Side Effects of Drugs Annual

Sidhartha D. Ray, PhD, FACN serves as a Senior Professor of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences at The Touro College of Pharmacy at Manhattan, New York. Prior to this he served as Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences for nearly 2 decades at the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences of Long Island University, New York, and as the founding chair of Pharmaceutical Science department at Manchester University College of Pharmacy, Indiana, USA. He has been in the health sciences academy for over 35 years mainly focusing on pharmacy teaching, research and service. Dr. Ray's research program focus on drug & chemical induced organ toxicology, mechanistic & molecular toxicology, adverse drug reaction mechanisms, side effects of a number of therapeutically relevant drugs and environmentally significant chemicals. Over the last two decades, Dr. Ray’s seminal discoveries have provided clear understandings on the dynamic role of apoptosis, necrosis and necraptosis during organotoxic reactions and have influenced the development of safety measures for a stunning variety of xenobiotics, phytochemicals and nutraceuticals. He is internationally recognized as a leader in the scientific community and was one of the front runners in exploring mechanisms of drug and chemical-induced programmed and un-programmed cell death in in-vivo models. His landmark studies on the interplay of bcl-2, bcl-xl, p53, bad and bax during acetaminophen induced cell death and its prevention by grape seed proanthocyanidin extract has earned worldwide citations. His peer recognition and acknowledged service contributions are reflected by his election into multiple international professional organizations, such as the Society of Toxicology (SOT), Society of Free Radical Biology & Medicine (SFRBM), American Society of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and American College of Nutrition (ACN). Dr. Ray is an Associate Editor of Encyclopedia of Toxicology (3rd Ed, Elsevier, 2014), and serves on the editorial boards of multiple prestigious international journals, including ‘Archives of Toxicology’ and ‘Oxidative Medicine & Cellular Longevity’. Based on his contributions to teaching, service and scholarship to health sciences in general, Dr. Ray received multiple prestigious awards, inc. the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology’s national research award (1996), ‘Fellow of the American College of Nutrition’ honor in 1999, David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching Pharmacy (2005), the Biennial Abraham Krasnoff Memorial Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement (2008), Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy & Health Science’s ‘Wall-of-Fame’ honor (2011), the Society of Toxicology’s ‘Undergraduate Educator of the Year’ national award (2013), and the Manchester University’s ‘Outstanding Scholar of the Year’ award (2014). He currently serves on the SOT-NIH–NLM’s joint Toxlearn Project, SOT Undergraduate Task Force (2007 – present), and has previously served on the SOT’s Education Committee (2007 – 2010). In his lifetime, Dr. Ray has mentored research to numerous PharmD, MS, MD and PhD students in a number of areas of toxicology and biomedical sciences, made seminal contributions to the fields of pharmacology, toxicology, free radical biology, anticancer mechanism, phytochemicals, nutraceuticals & dietary supplements, and molecular safety sciences. Dr. Ray loves to promote ‘Lifelong Learning’ strategies to his students and clearly models his beliefs day in and day out. Visit URL: www.sidhartharay.com/ for more details.

1. Central Nervous System Stimulants and Drugs That Suppress Appetite Dushyant Kshatriya and Nicholas T. Bello 2. Antidepressants Jonathan Smithson and Philip B. Mitchell 3. Lithium Connie Rust, Heath Ford and Sidhartha D. Ray 4. Drugs of Abuse Hannah R. Fudin, Jennifer L. Babin, Lisa T. Hong, Jennifer Ku, Alisyn L. May, Alexander Wisner, F. Scott Hall and Sidhartha D. Ray 5. Hypnotics and Sedatives Brian W. Skinner, Katherine A. Curtis and Angela L. Goodhart 6. Antipsychotic Drugs Pierre Chue, Vincent Agyapong and Adam Abba-Aji 7. Antiepileptics Robert D. Beckett, Anayo Ohiri, Alyssa Johnson and Thomas R. Smith 8. Opioid Analgesics and Narcotic Antagonists Justin G. Kullgren, Amar P. Thakkar and Michael G. O’Neil 9. Anti-Inflammatory and Antipyretic Analgesics and Drugs Used in Gout Mark E. Olah 10. General Anesthetics and Therapeutic Gases Thomas Syratt and Alison Hall 11. Local Anesthetics Henry L. Nguyen 12. Neuromuscular Blocking Agents and Skeletal Muscle Relaxants Alex Ebied 13. Drugs That Affect Autonomic Functions or the Extrapyramidal System Toshio Nakaki 14. Dermatological Agents Stacey D. Curtis and W. Cary Mobley 15. Antihistamines (H1 Receptor Antagonists) Tyler S. Dougherty 16. Drugs That Act on the Respiratory Tract Mohamed Bayoumi-Ali, Richard John Sweeney, Luqman Hussain Wali, Doaa Farag and Favas Thaivalappil 17. Positive Inotropic Drugs and Drugs Used in Dysrhythmias Kerry Anne Rambaran and Amy Lehnert 18. Beta Adrenergic Antagonists and Antianginal Drugs Asima N. Ali, Jennifer J. Kim, Mary Ellen Pisano, Dalton K. Hudgins, Maame Wireku and Sidhartha D. Ray 19. Drugs Acting on the Cerebral and Peripheral Circulations Keaton S. Smetana, Zachary R. Noel and Sidhartha D. Ray 20. Antihypertensive Drugs Katie Traylor, Holly Gurgle and Joshua Brockbank 21. Diuretics Michelle Friedman-Jakubovics and Roman Fazylov 22. Metal Antagonists Joshua P. Gray, Natalia Amacher, Christina Ford and Sidhartha D. Ray 23. Antiseptic Drugs and Disinfectants Dirk W. Lachenmeier 24. Beta-Lactams and Tetracyclines Rebecca A. Buckler, Meghan T. Mitchell, Michelle M. Peahota and Jason C. Gallagher 25. Miscellaneous Antibacterial Drugs Emily C. Tucker, Matthew B. Roberts, Nicola A. Sweeney and David L. Gordon 26. Antifungal Drugs Dayna S. McManus and Nika Bejou 27. Antiprotozoal Drugs Adrienne T. Black, Dayna S. McManus, Olawale Afolabi and Sidhartha D. Ray 28. Antiviral Drugs Sreekumar Othumpangat and John D. Noti 29. Drugs in Tuberculosis and Leprosy Meenakshi R. Ramanathan, Crystal Howell and James M. Sanders 30. Antihelminthic Drugs Igho J. Onakpoya 31. Vaccines Michael P. Veve and Vasilios Athans 32. Blood, Blood Components, Plasma, and Plasma Products Kristine Sobolewski, Sara Radparvar, Cecilia Wong and Jackie Johnston 33. Vitamins, Amino Acids and Drugs and Formulations Used in Nutrition Brittany Singleton, Shandrika Landry, Sunil Sirohi and Sara Al-Dahir 34. Drugs That Affect Blood Coagulation, Fibrinolysis and Hemostasis Kirk E. Evoy, Jason Isch and Hanna Raber 35. Gastrointestinal Drugs Kirby Welston and Dianne May 36. Drugs That Act on the Immune System: Cytokines and Monoclonal Antibodies Kelley Ratermann, Jessica Cox, Lydia Benitez and Frank Davis 37. Drugs That Act on the Immune System: Immunosuppressive and Immunostimulatory Drugs Marley L. Watson, Bridgette K. Schroader and Heather D. Nelkin 38. Corticotrophins, Corticosteroids, and Prostaglandins Melissa L. Thompson Bastin and Brittany D. Bissell 39. Sex Hormones and Related Compounds, Including Hormonal Contraceptives Amulya Tatachar and Caitlin Gibson 40. Miscellaneous Hormones Amulya Tatachar, Sidartha Ray and Caitlin Gibson 41. Thyroid Hormones, Iodine and Iodides, and Antithyroid Drugs Vishakha Bhave, Anuj Patel, Rahul Deshmukh, Ajay Singh and Vicky Mody 42. Insulin and Other Hypoglycemic Drugs Laura A. Schalliol, Jasmine M. Pittman and Sidhartha D. Ray 43. Use of Antidiabetic, Antihypertensive, and Psychotropic Drugs in Pregnancy Dana R. Fasanella, Sarah E. Luttrell and Frederick R. Tejada 44. Drugs That Affect Lipid Metabolism Rebecca Tran and Kerry Anne Rambaran 45. Cytostatic Agents Sipan Keshishyan, Henry L. Nguyen, Olawale Afolabi, Carmen Moore, Adrienne T. Black and Sidhartha D. Ray 46. Radiological Contrast Agents and Radiopharmaceuticals Manoranjan S. D’Souza and Arindam Basu Sarkar 47. Drugs Used in Ocular Treatment Lisa V. Stottlemyer and Victoria L. Dzurinko 48. Safety of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Treatments and Practices Renee A. Bellanger, Christina M. Seeger and Helen E. Smith