Paul Kaplita, PhD
Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies
School
School of Pharmacy
Department
School of Pharmacy
Office Location
19 Foster 518
Worcester
Office Phone Office Phone: 508.373.5614
About
Paul V. Kaplita is a professor of pharmaceutical sciences at MCPHS. He was a NIEHS Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, NH before joining the Department of Physiological Pharmacology at Nova Pharmaceutical Corp. in Baltimore, MD as a staff scientist. Professor Kaplita moved to the Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceuticals Research Division in
Great Valley and Collegeville, PA as a Principal Research Investigator in the Department of Natural Products Biology. He later worked at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals in Ridgefield, CT as a Senior Principal Scientist in the Departments of Biomolecular Screening and Drug Discovery Support. He joined the faculty at MCPHS full-time in 2010. Dr. Kaplita is the Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies and also serves as a member of the IACUC, Assessment, Admissions, and Student Awards Committees at MCPHS.
Education
Paul V. Kaplita received his bachelor's degree in the Biological Sciences from the University of
Connecticut and doctorate in Biochemical Pharmacology from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York.
Research Interests
My research interests include toxicology, drug discovery, higher throughput screening, and in vitro assay miniaturization. I have worked with synthetic new chemical entities and natural products from microbial, plant, and marine extracts. My current research goals are to employ a sentinel ensemble of in vitro assays in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos to evaluate the therapeutic or deleterious effects of novel pharmaceutical agents or supplements on essential signaling and stress response pathways.Programs
Featured Affiliations
Screener for AAPS National Biotechnology Conferences
LinkMember of American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences since 2004 and is a member of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics since 1991
LinkEducation
Paul V. Kaplita received his bachelor's degree in the Biological Sciences from the University of
Connecticut and doctorate in Biochemical Pharmacology from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York.