Joga Gobburu, PhD, MBA, professor of practice, sciences, and health outcomes research at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (UMSOP), has been appointed by Dean Sarah L.J. Michel, PhD, as the School’s Gyi Endowed Memorial Professor in Pharmapreneurship. A nationally and internationally recognized leader in pharmacometric innovation and drug development, Gobburu exemplifies the entrepreneurial spirit that defines pharmapreneurship.
As founder and director of the School’s Center for Translational Medicine, Gobburu has pioneered novel approaches to drug therapy, regulatory science, and translational research, co-founding two companies – PumasAI, Inc., and VivPro Corporation – that support pharmaceutical scientists, health care providers, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, and regulatory agencies. Additionally, Gobburu created the School of Pharmacy’s MS in Pharmacometrics in 2012, the first 100 percent online master’s program at UMB.
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