About the track
The biochemical pharmacology track focuses on the biochemical mechanisms responsible for drug and other xenobiotic, and gene actions on living systems, both healthy and compromised.
- You will have the opportunity to study with faculty in multiple areas including behavioral, cardiovascular and endocrine pharmacology, neuropharmacology, immunopharmacology, chemotherapy, toxicology, and metabolic diseases.
- Your research opportunities include studying the biochemical mechanism of drugs and genes in cell cultures and/or healthy and compromised animal models.
- You will have the opportunity to create and/or use genetically engineered animals that include transgenic and knockout mice, as well as to integrate disease models into the animal models in order to study the gene function in diseases.
- You will develop a broad knowledge of the regulation of drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters and the implications of this regulation in drug metabolism.
Faculty Associated with this Track
- Christian Fernandez, PhD
- Simone Brixius-Anderko, PhD
- Robert Gibbs, PhD
- Paul Johnston, PhD
- In-Kwon Kim, PhD
- Xiaochao Ma, PhD
- Wen Xie, MD, PhD
- Da Yang, MD, PhD
Curriculum
Year 1
- Fall
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Course # Title Credits PHARM 3042/Electives Research Pract/electives 5 PHARM 3024 Pharm Sci Seminar 1 PHARM 3009 Journal Club 1 PHARM 3040 Stat Methods 1/Recitation 3 PHARM 3011 Principles of Biochem 1 PHARM 3028 Pharmacology and Therapeutics 4 - Spring
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Course # Title Credits PHARM 3042/Electives Research Pract/electives 5 PHARM 2001 Pharmaceutical Analysis 4 PHARM 3071 Foundations in Pharm Sci 4 PHARM 3025 Pharm Sci Seminar 1 Journal Club Journal Club 1
Year 2
- Fall
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Course # Title Credits PHARM 3042/Electives Research Pract/electives 11 PHARM 3038 Grant Writing 1 2 PHARM 3024 Pharm Sci Seminar 1 Journal Club Journal Club 1 - Spring
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Course # Title Credits PHARM 3042/Electives Research Pract/electives 11 PHARM 3039 Grant Writing 2 2 PHARM 3025 Pharm Sci Seminar 1 Journal Club Journal Club 1
Year 3
- Fall
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Course # Title Credits PHARM 3042/Electives Research Practicum/electives 12 to 15