PittPharmacy faculty member Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD ’99, PhD ’03, was awarded a new 5-year NIH R01 grant through the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for his work Drug Metabolizing Enzyme and Transporter Function in Chronic Kidney Disease. Nolin was awarded this multiple PI grant with fellow principal investigator and Pitt alum Melanie Joy, PharmD, PhD of the University of Colorado.
The goal of the work is to define the impact of vitamin D deficiency and treatment on the functional expression of several key drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Nolin is an assistant professor in the department of pharmacy and therapeutics and member of the Center for Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences at the School of Pharmacy.
