Subject: A Lecture by Dr. Andrew Coop: "How Synthetic Opioids Could Offer
Pain Relief Without Addiction"

Description:
On Wednesday, March 13 the American Public Health Association (APHA) Student
Assembly will welcome Dr. Andrew Coop, a professor in the Department of
Pharmaceutical Sciences and associate dean for academic affairs at the
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy for a talk on Dr. Coop's work
creating a non-addictive opioid pill. Dr. Coop was a point of reference in
the book Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam
Quinones.

Dr. Coop received his PhD from the University of Bristol in the area of
chemistry of drugs of abuse, followed by a Fogerty post-doctoral fellowship
at the National Institutes of Health. He has been a faculty member in the
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences since 1999, serving as chair of the department from 2007-2015. His
NIH-funded research area focuses on the design and synthesis of new opioid
analgesics with reduced tolerance, and the development of novel
antidepressants.

Event Date: March 13, 2019
Event Start Time: 12:00 pm
Event End Time: 1:00 pm
Event Location: School of Public Health, Friedgen Family Seminar Room
Contact Person: Samantha Guarneri
Contact Email: [log in to unmask]
Contact Phone Number: 2032490198
Website URL:
https://sph.umd.edu/event/apha-student-assembly-talk-dr-andrew-coop-how-synthetic-opioids-could-offer-pain-relief