Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Focus Areas
The Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences Graduate Program (PCSP) allows students' to select one of five highly sought after focus areas focus through four of the University science departments.
Bioanalytical and Physical Chemistry
Investigation of chemical, biochemical and biomedical questions using a broad range of computational and experimental tools including state-of-the-art instrumentation, synthetic methods and molecular techniques.
This area of focus is offered by the Department of Chemistry*
Chemical Synthesis, Drug Discovery and Design
Discovery and development of new chemical entities from (synthetic and natural product sources) as potential drugs; new methods of chemical synthesis and structural elucidation.
This area of focus is offered by the Department of Chemistry and Department of Pharmaceutics/Medicinal Chemistry*
Drug Targeting and Delivery
Design and application of new systems for optimizing drug delivery to specific organs or other biological targets.
This area of focus is offered through the Department of Pharmaceutics and Medicinal Chemistry*
Molecular-Cellular Pharmacology and Toxicology
Involves investigations using enzymology, cell cultures and laboratory animals, of the mechanisms by which drugs and other bioactive chemicals affect cellular processes and how drugs are metabolized.
This focus area is offered by the Department of Physiology/ Pharmacology and Department of Pharmaceutics/Medicinal Chemistry *
Pharmacoeconomics and Health Care Outcomes and Services
Designed to promote the development of scholars by providing them with the knowledge and analytical skills necessary to evaluate the delivery and use of pharmaceutical/health care products and services, thereby improving medication use, patient-specific outcomes as well as reducing health care costs.
This focus area is offered through the Department of Pharmacy Practice.
| * | Applicants should indicate on the application that they are interested in applying to the Pharmaceutical and Chemical Science Program and their desired area of focus (e.g. Chemical Synthesis, Drug Discovery and Design). Applicants are encouraged to visit the individual faculty pages for their research interests. |
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