Solomon Adams

Position:

Assistant Professor of Pharmacogenomics

Location:

ICPH-Fairfax

Phone:

(540) 542-6237

Email: sadams07@su.edu

Employed Since:

2018

Educational History:

PhD, University of Pittsburgh; PharmD, Shenandoah University

Fields of Expertise:

Computational Pharmacogenomics

Development of software tools to translate data from diverse platforms to pharmacogenomics haplotypes (e.g. star alleles)
Detection and characterization of complex structural variation in pharmacogenes with next-generation sequencing on the Oxford Nanopore platform

Clinical Pharmacogenomics

Studying methods for the implementation of pharmacogenomics in broad clinical practice
Discovery of epistasis among pharmacogenes as a means to better understand genetic drivers of variation in drug response

Professional Highlights:

Dr. Adams is an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacogenomics at Shenandoah University School of Pharmacy. He completed a PharmD at Shenandoah University and a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. While at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Adams received a competitive NIH supported TL-1 Post-Doctoral Fellowship and a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Pharmaceutical Science supported by the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education.

Dr. Adams is interested in the use of analytics, informatics, and next-generation sequencing to drive clinical implementation of pharmacogenomics. He has led and supported multiple translational research projects investigating clinical utility of pharmacogenomics and has several peer-reviewed publications. His work has supported ventures in the private sector and several successful grant applications.