Josephine Orso Simon

Josephine Orso Simon
Pharmaceutics Course/Lab Instructor
Location: PHR 2017
Phone: 519-888-4567 x21331

Biography

Josephine joined the School of Pharmacy at the end of 2008 as the Pharmaceutics Course/Lab instructor. In her previous role as the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Lab Instructor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ, she was responsible for six undergraduate Organic Chemistry lab courses per year.

Josephine has extensive experience in non-sterile extemporaneous compounding and dosage form design, physical pharmacy and pharmaceutical technology.

Education

  • 2004 Masters of Science, Organic Chemistry, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ, Canada
  • 2000 Industrial Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  • 1999 Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Teaching*

  • PHARM 124 - Pharmaceutics 1
    • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • PHARM 125 - Pharmaceutics 2
    • Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • PHARM 361 - Advanced Compounding
    • Taught in 2021, 2022, 2023

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

Selected/Recent Publications

  • Gao J, Orso Simon J, Rodrigo R, Assoud A. From chiral ortho-benzoquinone monoketals to nonracemic indolinocodeines through Diels-Alder and Cope reactions. J Org Chem. 2013;78(1):48-58. doi:10.1021/jo3014098