Research Faculty
University of Maryland Baltimore
R. Gary Hollenbeck has had an extended and accomplished career in pharmaceutical science, including approximately 35 years in academia as a professor and administrator and 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry. He received his B.S. degree from Albany College of Pharmacy in l972 and his Ph.D. in Industrial and Physical Pharmacy from Purdue University in l977. Hollenbeck joined the faculty of the UM School of Pharmacy in 1977, eventually becoming Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Dean for Academic Programs. As a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, he participated in the many of the association’s efforts to advance pharmacy education including: joint AACP/AAPS Commission On Graduate Education in Pharmaceutical Science, chairman of the Teachers of Pharmaceutics Section, member of the Focus Group on Liberalization of the Curriculum, chairman of the Academic Affairs committee, presenter and facilitator at multiple AACP Institutes. As Associate Dean from 1991 to 1996, he was one of the principal architects of the School's nationally recognized Doctor of Pharmacy program. During that period, he was also co-principal investigator on the UMAB/FDA Collaborative Agreement; a joint education, research and computer database effort. In this capacity, he and his associates received a Special Recognition Award for the SUPAC IR Training Program, from the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, PHS, DHHS. Hollenbeck also served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Pharmaceutical Science, Office of Pharmaceutical Science at FDA and in 2003 received a DHHS, FDA Commissioner’s Special Citation for his work with the Center for Veterinary Medicine. Since 1997, he was involved in the formation and development of UPM Pharmaceuticals, Inc., most recently in the role of Chief Scientific Officer. In 2016, he returned to the UMB School of Pharmacy in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC).