James R. Johnson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Office location

200 Feurt Pharmacy Research Building
26 South Dunlap
Memphis, TN 38163
Tel: (901) 448-4635
Email: jmjohnson@uthsc.edu

Current Office Hours

by appointment

James R. Johnson, Ph.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

  • B. S. Pharmacy Univ. of Minn. 1962
  • M. S. Pharmaceutics Univ. of Minn. 1968
  • Ph.D. Pharmaceutics Univ. of Minn. 1968

Honors/Awards

  • Dean’s Academic Award 1963
  • Rho Chi

Licensure

  • Registered Pharmacist, State of Minnesota, 110521-8, 1962, Active

Society Memberships

  • AAPS
  • PDA
  • Controlled Release Society

University Appointments

  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee, 1986-1996.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee, 1996-Present.

Other Academic Appointments

  • Thesis Committee for two Ph.D. Candidates, University of Mississippi.

Private Sector Appointments

  • 1993-1996 VP New Technologies Schering Plough HealthCare Products
  • 1990-1993 VP R&D Phar/Suncare Schering Plough HealthCare Products
  • 1985-1990 VP R&D Phar/Toiletries Schering Plough Consumer Operations
  • 1982-1985 VP R&D U.S. Proprietary Drug & Toiletry Div., Schering Plough Consumer Operations
  • 1981-1982 Sr. Director Schering Plough Consumer Operations
  • 1977-1981 Director Schering Plough Consumer Operations
  • 1976-1977 Manager Schering Plough Consumer Operations
  • 1973-1976 Section Head-Phar Development Ayerst Laboratories
  • 1970-1973 Group Leader-Phar Development Ayerst Laboratories
  • 1968-1970 Sr. Pharmacist-Phar Development Ayerst Laboratories
  • 1962-1968 Registered Pharmacist (Part Time) Merwin Drug, Mpls., MN

Selected Publications

  1. Trivedi, NR, Rajan, MG, Johnson, JR, Shukla, AJ. Pharmaceutical approaches to preparing pelletized dosage forms using the extrusion-spheronization process. Crit Rev Ther Drug Carrier Syst, 24 (1), 1-40, 2007.
  2. Glassman, SD, Carreon, LY, Campbell, MJ, Johnson, JR, Puno, RM, Djurasovic, M, Dimar, JR. The perioperative cost of Infuse bone graft in posterolateral lumbar spine fusion. Spine J, 8 (3), 443-8, 2006.
  3. Peng, Y, Geraldrajan, M, Chen, Q, Sun, Y, Johnson, JR, Shukla, AJ. Prediction of dissolution profiles of acetaminophen beads using artificial neural networks. Pharm Dev Technol, 11 (3), 337-49, 2006.
  4. Sun, Y, Scruggs, DW, Peng, Y, Johnson, JR, Shukla, AJ. Issues and challenges in developing long-acting veterinary antibiotic formulations. Adv Drug Deliv Rev, 56 (10), 1481-96, 2004.
  5. Sun, Y, Peng, Y, Aksornkoae, N, Johnson, JR, Boring, JG, Scruggs, D, Cooper, RC, Laizure, SC, Shukla, AJ. Controlled release of oxytetracycline in sheep. J Control Release, 85 (1-3), 125-34, 2002.
  6. Voor, MJ, Mehta, S, Wang, M, Zhang, YM, Mahan, J, Johnson, JR. Biomechanical evaluation of posterior and anterior lumbar interbody fusion techniques. J Spinal Disord, 11 (4), 328-34, 1998.
  7. Gao, ZH, Crowley, WR, Shukla, AJ, Johnson, JR, Reger, JF. Controlled release of contraceptive steroids from biodegradable and injectable gel formulations: in vivo evaluation. Pharm Res, 12 (6), 864-8, 1995.
  8. Gao, ZH, Shukla, AJ, Johnson, JR, Crowley, WR. Controlled release of a contraceptive steroid from biodegradable and injectable gel formulations: in vitro evaluation. Pharm Res, 12 (6), 857-63, 1995.