聽effects聽of:

• Biologics, Biosimilars, and Peptides:聽study, design,聽formulate,聽develop, and evaluatethe quality, efficacy and safety of聽therapeutic聽proteins and peptides.
• Botanical Drug Products聽(BDP)聽are聽made from natural聽complex substances.聽We聽applyanalytical techniques,聽translational聽strategies, and cutting-edge聽tools聽to demystify聽medicinal聽plants聽that can be聽developed聽into聽pharmaceutical or wellness products.
• Endocannabinoid System聽(ECS) Research:聽Cannabis is one of the most聽used and studied聽botanicals.聽The discovery of cannabinoids and then endocannabinoids聽revealed聽more fascinating聽molecular mechanisms聽between cannabinoids and the ECS.聽Dr Zheng has been focused on聽investigating聽the mechanisms聽of ECS聽and the 鈥渆ndocannabinoidome鈥�, especially聽the ECS聽across the blood brain barrier (BBB) between the central nervous system and peripheral circulations.聽These studies聽are promising to聽unlock聽ECS鈥櫬爐herapeutic potentials聽for stroke, injury,聽pain,聽degenerative diseases, and substance use disorder (SUD).

These聽research聽projects聽help to聽empower patient-centered product design, enhance drug development, enable regulatory decisions, and reduce risks, including drug abuse.