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Min leads transplant fellows
By Jeff Malet, Writer/Photographer
Training research fellows to become leaders in Since 1994, Min has trained 11 graduate students and post-
organ transplantation and transplant doctoral research fellows. They have gone on to become
professors, department chairs and deans at universities, and
pharmacogenomics is what Professor of Pharmacy high-ranking officials at major pharmacy and pharmacology
Practice David Min, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP, does research companies.
best. His goal is for his fellows to become “Organ transplantation is a lifesaving procedure for many
academic or industry leaders, or clinical scientists patients with irreversible organ failure such as kidney, liver
or heart failure,” Min said. “Transplant surgery is a critical
for the pharmaceutical industry. step, but it is just a beginning.”
Min has been training fellows at Western University of Patients require lifelong immunosuppression to prevent their
Health Sciences since 2006. He and the college collaborate body’s immune system from rejecting the transplanted organ.
with the Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Current immunosuppressive drugs are not perfect and can
Foundation, which also provides support to the COP. cause serious side effects, such as kidney failure or new onset
diabetes, Min said.
14 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
By Jeff Malet, Writer/Photographer
Training research fellows to become leaders in Since 1994, Min has trained 11 graduate students and post-
organ transplantation and transplant doctoral research fellows. They have gone on to become
professors, department chairs and deans at universities, and
pharmacogenomics is what Professor of Pharmacy high-ranking officials at major pharmacy and pharmacology
Practice David Min, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP, does research companies.
best. His goal is for his fellows to become “Organ transplantation is a lifesaving procedure for many
academic or industry leaders, or clinical scientists patients with irreversible organ failure such as kidney, liver
or heart failure,” Min said. “Transplant surgery is a critical
for the pharmaceutical industry. step, but it is just a beginning.”
Min has been training fellows at Western University of Patients require lifelong immunosuppression to prevent their
Health Sciences since 2006. He and the college collaborate body’s immune system from rejecting the transplanted organ.
with the Mendez National Institute of Transplantation Current immunosuppressive drugs are not perfect and can
Foundation, which also provides support to the COP. cause serious side effects, such as kidney failure or new onset
diabetes, Min said.
14 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
