Clinical Interests

In vitro diagnositcs; disease monitoring procedures

Research Interests

Mitochondrial dysfunction; metabolic disorders; neurodegenerative diseases; hemoglobin disorders; neurogenesis; and therapeutic drug monitoring

PhD: Analytical Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1990.

MS: Biochemistry, Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA, 1985.

BS: Pharmacy, Taipei Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, 1978.

Graham DL, Grace CE, Braun AA, Schaefer TL, Skelton MR, Tang PH, Vorhees CV, Williams MT. Effects of developmental stress and lead (Pb) on corticosterone after chronic and acute stress, brain monoamines, and blood Pb levels in rats. Int J Dev Neurosci. 2011 Feb;29(1):45-55.

Miles MV, Putnam PE, Miles L, Tang PH, DeGrauw AJ, Wong BL, Horn PS, Foote HL, Rothenberg ME. Acquired coenzyme Q10 deficiency in children with recurrent food intolerance and allergies. Mitochondrion. 2011 Jan;11(1):127-35.

Kohli R, Kirby M, Xanthakos SA, Softic S, Feldstein AE, Saxena V, Tang PH, Miles L, Miles MV, Balistreri WF, Woods SC, Seeley RJ. High-fructose, medium chain trans fat diet induces liver fibrosis and elevates plasma coenzyme Q9 in a novel murine model of obesity and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Hepatology. 2010 Sep;52(3):934-44. 

Miles MV, Tang PH, Miles L, Steele PE, Moye MJ, Horn PS. Validation and application of an HPLC-EC method for analysis of coenzyme Q10 in blood platelets. Biomed Chromatogr. 2008 Dec;22(12):1403-8. 

 Tang PH. Drug monitoring and toxicology: a simple procedure for the monitoring of felbamate by HPLC-UV detection. J Anal Toxicol. 2008 Jun;32(5):373-8. 

Herring NR, Schaefer TL, Tang PH, Skelton MR, Lucot JP, Gudelsky GA, Vorhees CV, Williams MT. Comparison of time-dependent effects of (+)-methamphetamine or forced swim on monoamines, corticosterone, glucose, creatine, and creatinine in rats. BMC Neurosci. 2008 May 30;9:49. 

Miles MV, Miles L, Tang PH, Horn PS, Steele PE, DeGrauw AJ, Wong BL, Bove KE. Systematic evaluation of muscle coenzyme Q10 content in children with mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme deficiencies. Mitochondrion. 2008 Mar;8(2):170-80. 

Miles MV, Patterson BJ, Chalfonte-Evans ML, Horn PS, Hickey FJ, Schapiro MB, Steele PE, Tang PH, Hotze SL. Coenzyme Q10 (ubiquinol-10) supplementation improves oxidative imbalance in children with trisomy 21. Pediatr Neurol. 2007 Dec;37(6):398-403. 

Tang PH, Miles MV, Steele P, Davidson BS, Geraghty SR, Morrow AL. Determination of coenzyme Q10 in human breast milk by high-performance liquid chromatography. Biomed Chromatogr. 2006 Dec;20(12):1336-43.

Tang PH. Determination of coenzyme Q10 in over-the-counter dietary supplements by high-performance liquid chromatography with coulometric detection. J AOAC Int. 2006 Jan-Feb;89(1):35-9.