Sukyung Woo PhD

Sukyung Woo

Sukyung Woo
PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

School of Pharmacy


Specialty/Research Focus

Mathematical Modeling; Pharmacodynamics; Pharmacokinetics; Quantitative Systems PK/PD Relationships; Quantitative Systems PK/PD Relationships

Contact Information
352 Pharmacy Building
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, 14214
Phone: 716-645-2466
skwoo@buffalo.edu



Professional Summary:

My research utilizes pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic and systems pharmacology approaches that integrates a systems perspective, mechanistic mathematical modeling and simulation with quantitative experimental lab studies to advance the discovery, development, and clinical use of drugs.

Education and Training:

  • Fellowship, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute (NCI) (2010)
  • PhD, Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo (2007)
  • MS, Pharmacokinetics, Chungnam National University (2001)
  • BPharm, Pharmacy, Chungnam National University (1999)

Employment:

  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (2020-present)
  • Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy (2019-present)
  • Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Pharmacy (2017–2019)
  • Investigator, Stephenson Cancer Center at OUHSC (2010–2019)
  • Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Pharmacy (2010–2017)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH (2008–2010)

Awards and Honors:

  • Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professorship, University of Oklahoma (2019)
  • Research Scholar Award, American Cancer Society (2016)
  • Young Investigator Award in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Metabolism/Clinical Pharmacology Translational Research, AAPS (2013)
  • Cancer Research Training Award Fellowship, Center for Cancer Research, NCI/NIH (2008)
  • Graduate Scholar Award in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Metabolism/Clinical Pharmacology Translational Research Section, AAPS (2007)
  • AAPS Annual Meeting Travels Award in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Metabolism (PPDM) (2006)
  • 2006 Graduate Scholar Award, Pharmaceutical Science, University at Buffalo (2006)
  • Teaching Assistant Award, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo (2004)
  • Dongbu Foundation Scholarship (1997)

Research Expertise:

  • Anticancer drug development, ovarian cancer
  • Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
  • Quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) approaches: integrates a systems perspective, mechanistic mathematical modeling and simulation with quantitative experimental lab studies to advance the discovery, development, and clinical use of drugs.
  • siRNA therapeutics


Professional Memberships:

  • American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2013–present)
  • American Association of Cancer Research (2012–present)
  • International Society of Pharmacometrics (2011–present)
  • American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (2002–present)

Service Activities:

  • NIH; Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group ZRG1 OTC-T;; Grant Reviewer (2020–present)
  • Graduate Admission Committee; Member (2020–present)
  • American Cancer Society; Research Scholar Grant;; Grant Reviewer (2019–present)
  • NIH; DMP Study Section;; Grant Reviewer (2019–present)
  • NIH; DMP Study Section;; Grant Reviewer (2019–present)
  • NRG Oncology, Gynecology-Translation Committee; Member (2019–present)
  • Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee (PRMC); Member (2018–2019)
  • Graduate Affairs Committee, Basic Sciences Subcommittee; Chair (2018–2019)
  • Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC); Member (2017–2019)

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Contact Information

352 Pharmacy Building
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, 14214
Phone: 716-645-2466
skwoo@buffalo.edu