Prof. Dr. Sunny E. Ohia is a professor of Pharmacology at the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Texas Southern University. He received his Bachelor of Science in pharmacology and his Master of Science in pharmacology and therapeutics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He received his Ph.D. in pharmacology from the University of Glasgow, in Scotland, United Kingdom. He completed postdoctoral research training fellowships in neuroscience and ophthalmology/visual sciences at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, and the University of Louisville, School of Medicine, KY, respectively. Before his appointment at Texas Southern University, Prof. Dr. Sunny E. Ohia was dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Houston, Houston, TX, for six years. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the US Pharmacopeia Convention, the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, as well as the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Internationally, he is a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (was elected Fellow in 2007), the British Pharmacological Society, and the International Society for Eye Research. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Association of African Biomedical Scientists, the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists, and Pharmaceutical Scientists in the Americas. He was recently elected as a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Sciences.
Dr. YaFatou Njie Mbye is currently an associate professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology. She is also the Chair at the Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Texas Southern University. She received her B.S. from Kentucky State University and obtained her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Her research interest is in the area of drug discovery and development, with a focus on identifying potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of chronic ocular neuropathies.
