Dr. Wolfgang Sadee is Felts Mercer Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, in the Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus OH, and Director, Center for Pharmacogenomics, with adjunct appointments in Psychiatry, Pharmacy, and Public Health, the Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, and OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center. He has received a doctorate degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the FU Berlin in 1968 and served on the pharmacy faculties of USC and UCSF until 2002. Dr. Sadee’s research focuses on pharmacogenomics to discover genetic variants affecting disease risk and drug response, and to develop biomarker tests for optimizing individualized therapies. He is also developing opioid antagonist to prevent peripheral adverse effects, addiction, and neonatal abstinence syndrome.  Dr. Sadee has published over 400 research papers, chapters, and monographs. He has served as founding editor of Pharmaceutical Research and The AAPS Journal. He has received several awards, including the Distinguished Scientist Award from the AAPS.