Doctor of Pharmacy / Doctor of Philosophy Pathway
The College of Pharmacy Dean’s Office along with the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Department of Pharmacotherapy together have developed a pathway for students who are interested in simultaneously pursuing a Pharm.D and a Ph.D in one of these departments. The University of Utah - College of Pharmacy is one of the few Colleges in the nation to offer this pathway.
For more information on any of these pathways please contact:
Medicinal Chemistry:
Terri Elder-Hale
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
30 South 2000 East, Room 311A
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-5820
terri.elder-hale@pharm.utah.edu
(801) 581-5581
Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutial Chemistry:
Main Office
30 South 2000 East, Room 301
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5280
Email: phceu@pharm.utah.edu
Phone: (801) 581-7831
Pharmacology & Toxicology:
Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Program Admissions
University of Utah
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
30 South 2000 East, Room 201
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5820
(801) 581-6287
Pharmacotherapy:
Sara Ray
Department of Pharmacotherapy
University of Utah
30 South 2000 East, Room 254
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5820
sara.ray@pharm.utah.edu
(801) 581-5984
Pharmacy Student Summer Research Fellowship Program
Purpose: To provide P1 professional students currently enrolled in the PharmD program with an intensive, introductory research experience with faculty in the College of Pharmacy (COP). These summer research experiences can serve as a formal rotations if the student successfully enters the PharmD/PhD pathway in any of the departments within the college.
Who is eligible: Students who have successfully completed their P1 year in the PharmD professional program and entered with a Bachelor’s degree. Students interested in the combined PharmD/Ph.D. pathway are required to apply if they cannot document significant formal and relevant research experience. Students may only be accepted into the program once.
How to apply: Applicants will provide the following: 1) Curriculum Vitae; 2) undergraduate/PharmD transcripts 3) an essay explaining why they want to participate in the program, what they hope to gain, their career goals, how the summer research would apply to those goals including intended research areas and up to three College mentors. Date of applications to be set each year during the Spring Semester, and reviewed by the College of Pharmacy Research and Graduate Programs Committee. Awardees will be notified by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in late March or early April.
Stipend: Up to five competitive fellowships per summer will be awarded to qualified applicants. The stipend for each student for 40 hours per week in the lab for a 10-week period (late May through early August) will be $4000. Opportunities will exist in all of the College departments, and students may identify possible mentors through a CoP research rotation booklet. A $500 supplies stipend will be provided from the CoP Associate Dean for Academic Affairs to the faculty mentors to offset research expenses.
Program: An orientation meeting will be held in late May to provide the fellows with expectations, and deliverables from the fellowship. Participation in a college-wide symposium to be held at the end of the summer (usually the first week of the Fall Semester) in which fellowship students will present their findings will be mandatory.
The program of study will be at the discretion of the Mentor. Program meetings will be held at least every other week during the summer to discuss the various graduate programs, other College faculty research opportunities, career development, and to build camaraderie. Students should interact socially with Juan Diego summer high school students and Pharmacology/Toxicology ASPET SURF fellows with an occasional pizza lunch, hike, etc.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
Statement of Purpose
This should include the following:
1. Explain why you want to participate in this program;
2. What you hope to gain from this program;
3. Your career goals, including intended research areas;
4. How the P-SURF program will help you reach these goals; and
5. A list of uUp to three College of Pharmacy Mentors.
