{"id":29,"date":"2013-09-13T17:40:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T17:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:07:20","slug":"chair-message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/faculty-staff\/chair-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Chair\u2019s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/pharmacy\/images\/photo-by-jeff-malet-westernu.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"WetsernU Pomona Campus\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12\">\n                      <div class=\"mb-20\">\n              <div class=\"block font-sans font-bold text-14 text-white leading-130\">\n  <span class=\"inline-block\">\n    <a href=\"\/\" class=\"block hover:underline\">WesternU<\/a>\n  <\/span>\n      <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">College of Pharmacy<\/a>\n          <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/faculty-staff\/\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">Faculty, Staff, &amp; Administration<\/a>\n    <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n    <span class=\"inline-block\"><\/span>\n  <\/div>            <\/div>\n                                        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans  text-white\"><\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tertiary-nav\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"relative mx-24 py-10 px-20 rounded-b-5 md:rounded-b-8 bg-gray shadow-md mb-40\">\n      <ul class=\"grid lg:grid-cols-[1fr_auto_1fr_auto_1fr_auto_1fr] lg:gap-x-16 lg:justify-items-center lg:text-center\"> <!-- 4 columns layout, 1 column in mobile -->\n                            <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/faculty-staff\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Faculty, Staff, &amp; Administration<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mt-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/faculty-staff\/administration\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Administration<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mt-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/faculty-staff\/faculty\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Faculty<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mt-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/faculty-staff\/staff\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Staff<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/faculty-staff\/accomplishments\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Accomplishments<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mb-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/westernu.sharepoint.com\/sites\/cop\/calendars\/Lists\/master\/calendar.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COP Master Calendar<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mb-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/humanism\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Humanism<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mb-8\"><\/div>\n                        <\/ul>\n    <\/nav>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"t3-mce-image-float-left alignleft\" title=\"Stephen A. O\\&apos;Barr\" src=\"\/mediafiles\/pharmacy\/stephen-obarr-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen A. O\\&apos;Barr\" width=\"130\" height=\"190\" \/>Thank you for visiting the Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Web site. Faculty members of this department are involved in educating future Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists. In order to be a competent pharmacist, it requires a strong foundation in pharmaceutical sciences to build on developing clinical skills. Faculty in the Department have expertise in the areas of Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacology, Immunology-Molecular Biology and Medicinal Chemistry. Every aspect of drug development and delivery is taught to future Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists.<\/p>\n<p>Students enrolled in the graduate program will have an opportunity to work in modern laboratories equipped with state of the art equipment. Research laboratories include cell culture and animal facilities. Research activities of the faculty are supported by private foundations as well as pharmaceutical\/biotechnology companies. At this time the Department is offering an MS program and is planning to offer a PhD program within the next few years upon approval by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The department also offers graduate teaching and research assistantships to qualified students along with a tuition waiver. Please browse through these Web pages and, if you would like more information, please contact the University&#8217;s Office of Admissions.<\/p>\n<p>Please browse the website for graduate program details. If you have any questions, please let us know.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen A. O&#8217;Barr<br \/>\nAssociate Professor and Chair<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":57,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11688,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/11688"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}