Myaing Myaing Nyunt
Assistant Professor
Departmental Address
615 N. Wolfe Street, E5541, Baltimore, MD 21205
Research and Professional Experience
Clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of anti-infective drugs with special interest in antimalarial drugs in pregnancy
Keywords
malaria, Clinical Pharmacology, Drugs in pregnancy
Honors and Awards
Magna Cum Laude, Simon’s Rock College (1993)
Dean’s Special Recognition Award, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (2000)
Travel Award, The Open Society Institute, New York (2001)
Centennial Travel Award, Pfizer Foundation/American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2002)
2003 - 2005 Trainee, “Clinical Pharmacology Training Program T32GM066691,” Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2003)
NIH Clinical Research Scholar Awards (K12) (2005)
Postdoctoral Malaria Research Fellowship Award, Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (awarded but not accepted, in deference to K12) (2005)
Trainee, “Clinical Pharmacology Training Program T32GM066691,” Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2007)
Selected Publications
Myaing Nyunt, Stephen Becker, Ron MacFarland, Stephanie Everts, Priscilla Chee, Robert Scarborough, Craig Hendrix. Pharmacokinetic Interaction between AMD11070 and substrates of CYP3A4 and 2D6 enzymes in healthy volunteers. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 47: 559-65, 2008.
Myaing M. Nyunt, Craig W. Hendrix, Rahul P. Bakshi, Nirbhay Kumar, Theresa A. Shapiro. Phase I/II evaluation of the prophylactic antimalarial activity of pafuramidine in healthy volunteers challenged with Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 80: 528-535, 2009.
Myaing M. Nyunt, Christopher V. Plowe. Pharmacologic advances in the global control and treatment of malaria: Combination therapy and resistance. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 82: 601-605, 2007.
