Steven Sutton

Education

Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo
B.S. Pharmacy, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy

Brief Biography

Hi! I am Dr. Steven ‘Steev’ C. Sutton. I earned my B.S. Pharmacy Cum Laude from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston, where I was inducted into Rho Chi. I worked as a retail pharmacist in Harvard Square and Lowell, MA for about a year before returning to school. I met the love of my life in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo. About the same time I earned my Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, our first son was born, and I joined the General Pharmaceutics Group, CIBA-Geigy (now Novartis). A little later, we had our second son, and we moved to Lawrence, KS (go Jayhawks!) and worked at INTERx Research Corporation (founded by Takeru Higuchi, the ‘father of physical pharmacy’, and a subsidiary of  Merck & Co). Soon after our daughter was born we moved back to New England and I joined Pfizer Labs in Groton, CT in what was then called the Pharmaceutical R&D Department. In 2009, I became an inaugural faculty at the College of Pharmacy at the University of New England, Portland, Maine. My personal interests include hiking, fine woodworking and gardening.

Research Interests

Determine the impact of chronic low-level orally ingested nanoplastic particles on the microbiome and immune system of the intestines.

Selected Publications

  • Pierre, C., P. Caradonna, M. Steele, S. C. Sutton (2025) Plastic nanoparticle toxicity is accentuated in the inflamed intestinal cell model. Nanotoxicology 19 (1): 69-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/17435390.2025.2452851.
  • Jabor, Z. and C. Sutton (2023). “Effects of Digestion, Cell Culture Media, and Mucous on the Physical Properties, Cellular Effects, and Translocation of Polystyrene and Polymethacrylate Nanoparticles.” Toxics 11(8): 708-720.
  • Hills, R. D., B. A. Pontefract, H. R. Mishcon, C. A. Black, C. Sutton and C. R. Theberge (2019). “Gut Microbiome: Profound Implications for Diet and Disease.” Nutrients 11(7): 1613. Awarded Best Paper by Journal in 2021.