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College of Pharmacy

- Education Programs Overview
- Doctor of Pharmacy
  The PharmD degree gives you the scientific background and clinical skills you need to offer the best in patient-centered care.
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
  Students receive a rigorous academic education, while also conducting cutting edge research in the laboratory using state-of-the art equipment and facilities.
- Pharmacy Technician
  Our pharmacy technician program provides state certification for those practicing in Nebraska and prepares those wishing to obtain national certification.
- Pathway Programs
  Students can get a head start on their PharmD degree by participating in one of the Pathway Programs we offer.
- Student Experience Overview
- Student Organizations
  Students have opportunities to participate in college, campus and professional level organizations.
- Student Resources
  Class schedules and popular links for students currently enrolled.
- Student Spotlights
  Our PharmD students share their experiences while attending our college.
- Our Faculty Overview
- College Leadership
  The Deans and Chairs of our college.
- Pharmacy Practice and Science Faculty
  The faculty members of our Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science.
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty
  The faculty members of our Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
- College Staff
  The support staff of our college.
- Office of Experiential Programs Overview
- Our Office
  The team supporting the Office of Experiential Programs.
- Preceptors
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- Preceptor Spotlights
  Our Preceptors share stories from the field.
- Research Overview
- Drug Discovery, Design & Delivery
  A major research focus in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is innovations in the area of delivery and/or targeting of drugs and genes.
- Clinical Pharmacology Research
  Our Clinical Pharmacologists research the effects of drugs on a population and develop new drug therapies to better focus on their target.
- Clinical Pharmacy Practice Research
  Research in the field of Clinical Pharmacy Practice focuses on the care a pharmacist provides.
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— College of Pharmacy — Our Faculty — Pharmaceutical Sciences — Jingjing Sun, PhD

Jingjing Sun, PhD

Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Jingjing Sun

Dr. Sun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Before joining UNMC, she served as a Research Assistant Professor at University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Sun's research mainly focuses on the utilization of interdisciplinary approaches including chemistry, bioinformatics, cancer biology and immunology to develop new nanoformulations for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.

Education

Dr. Sun received her PhD in polymer chemistry and physics from Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Then she joined Professor Song Li's lab at University of Pittsburgh for her postdoctoral training in pharmaceutics and cancer immunotherapy.

Research Interests

Dr. Sun's research interests include: design and development of nanocarriers for efficient delivery of small molecular agents and/or therapeutic genes (e.g. siRNA, plasmid, miRNA) into tumors for cancer therapy, the development of new strategies to overcome the major barriers in clinical translation of nanomedicines and investigation of the underlying mechanism behind the nanomedicine-based cancer immunotherapy and targeted therapy.

Co-delivery of small molecule drugs for cancer combination therapy (e.g. chemotherapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapy).
Co-delivery of nucleic acid (siRNA, miRNA and mRNA) and small molecule drugs for cancer prevention or combination therapy.
Investigate the interaction between nanocarrier, therapeutic agents and biological system.