Marnett Research Laboratory

Md. Jashim Uddin is a Research Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. at the Shinshu University School of Engineering and obtained postdoctoral education at University of Alberta School of Pharmacy and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is a synthetic organic and medicinal chemist. His research interests include development of COX-2-targeted optical, PET, or SPECT imaging agents for early detection for human cancers, and discovery of cytotoxic COX-2 inhibitors for effective treatment of cancer. Jashim was the lead investigator on the team of scientists who discovered ‘fluorocoxib A’ for cancer diagnosis and ‘chemocoxib A’ for cancer treatment.