Jamal Dyer

At a university medical school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Jamal Dyer, MD, PhD, serves on the faculty teaching clinical pharmacology to medical students. Trained initially in internal medicine, Dyer earned his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University and completed a doctorate in pharmacology at the University of Kansas Medical Center. His academic laboratory investigates the mechanisms of drug metabolism and how individual metabolic variations influence medication responses. Along with his teaching and research commitments, he contributes articles to Biology Insights.