Karen Sweiss, PharmD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Pharmacy Practice

Pharmacy

Research Program

Translational Oncology Program (TO)

Phone: (312) 996-0875

Email: [email protected]

Karen Sweiss, PharmD, is Clinical Assistant Professor at the Retzky College of Pharmacy at UIC. She has been involved in both direct patient care and clinical and translational research involving both retrospective and prospective clinical trials. Her clinical training and interests have focused primarily in malignant hematology, with a specific interest in investigation of drug safety and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Specifically, her research has focused on the clinical application of drug pharmacokinetics to individualize dosing for patients and optimize efficacy and minimize toxicities. Another line of inquiry in her research program is improving clinical outcomes in patients with multiple myeloma.

Education

PharmD, University of Illinois at Chicago

Disease Focus

Hematologic

Research Keywords

Myeloma; Pharmacokinetics; Autologous Transplant; Supportive Care; Precision Medicine; Allogeneic Transplant

Additional Language(s)

Arabic

Published Research

PubMed Search

Other Link(s)

Department Webpage

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