Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Phone: 618-650-5148
Fax: 618-650-5145
E-mail: tmcpher@siue.edu

Pharmaceutics
B.S., 1991, St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Ph.D., 1995, Purdue University

Research: Pharmaceutics

Biography

Dr. Tim McPherson, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, received a BS in pharmacy degree from St. Louis College of Pharmacy, and a PhD in pharmaceutics from Purdue University., and a postdoctoral fellowship in the Hillenbrand Biomedical Engineering Center at Purdue. Dr. McPherson joined SIUE School of Pharmacy in 2005. His research interests include drug product formulation, stability, and pharmacy compounding.

Selected Publications

Bhattarai P, McPherson T, Nieto M, Kolling W. Stability of olmesartan medoxomil extemporaneous suspensions. Journal of Pharmacy Technology 38(1):3-9, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/87551225211051756

Gilda S, Schober J, McPherson T. Design and performance of an inexpensive water activity meter. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding 25:48-51, 2021.

Gilda S, Kolling W, Nieto M, McPherson T. Stability and beyond use date of a compounded thioguanine suspension. Journal of Pharmacy Technology 37(1):23-29, 2020.

McPherson T, Fontane P, Bilger R. Patient experiences with compounded topical pain creams. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy 34(2):82-89, 2020. Doi: 10.1080/15360288.2020.1733168

McPherson T, Fontane P, Bilger R. Patient experiences with compounded medications. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association 59:670-677, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2019.05.005