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Emma Hoelzen, PhD

Biography

Dr. Emma Hoelzen joined the faculty at Cedarville University in 2025. Prior to arriving at Cedarville, she taught a course on psychoactive drugs at The Ohio State University. Her doctoral research focused on nuclear sex hormone receptor biology in liver cancer and drug repurposing and development. In the classroom, Dr. Hoelzen teaches pharmaceutics and pharmacology topics. She enjoys continuing to innovate in her teaching practices through adopting active learning strategies to further student engagement.

Education and Credentials

• PhD in pharmaceutical sciences, The Ohio State University
• MS in pharmaceutical sciences, The Ohio State University
• BS in biochemistry, The Ohio State University

Scholarly Works

• "Valine-Niclosamide for Treatment of Androgen Receptor Splice Variant-Positive Hepatocellular Carcinoma" (Emma J. Hoelzen, Hanna S. Radomska, Samuel K. Kulp, Adeoluwa A. Adeluola, Lauren A. Granchie, Jeffrey Cheng, Anees M. Dauki, Moray J. Campbell, Shabber Mohammed, Enming Xing, Min Hai, Mayu Fukuda, Xiolin Cheng, Mitch A. Phelps, Pui-Kai Li, Christopher C. Coss) Cancers (2025) 
• "The elucidation of species-specific receptor pharmacology: A case study using subtype-selective para- and meta-carborane estrogen receptor agonists" (Adeoluwa A. Adeluola, Hanna S. Radomska, Tyler A. Wilson, Samuel K. Kulp, Alyssa Kabat, Timothy H. Helms, Abigail K. Mayo, Emma J. Montgomery, Justin Thomas, Lynn M. Marcho, Travis Costa, Mayu Fukuda, Diana D. Kang, Sandip Vibhute, Dasheng Wang, Chad E. Bennett, Christopher C. Coss) The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (2025)
• "Decoupling FcRn and tumor contributions to elevated immune checkpoint inhibitor clearance in cancer cachexia" (Trang T. Vu, Kyeongmin Kim, Millennium Manna, Justin Thomas, Bryan C. Remaily, Emma J. Montgomery, Travis Costa, Lauren Granchie, Zhiliang Xie, Yizhen Guo, Min Chen, Alyssa Marie M. Castillo, Samuel K. Kulp, Xiaokui Mo, Sridhar Nimmagadda, Paul Gregorevic, Dwight H. Owen, Latha P. Ganesan, Thomas A. Mace, Christopher C. Coss, Mitch A. Phelps) Pharmacological Research (2024)
• "Constitutively Active Androgen Receptor in Hepatocellular Carcinoma" (Emma J. Montgomery, Enming Xing, Moray J. Campbell, Pui-Kai Li, James S. Blachly, Allan Tsung, Christopher C. Coss) International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2022)

Interests

• Spending time with my family
• Reading
• Writing
• Cooking and baking
• Hiking and backpacking
• Playing piano
• Cheering on the Ohio State Buckeyes or Columbus Blue Jackets
• Fencing
• Playing golf with my husband.

Expert Topics

Pharmaceutics, pharmacology, and cancer biology.

Why Cedarville?

It is an honor to be a part of Cedarville University because I take great joy in preparing pharmacy students to navigate the healthcare profession from a biblical worldview. I desire to prepare students for a lifetime of vocational excellence that brings glory to God and opens doors for the Gospel.