Carsten Ehrhardt
Associate Professor
School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
Dr. Carsten Ehrhardt is Associate Professor in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin. In addition, he is holding the position of Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California. He was elected Fellow of Trinity College Dublin in 2013. Carsten has obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biopharmaceutics from Saarland University in 2003. His research is focused on lung drug disposition, pulmonary epithelial transport and molecular origins of airways disease. He has edited 1 book and (co-)authored 81 peer-reviewed publications, 11 book chapters and more than 230 abstracts and conference proceedings. Carsten has given over 120 invited oral presentations at research institutions, international conferences and workshops. He is a member of Gesellschaft für Wehrmedizin und Wehrpharmazie (VdSO), Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft (DPhG), American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), International Society for Aerosols in Medicine (ISAM), American Physiological Society (APS) and Japanese Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (JSSX). Carsten is the proud recipient of honours and awards from DPhG, APS and Galenus Foundation. He actively serves on the Editorial Boards of the American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Drug Delivery Letters, Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics.
Research Interest
AEROSOL; ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL-CELLS; ALVEOLAR EPITHELIUM; Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, obstructive airways, interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary fibrosis; Biomedical sciences; Biopharmaceutical aspects of drug delivery systems; BRONCHIAL EPITHELIUM; Cell and tissue development; Drug development and evaluation; IN VITRO MODEL; In vitro testing, trial methods; IN-VITRO CULTURE; INHALATION; LIPOSOMES; LUNG ; Membrane transport, structure and dynamics; Physiological and physiochemical barriers to drug absorption; Physiology; Respiratory System
Publications
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S Nickel, MA Selo, J Fallack, H Huwer, N Schneider-Daum, CM Lehr, C Ehrhardt, Expression and activity of breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) in human distal lung epithelial cells in vitro, Pharm Res, 2017
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C Ehrhardt, P Bäckman, W Couet, C Edwards, B Forbes, M Fridén, M Gumbleton, KI Hosoya, Y Kato, T Nakanishi, M Takano, T Terasaki, R Yumoto(ed.), Current progress toward a better understanding of drug disposition within the lungs: summary proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Drug Transporters in the Lungs, J Pharm Sci, Dublin, Ireland, 106, (9), 22-23/09/2016, 2017, 2234 - 2244 p
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W de Kruif, C Ehrhardt, Inhalation delivery of complex drugs - the next steps, Curr Opin Pharmacol, 36, 2017, p52-57
