UNM COP FACULTY RESEARCH MENTOR DATABASE 7/23/25

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1	Faculty Name	Department Affiliations, Divisions, Centers	Web Page / Link to Publications	Contact Information	Research Topic / Interest	Type of Research (Basic/Bench, Clinical/Practice Based or Both)	Will Mentor COP PharmD Summer Research Program	Will Mentor General PharmD Research Experience	PharmD Research Slots Available (Spring, Fall, Summer)	Minimum Number of Hours per week students must be available for Research Experience	Preference for year in PharmD program (P1,P2, P3, P4, No preference)	Paid or Unpaid Research Experience Available	Academic Credit Option for Research Experience Available (Y/N/Negotiable)	PHRM758/APPE Rotation Credit Available	Will Mentor Shared Degree PharmD MS Project \| Thesis	MS Students Slots Available (Spring, Summer, Fall)	Will Mentor PhD Students	Will Mentor Undergraduate Students	Will Mentor for High School Students
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3	Anderson, Joe PharmD, PhC	PPAS Dept	Directory	janderson@salud.unm.edu	Cardiovascular Disease prevention and treatment, Heart failure, Advanced pharmacist practice outcomes, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning	Clinical / Practice Based	Yes	Yes	Spring, Fall, Summer	To be determined	P1, P2, P3, P4	Unpaid	Yes	Yes				No	No
4	Aragon, Kelsea PharmD, PhC	PPAS Dept Project ECHO	Directory Publications	kelsgall@salud.unm.edu	Cardiovascular Risk Reduction, Diabetes, People with HIV, LGBTQIA+, Gender Dysphoria, Student/Pharmacist Wellness, Professional Development, Student Success - Currently working on MASLD project	Clinical / Practice Based	Yes	Yes	Fall, Summer	5 (but negotiable)	P3, P2, P4, P1	Unpaid	Negotiable		No		No	No	No
5	Bachyrycz, Amy PharmD	PPAS Dept	Directory	abachyrycz@salud.unm.edu	Community Pharmacy	Clinical / Practice Based	Yes	Yes	Spring, Fall, Summer	5	P1, P2, P3, P4	Unpaid	Negotiable	No	Yes	Spring, Summer, Fall	Yes	Yes	Yes
7	Barkley-Levenson, Amanda PhD	PS Dept, SURE Center, NMARC	Directory	abarkleylevenson@salud.unm.edu	Alcohol Use Disorder, Substance Use Disorder, Behavioral Genetics, Behavioral Neuropharmacology	Basic /Bench	Yes	Yes	Spring, Fall, Summer	negotiable	P1, P2, P3, P4	Unpaid	Yes	Yes	Yes	Spring, Summer, Fall	Maybe (contact faculty member)	Yes	No
8	Bleske, Barry PharmD	PPAS Dept	Directory	bbleske@salud.unm.edu	Cardiovascular, Environmental Toxicology, Community	Basic /Bench, Clinical / Practice Based	Yes	Yes			P1, P2, P3, P4	Unpaid	Yes	Yes	Yes	Spring, Summer, Fall	Yes
9	Blossom, Sarah PhD	PS Dept NM-INSPIRES	Directory	sblossom@salud.unm.edu	Environmental contaminants, immune dysfunction and autoimmune disease. T cell epigenetics and metabolism	Basic /Bench	Yes	Yes	Spring, Fall, Summer	10	P1, P2, P3, P4	Paid	Yes	Yes	Maybe (contact faculty member)	Spring, Summer, Fall	Maybe (contact faculty member)	Yes	No
10	Bolt, Alicia PhD	PS Dept NM-INSPIRES	Directory	ambolt@salud.unm.edu	Metals Toxicology, Environmental Health, Immunotoxicology, Cardiovascular Toxicology, Bone Niche Toxicology	Basic /Bench	Yes	Yes	Spring, Fall, Summer	10	P1, P2, P3, P4	Paid, Unpaid	Yes	Yes	Maybe (contact faculty member)	Spring, Summer, Fall	Maybe (contact faculty member)	Yes	Maybe (contact faculty member)
11	Borrego, Matthew PhD, MS, RPh	PPAS Dept	Directory Publications	mborrego@salud.unm.edu	1) Applied pharmacoeconomics/health outcomes studies 2) Pharmacy profession/practice and clinical study outcomes 3) Scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) around pharmacy and interprofessional education	Clinical / Practice Based	Yes	Yes	Spring, Fall, Summer	10	P1, P2, P3, P4	Unpaid	Negotiable	Yes	Yes	Spring, Summer, Fall	Yes	No	No
12	Campen, Matthew PhD	PS Dept	Directory	mcampen@salud.unm.edu	Environmental health (air pollution and microplastics)	Basic /Bench	Yes	Yes	Spring, Fall, Summer	10	P1, P2, P3	Paid	Yes	Yes	Yes	Spring, Summer, Fall	No	Yes	Yes
13	Daly, Seth PhD	PS Dept	Directory	sdaly@salud.unm.edu	Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) 1) VLP based vaccine design 2) Sex bias of infection 3) Small molecule inhibitors of virulence	Basic /Bench	Yes	Yes	Summer	5		Unpaid	Negotiable	No	No		No	No	No
14	Deming, Paulina PharmD, PhC	PPAS Dept Project ECHO	Directory	pdeming@salud.unm.edu	Viral hepatitis B and C infections; HCV treatment access and rapid start	Clinical / Practice Based	Yes	Yes	Spring, Fall, Summer			Unpaid	Negotiable	Yes	Maybe (contact faculty member)			No	No
16	El Ghali, Amer PharmD	PPAS Dept	Directory Publications	aelghali@salud.unm.edu	Gram-negative bacterial resistance (focus on Pseudomonas aeruginosa) Benchtop • PK/PD optimization of novel and existing antimicrobials, including bacteriophage-antibiotic combinations • Resistance evolution, phage-host dynamics, and metagenomic characterization of resistance gene reservoirs • Translational strategies for antimicrobial therapies Clinical/practice-based research • Antimicrobial prescribing practices and stewardship interventions • Health outcomes research on real-world antimicrobial usage, resistance and therapy optimization	Basic /Bench, Clinical / Practice Based	Yes	Yes	Spring, Fall, Summer	5	P1, P2, P3, P4	Unpaid	Negotiable	No			Yes
17	El Hayek, Eliane PhD	PS Dept NM-INSPIRES	Directory	eelhayek@salud.unm.edu	Environmental health and toxicology that include a multidiscplinary background in nanoscience, biochemistry, neuroscience, analytical chemistry, and spectroscopy. Research includes both benchtop and clinical projects. Micronanoplastics with associated chemicals and metals are the main toxicology focus.	Basic /Bench, Clinical / Practice Based	Yes	Yes	Spring, Fall, Summer	5-10	P1, P2, P3, P4	Paid	Yes	Yes	Yes	Spring, Summer, Fall	Yes	Yes	Yes
19	Esther, Erdei, Ph.D, MPH., M.Sc. Hons.	PS Dept NM-INSPIRES	Directory	eerdei@salud.unm.edu	Immunology, immunotoxicology, community -based participatory envrinmental health and cancer research (uranium, arsenic, and other toxic metals, PFAS and VOC)	Basic /Bench	No	Yes	Spring, Fall	4	P1, P2	Paid, Unpaid	No	No	Yes	Spring	No	Yes	No
20	Felton, Linda PhD	PS Dept	Directory	lafelton@salud.unm.edu	Solid dosage form Polymeric film coating Modified drug release	Basic /Bench	Maybe (contact faculty member)	Maybe (contact faculty member)				Unpaid	Yes	Yes	Yes	Maybe (contact faculty member)	Maybe (contact faculty member)	Maybe (contact faculty member)	Maybe (contact faculty member)
22	Floyd, Carly PharmD, PhC, AAHIVP, CDCES, TTS	PPAS Dept Project ECHO	Directory	cacloud@salud.unm.edu	Interests: HIV treatment & prevention, STIs, substance use disorders/harm reduction, metabolic conditions, immigrant health, health equity, LGBTQIA+ Current projects: 1. HIV PEP prescriptive authority 2. HCV med turnaround times 3. CAB/RPV in pregnancy case series 4. Digital mental health for Spanish-speaking people 5. MASLD project	Clinical / Practice Based		Maybe (contact faculty member)				Unpaid	Negotiable				No	No	No
24	Herman, Alexandra PharmD	PPAS Dept Project ECHO	Directory Publications	asible@salud.unm.edu	Obstetrics & gynecology - inpatient quality improvement/protocol implementation; pharmacy access to contraception; pharmacy access to mifepristone; substance use disorder in pregnancy	Clinical / Practice Based	Yes	Yes	Fall, Summer	negotiable	P1, P2, P3	Unpaid	Negotiable	No	Maybe (contact faculty member)		No	No	No
25	Holdsworth, Mark PharmD	PPAS Dept	Directory	mholdsworth@salud.unm.edu
26	Hudson, Laurie PhD	PS Dept NM-INSPIRES	Directory	lhudson@salud.unm.edu
27	Jakeman, Bernadette PharmD, PhC	PPAS Dept	Directory	bjakeman@salud.unm.edu	HIV and Infectious Diseases	Clinical / Practice Based	Yes	Yes	Spring, Fall, Summer	4		Paid, Unpaid	Yes	Yes	Yes			No	No
28	Lambson, Joseph PharmD	PPAS Dept	Directory	jlambson@salud.unm.edu	Toxicosurveillance, toxicology and overdose, poison center	Clinical / Practice Based	No	Yes	Spring	negotiable	P1, P2, P3	Unpaid	Negotiable	No	No		No	No	No
31	Marshik, Patricia PharmD	PPAS Dept	Directory	pmarshik@salud.unm.edu	Pulmonary disease	Clinical / Practice Based	Maybe (contact faculty member)	Maybe (contact faculty member)	Summer		P3, P4	Unpaid	Negotiable	Maybe (contact faculty member)	Maybe (contact faculty member)		Maybe (contact faculty member)	No	No
33	Medina, Sebastian PhD	PS Dept NM-INSPIRES	Directory	semedina@salud.unm.edu	Environmental health	Basic /Bench	Yes	Yes	Spring, Fall, Summer	negotiable	P1, P2, P3	Unpaid, Paid	Yes	Yes	Yes	Spring, Summer, Fall	Yes	Yes	Yes
34	Miller, Curtis PhD, MS	PS Dept NM-INSPIRES	Directory	cmille02@salud.unm.edu	Statistics, modeling
38	Ray, Azizi PhD, PharmD	PPAS Dept	Directory	azray@salud.unm.edu	Opioid Use Disorder, Criminal Justice Settings, Harm Reduction	Clinical / Practice Based	Yes	Yes	Spring, Fall, Summer	10	P1, P2, P3, P4	Paid	Negotiable
41	Takeda, Mikiko PharmD, MS, PhC	PPAS Dept	Directory	myamada@salud.unm.edu	Neurology (migraine, epilepsy), international collaboration (clinical and educaiton), herbal medicine	Clinical / Practice Based	Yes	Yes	Summer		P3, P4	Unpaid	Negotiable	Yes	Yes	Summer	No	Yes	No