Teaching and Training Programs

The teaching and training programs of the Department include graduate level teaching in the MS and PhD Programs, teaching in the Pharm.D. professional program, training of postdoctoral fellows, and participation in several summer research programs for local high school students and undergraduates.

Graduate student teaching by department faculty includes didactic and research training that lead to MS and PhD degrees in Pharmacology & Toxicology, Biomedical Engineering, and Neuroscience. Department faculty participate in the Biological Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Neuroscience graduate programs. Training of pharmacy students includes didactic teaching in the integrated pharmacotherapeutics, immunology, and toxicology courses of the PharmD program. Department faculty also participate in training PharmD students who are conducting research for their PharmD research projects.

Excellence in the teaching of pharmacology is a tradition in this department, continuing the legacy of Dr. Louis Goodman, founding chair of the Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine, and co-author of the world famous textbook, The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, now in its 14th edition. Dr. Donald Blumenthal, emeritus, was extensively involved in editing this book, its online version, and a more portable version, Goodman & Gilman's Manual of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Drs. Karen Wilcox, Cameron Metcalf, Peter West, and Misty Smith have been invited to contribute a chapter to the G&G textbook, the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. A number of department faculty have been recognized with teaching awards in the professional and graduate programs.