Jusko awarded Doctor Honoris Causa by Paris Descartes University

William Jusko.

Jean-Michel Scherrmann, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences at Paris Descartes University, and William J. Jusko, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor

Published September 21, 2015 This content is archived.

On Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, professor Frédéric Dardel, President of Paris Descartes University, awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to William J. Jusko, PhD.

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The title of doctor honoris causa is the highest distinction which can be awarded by a French university.

Jusko is a SUNY Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

At the ceremony, Jusko was referred to as “one of the greatest experts on pharmacokinetic modeling, pharmacodynamics and rapidly developing areas such as translational and quantitative pharmacology.”

The title of doctor honoris causa is the highest distinction which can be awarded by a French university. This degree is a mark of honorary distinction given to a scientist; it honors not only the scientific excellence of men and women, all of whom are involved in the advancement of science, but also their commitment to humanism and their contribution to the evolution of society as a whole.

William Jusko has been a faculty member at UB since 1972. His research emphasizes theoretical, basic, and clinical aspects of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of various immunosuppressive agents including corticosteroids, as well as drugs used to treat diabetes, inflammation, and cancer. He has developed mechanism-based pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and disease-progression models and computational methods describing the action of various drugs, and utilizes mathematical models of drug action to determine optimal dosage regimens diverse drugs.

Jusko received a bachelor's of science degree in pharmacy in 1965 and a doctoral degree in 1970 from UB. He joined the clinical pharmacology section of the Boston Veterans Administration Hospital and was assistant professor of pharmacology at Boston University School of Medicine. He returned to UB as an assistant professor and director of the clinical pharmacokinetics laboratory.

A Fulbright scholar at the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacology in Italy from 1978-79, he has received numerous awards for his research and service. He has published over 500 articles, book chapters and reviews. He is a fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, American College of Clinical Pharmacology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Most recently, Jusko received the Sheiner-Beal Pharmacometrics Award from the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and the Distinguished Investigator Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.