Leo Fitzpatrick Email and Phone Number

My professional career has been interesting, diverse and rewarding. After five years of graduate school training, I received a Ph.D. in Physiology from George Washington University. I began my actual scientific career by doing a post-doctoral fellowship (1984-1986) at the University of Texas Medical School (Houston). From 1986 to 2003, I was involved in drug discovery and development at three different pharmaceutical companies. While at Otsuka, I was a group leader of a drug discovery and development team for treating Inflammatory Bowel disease (IBD). In this role, I supervised up to 5 FTE’s and provided mentoring to members of my research group. During my pharmaceutical research career, our research teams helped to get FDA approval for one drug, and advanced two other drugs into clinical trials. Subsequently, I began a 10-year (2003-2013) faculty position at the Penn State College of Medicine (Hershey, PA). While at Penn State, I continued ongoing research related to IBD, as well as infectious colitis and arthritis. These research collaborations resulted in the funding of 15 grants/contracts with pharmaceutical/biotechnology companies. Overall, I brought approximately 1.8 million dollars of funding into the University. While in the Pharmacology Department at Penn State, I also became involved in teaching for PhD, MD and MD/PhD students. I joined the California Northstate University College of Pharmacy (CNUCOP) in December of 2013, as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences. In March of 2015, I became the interim Dean of Research for the CNUCOP. My fellow faculty members and administrative officials showed their confidence in me, by selecting me as the full time Assistant Dean of Research for CNUCOP in July of 2015. I was promoted to Full Professor in April of 2020. I retired from CNUCOP in June of 2020. I am currently engaged in consulting, as primarily related to Pre-Clinical IBD drug discovery. I am also open to adjunct faculty positions.