Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Caren L. Steinmiller, Ph.D.

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  Distinguished University Lecturer
  Clinical Professor
  Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  Frederic and Mary Wolfe Center, 280B
  Phone: 419.383.1912
  E-mail: Caren.Steinmiller@utoledo.edu

 

Area of Research

  • Prevention, Education and Treatment of Drug Abuse and its Consequences on Individuals and Communities
  • Community awareness, education, and outreach of substance abuse issues and treatments available
  • Substance abuse education for college students and communities

Educational Background

Ph.D. in Cellular and Clinical Neurobiology Wayne State University SoM, 2001
M.S. in Pharmacology

The University of Toledo, 1995

B.S. in Biology

The University of Toledo, 1993

Training

  • Patient Care: Vital signs & ECG, Phlebotomy training, Emergency First AID, CPR Trained, AED Trained, Narcan Trained
  • Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Dr. Mark Greenwald, mentor. 2006 – 2014
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Drs. Chris-Ellyn Johanson & Mark Greenwald, mentors. 2004 – 2006
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Dr. Alice M. Young, mentor. 2004
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology, & Physiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Dr. Paul Vezina, mentor. 2003
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY. Dr. Stanley Glick, mentor. 2001 – 2002

Scope of Practice

  • Distinguished University Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 2020 - present
  • Associate Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2014 – 2020
  • Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2011 - 2014
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2008 – 2011

Awards, Honors and Grants

  1. Distinguished University Lecturer, The University of Toledo, 2020
  2. Phi Lambda Sigma, 2017
  3. Outstanding Faculty Member Award - Student National Pharmaceutical Association, 2015-2016

Publications and journals

UToledo Scholars

Last Updated: 7/15/24