Faculty/Staff
Thomas R. Simpson, Ph.D.
Director, Pharmaceutical Product Development Program
Associate Professor
Science Complex South, Room 117 or 327
Telephone: 610-436-2225
tsimpson2@wcupa.edu
Elaine Carulli
Administrative Assistant
Science Complex South, Room 119
Telephone: 610-436-2631
ecarulli@wcupa.edu
James Pruitt, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Science Complex South 329
610-436-2881
jpruitt@wcupa.edu
Faculty Committee
Jack Gault, Ph.D.
Chairperson
Associate Professor of Marketing
Anderson Hall 302
610-436-3135
jgault@wcupa.edu
Maureen Knabb, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Merion Science Center 301
610-436-2985
mknabb@wcupa.edu
Gustave Mbuy, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
Merion Science Center 313
610-436-2520
gmbuy@wcupa.edu
Michael Moran, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Science Complex South 223
610-436-2975
mmoran@wcupa.edu
Oné Pagán, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Merion Science Center 302
610-436-2165
opagan@wcupa.edu
James Pruitt, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Science Complex South 329
610-436-2881
jpruitt@wcupa.edu
Joel Ressner
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Science Complex South 327
610-436-2225
jressner@wcupa.edu
Randall Rieger, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics
610-436-2893
25 University Ave. 116
rrieger@wcupa.edu
Judith Scheffler, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Main Hall 530
610-436-3101
jscheffler@wcupa.edu
Joan Woolfrey, Ph.D
Chairperson, Associate Professor
Philosophy
Main Hall 100
610-436-1004
jwoolfrey@wcupa.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Joseph M. Di Bussolo, Ph.D.
Joseph M. Di Bussolo, Ph.D., gave the very first Pharmaceutical Product Development
lecture in January of 2002. That lecture on the history of the pharmaceutical industry
was soon followed by a lecture on the process of drug discovery and development. Joe
gave a third lecture on the role of analytical chemistry in the pharmaceutical industry.
As an Adjunct Professor, Dr. Di Bussolo has given updated versions of these PPD lectures
each year. Joe has lectured on bio-analytical chemistry and chromatography topics
for the chemistry and biology departments of West Chester University of Pennsylvania
since 1994.
Joe earned his B.S. degree in clinical chemistry at West Chester University in 1977. In 1982, he received a Ph.D. degree in biological sciences from Drexel University in Philadelphia. Joe spent most of the next 20 years in the development and support of various analytical instruments and software products for the PerkinElmer Corporation. For a few years, he was involved with the development and marketing of chromatography media for the PQ Corporation. In 2002, Joe was appointed by Cohesive Technologies as Director of their Field Applications Laboratory at West Chester University. The laboratory is equipped with advanced chromatographic and spectrometry instrumentation. With the help of WCU chemistry and biology students, Dr. Di Bussolo has developed, presented and published various pharmaceutical and clinical research applications of turbulent-flow liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (TFLC-MS/MS). In 2006, Cohesive Technologies was acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific. Joe continues to develop TFLC-MS/MS methods for local pharmaceutical clients such as Merck (West Point, PA), Wyeth (Collegeville, PA), GlaxoSmithKline (Collegeville & Upper Merion, PA) as well as for clinical reference laboratories at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN). In the process, he has mentored and helped many students get jobs at such laboratories.
Marc Duey, M.Sc., M.B.A.
Founder and President of ProMetrics Consulting, Inc., a health care management
consulting firm with offices in King of Prussia, PA and Wilmington, NC. Mr. Duey contributes
to ProMetrics' market studies practice, which provides pharmaceutical technology assessment,
market research, strategic marketing and tactical sales planning. In addition, he
designs and implements a range of advanced database services for pharmaceutical and
biotechnology firms. Over the last thirteen years, he has managed over 5,000 projects
and/or studies for over 100 clients. From 1986 to 1994, he was president of DuWest
Research, an international management consulting firm specialized in serving the needs
of diagnostic and biotechnology firms from offices in New York, Brussels and Tokyo.
Mr. Duey has a Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of
Western Ontario, Ivy School of Business, London, Ontario, Canada; and a Masters of
Science (M.Sc.) from The University of Ottawa, Department of Biology, Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada. Mr. Duey serves on the Board of Directors of several technology-based firms.
James H. Geddes
Mr. Geddes has over 35 years of senior domestic and international management experience
in the pharmaceutical/biotechonolgy industry. In his career, Mr. Geddes held senior
management positions with SmithKline (now GlaxoSmithKline) where he was responsible
for the launch and establishment of "Tagamet", the industry's first $1 billion product.
Later, he established and headed the first Managed Care program in the industry growing
this concept into a $500 million business in just three years. Mr. Geddes was recruited
by Centocor (now a J&J company) to establish staff and manage Marketing, Sales and
Customer Service Departments for this new global biotechnology company. He also managed
International Operations headquartered in The Netherlands. Subsequently, Mr. Geddes
joined Cytogen Corporation, another start-up biotechnology company, where he headed
up Strategic Planning, Business Development, Sales and Marketing. Later, Mr. Geddes
became President of Barnett International a pharmaceutical/biotechnology focused consulting,
education and training company. Under his direction, Barnett International grew from
a staff of 15 to 65, and saw revenues grow from $4 million to $35 million. Following
his retirement from Barnett International in 2003, Mr. Geddes was recruited to turn
around a badly distressed privately owned metal company. As President & CEO of Alliance
Metals, Inc., in 3 months Mr. Geddes was able to return the company to profitability
and avoid bankruptcy. Mr. Geddes realigned management and operating structure, consolidated
operations, inventory and staff and installed needed infrastructure to reposition
the company for long-term sustainability. Today, Alliance Metals is a profitable $65
million business with 85 employees in 4 U.S. locations.
Mr. Geddes is an Adjunct Professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania where he is also a member of the Pharmaceutical Product Development Program Advisory Board as well as the Applied Statistics Graduate Program Advisory Board. Mr. Geddes is also a member of the Board of Directors of St. Joseph's University Pharmaceutical Marketing MBA Program.
Mr. Geddes holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Denver, and an M.A. and
an Ed.S. in Counseling from the University of Northern Colorado.
Mr. Geddes and his wife Cathy live in Berwyn, PA.