Welcome to the Pharmacology Department!

Our Graduate program is dedicated to the training of outstanding scientists in the pharmacological sciences.

Our program offers a wide range of research areas to choose from, with faculty who participate fully at all levels.

We lead in education and research, ranking #5 in NIH funding, and our Pharmacology program ranks in the top tier both nationally and globally across many ranking organizations.

Nationally we rank #4, #5, #6, and #12  & Globally we rank #10, #15, and #21.

Featured News

Congratulations to our new PhD, Anthony Hazelton!

Posted 2 days ago

Dr. Hazelton successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Engineering Probiotic Yeast for Targeted Oral Protein Delivery in IBD,” under the guidance of Dr. Juliane Nguyen!

Congratulations to Dr. James Fiordalisi for his Recent Publication on Case-Based Learning for Physician Assistants!

Posted 2 days ago

The article, “The Effect of Case-Based Instruction on Physician Assistant Pharmacology Education,” was published in Cureus Journal of Medical Science, a Springer-Nature journal.

Congratulations to our new PhD, Cole Martin!

Posted 7 days ago

Dr. Martin successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Changing The Guardian’s Playbook: Dissecting How Cancer Driver Rewire p53 Gene Regulatory Networks,” under the guidance of Dr. John Morris IV!

Congratulations to our new PhD, Rachel VanKeulen-Miller!

Posted 1 week ago

Dr. VanKeulen-Miller successfully defended her PhD thesis, “The Dynamic Cell as a Contextual Variable in the Mechanism and Efficacy of mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles,” under the direction of Dr. Owen Fenton!