Elton J. North, BS, MS, PhD

Elton J. North, BS, MS, PhD

Elton J. North, BS, MS, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Omaha Campus

Expertise/Specializations

  • Medicinal Chemistry

Academic Appointments

Department

  • Pharmacy Sciences

Position

  • Associate Professor

Teaching Activity

  • MPS 531 Chemical Basis of Drug Action I
  • MPS 532 Chemical Basis of Drug Action II
  • MPS 602 Analytical Aspects of Pharmaceutical Sciences Research
  • PHA 337 Chemical Basis of Drug Action I
  • PHA 447 Chemical Basis of Drug Action II

Publications and Presentations

Books

  • , 8th Ed.
  • , 8th Ed.

Articles

  • , 5(6), 1001-1012
  • , 20(4)
  • , [Epub ahead of print]
  • , 9, 1547
  • , 25(14), 3746-3755
  • , 58(13), 1276-1279
  • , 61(4), e02399-16
  • , 60(9), 5198-5207
  • , 14(1), 29-38
  • , 1(2), 91-97
  • , 58(11), 6413-6423
  • , 58(6), 3255-3260
  • , 58(3), 1410-1419
  • , 20(27), 4357-78
  • , 57(8), 3585-3592
  • , 21(9), 2587-2599
  • , 20(10), 3255-3262
  • , 8(4), 334-341
  • , 19(18), 5585-5595
  • , 53(8), 3095-3105
  • , 17(9), 3433-3442
  • , 26(8), 1189-1201

Presentations

Research and Scholarship

Research and Scholarship Interests

  • Medicinal Chemistry, Computational Modeling, In vitro pharmacokinetic analysis

Current Research Projects

  • Discovery and development of novel anti-microbial agents

Grant Funding Received

  • Discovery and Development of Therapeutics to Treat Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Infections, Creighton University, Jack and Lois Wareham Research Award
  • The Identification and Optimization of Novel Anti-tuberculosis Agents, Creighton University Office of Research and Compliance Services, LB 692
  • Discovery of Novel Anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis FadD32 Inhibitors, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, New Investigator Award
  • Discovery and Development of Therapeutics to Treat Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Infections. Sponsoring organization – Creighton University Awarding organization – Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Funding status – Funded Percent effort – 15% Other faculty involved – Dr. Mary Jackson (Colorado State University).Dr. Jackson is providing microbiological testing for compounds synthesized in my lab under the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation grant. This project’s first funding source was the Creighton University Health Sciences Strategic Investment Fund Faculty Development Grant awarded to Dr. North from July 2017 – June 2019 ($44,202). Dr. Dash, Dr. Hanson and I submitted an R15 in October 2020 and has recently been scored with an impact score of 20. Likely start date for this funding mechanism is July 1, 2021.

Awards and Honors

  • E. Jeffrey North, Mary Jackson, Amit Pandya, Wei Li, Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero, “Chemical Probes to Identify Anti-Mycobacterial MmpL3 Inhibitors,, 2020
  • Educator of the Year Award, Distance Class of 2021, 2020
  • Recipient of the 2018 Dr. Robert Heaney Graduate Research Mentor Award, Creighton University , 2018
  • Indole-based Therapeutics, 2018
  • Recipient of the 2017 Scholarly Achievement Award, Creighton University, 2017
  • Recipient of the 2017 Educator of the Year Award, Pharmacy Campus Class 2019, 2016
  • Consultant, 2016
  • Recipient of the 2015 Educator of the Year Award, Pharmacy Distance Class 2017, 2014
  • Novel Diverse Lead Compound Autotaxin Inhibitors, 2011