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Biosketch
Dr. Barton Pai earned a BS Pharmacy and a PharmD from the Albany College of Pharmacy and completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, New York. She completed a Nephrology Research Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Barton Pai has served on the faculty at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy and School of Medicine and at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Her clinical and translational research program focuses on oxidative stress and inflammation in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Her laboratory conducts in vivo and in vitro investigations of the effects intravenous iron nanoparticle formulations, vitamin D and other pharmaceuticals on cytokine activation, reactive oxygen species formation, and lipid peroxidation to better understand the potential effects of the agents on vascular disease in patients with kidney disease. Other research interests include pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism in CKD, effects of iron on Gram-positive organism growth and infection, reducing preventable harm from nephrotoxic medications, and outcomes related to clinical pharmacy interventions in CKD patients. She is also dedicated to training future Clinical Pharmacy Scientists.
Affiliation
- Chair, Pharmacy Working Group of the National Kidney Disease Education Program
Associate Professor, Clinical Pharmacy
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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