Alexander V. Lyubimov
,
M.D., Ph. D., D.A.B.T.
Director, TRL
Alexander Lyubimov,
M.D., Ph.D., D.A.B.T., Director of the Toxicology Research Laboratory,
Department of Pharmacology,
College
of
Medicine
, UIC, has more than
30 years of experience in the fields of toxicology and clinical pathology
with more than 110 scientific publications and abstracts. His research experience includes numerous
acute, subchronic and chronic studies; reproductive
and developmental toxicity studies; pharmacokinetics studies, in vivo and in vitro immunotoxicity and genotoxicity studies, as well as efficacy and safety
studies of new medicines. These
studies have been conducted for both government and industry Sponsors and have
included therapeutic agents such as antibiotics, anti-AIDS pharmaceuticals,
gene therapies, bacterial agents, live cells, anticancer agents,
chemoprevention drugs, imaging agents, chemical antidotes, cosmetics,
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Julia Kaufman
,
B.S.
Laboratory Administrator, TRL
Julia Kaufman provides administrative support for TRL’s scientific programs. Her responsibilities
include monitoring contracts and budgets for the UIC-TRL, and she works
closely with the University Business Office and the Vice Chancellor’s
Office for Research. She has 21 years experience in project management and 12
years accounting experience.
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Kasim K. Kabirov,
M.D., Ph.D.
Study Director, TRL
Kasim Kabirov, M.D., Ph.D., Study Director, has more than 20 years of experience in the field of general and reproductive toxicology assessment and mutagenicity evaluation. He has served as a Study Director for many male/female reproductive studies including early embryonic development and prenatal/postnatal studies. He has experience in validation of analytical and biological methods, including ELISA, test article formulation analysis, Hershberger Assay, receptor binding assay and tissue analysis. He has presented his research results at more than 30 scientific conferences and has more than 60 scientific publications and abstracts.
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Matthew Lindeblad,
B.S.
Senior Toxicologist, Study Director and Systems Administrator, TRL
Matthew Lindeblad has 10 years of toxicology, pharmacology, cellular and molecular biology, and anticancer drug research experience. His toxicology research experience includes acute and subchronic studies in mice, rats, dogs and non-human primates; and developmental toxicity studies in rats and rabbits. He has also directed several studies in safety pharmacology research in dogs. Additionally, he has several years of experience in veterinary medicine. Mr. Lindeblad has presented several abstracts at various national and international level conferences. Mr. Lindeblad has been with the Toxicology Research Laboratory since 1998 and has served as the Laboratory Supervisor and performed technical functions on many studies. Mr. Lindeblad is a member of the Society of Toxicology. Mr. Lindeblad is also responsible for the design and validation of the laboratory computer systems. Mr. Lindeblad received his bachelors of science from Northern Illinois University with an emphasis in physiology and chemistry. |