Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacodynamics)

College

College of Pharmacy 

Department/School

 Pharmacodynamics Department 

Pharmacodynamics Programs

The Department of Pharmacodynamics offers the Doctor of Philosophy in the pharmaceutical sciences with a concentration in pharmacodynamics. The Department participates in the interdisciplinary toxicology concentration (see Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies in this catalog). Pharmacodynamics is an integrated field of study involving pharmacology, physiology, and toxicology in a holistic approach to drug action in living systems. The Department focuses on neuroendocrinology, cardiovascular pharmacology, and neuropharmacology with diverse research interests in aging, hypertension, reproduction, glaucoma, neurotoxicity, and environmental physiology.

An undergraduate degree in pharmacy, chemistry, biology, or related sciences is required. In addition to graduate courses in pharmacy, courses are taken in the College of Medicine and in statistics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Degrees Offered With a Major in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Pharmacodynamics Courses

• GMS 6403: Advanced Endocrinology
• PHA 5531: Neurotoxicology
• PHA 6508: Systems Physiology and Pathophysiology I
• PHA 6509: Systems Physiology and Pathophysiology II
• PHA 6512L: Experiential Research Training in Pharmacodynamics
• PHA 6521C: Research Techniques in Pharmacodynamics
• PHA 6522L: ICBR Molecular Techniques Laboratory
• PHA 6540: Neurochemical Foundation of Pharmacodynamics
• PHA 7939: Journal Colloquy in Pharmacodynamics

Medicinal Chemistry Courses

• PHA 5475: Synthesis of Prodrugs
• PHA 6115: Equilibria, Complexations, and Interactions of Drugs
• PHA 6354: Natural Medicinal Products
• PHA 6356: Structure Determination of Complex Natural Products
• PHA 6417: Pharmaceutical Analysis II
• PHA 6425: Drug Biotrans and Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity
• PHA 6432: Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• PHA 6444: Pharmaceutical Chemistry I
• PHA 6447: Drug Design
• PHA 6448: High Throughput Drug Discovery
• PHA 6471: Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry
• PHA 6535: Principles of Nucleotide Activity
• PHA 6543: Pharmaceutical Chemistry II
• PHA 6840: Medicinal Chemistry of Drugs of Abuse
• PHA 6851: Forensic Analysis of DNA
• PHA 6853: Biological Evidence and Serology
• PHA 6854: Forensic Immunology
• PHA 6855: Forensic Genetics
• PHA 6856: Blood Spatter and Distribution
• PHA 6905C: Research Procedures in Medicinal Chemistry
• PHA 6934: Seminar in Medicinal Chemistry
• PHA 6852: Mammalian Molecular Biology
• VME 6602: General Toxicology
• VME 6605: Toxic Substances
• VME 6613: Forensic Toxicology I
• VME 6614: Forensic Toxicology II
• VME 6650: Principles of Mammalian Pharmacology
• VME 6766: Laboratory Quality Assurance/Quality Control

Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy Courses

• PHA 5270: Health Care and Patient Safety
• PHA 5271: Health Care Risk Management
• PHA 5272: Risk Management, Liability and Compliance
• PHA 6227: Institutional Pharmacy Leadership I
• PHA 6228: Institutional Pharmacy Leadership II
• PHA 6235: Advanced Pharmaceutical Law
• PHA 6236: Health Sciences Liability Law
• PHA 6250: Patient Responsibility in Health Care
• PHA 6264: Pharmacoeconomics and Health Technology Assessment
• PHA 6265: Introduction to Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy I
• PHA 6266: Introduction to Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy II
• PHA 6268: Pharmacoepidemiology and Patient Safety
• PHA 6269: Pharmaceutical Products and Public Policy
• PHA 6273: Structure, Process, and Outcomes of Regulation
• PHA 6274: Federal Regulations of Drugs and Pharmacy
• PHA 6275: Federal Regulations of Controlled Substances
• PHA 6276: Regulating Pharmaceutical Access and Costs
• PHA 6277: Ethics in Drug Development Production and Use
• PHA 6278: State Regulation of Drugs and Pharmacy
• PHA 6279: Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy Seminar
• PHA 6280: Medicare and Medicaid
• PHA 6281: Practices and Procedures of Administrative Agencies
• PHA 6286: Pharmaceutical Microeconomics
• PHA 6287: Pharmaceutical Health Economics
• PHA 6288: Critical Review of Research Methods
• PHA 6289: Regulating Clinical Research
• PHA 6290: Pharmaceutical Fraud and Abuse
• PHA 6291: Pharmaceutical Health Care Systems
• PHA 6717: Measurement in Pharmacy Administration Research
• PHA 6793: Evidentiary Basis of Pharmaceutical Use
• PHA 6796: Study Design in Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy Research
• PHA 6798: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Drug Regulation
• PHA 6799: Patient Safety Program Evaluation
• PHA 6805: Applied Data Interpretation and Reporting of Findings in Pharmacy
• PHA 6860: Prevention of Pharmaceutical Crimes
• PHA 6891: Introduction to Pharmacoepidemiology
• PHA 6892: Practices and Procedures of the IRB
• PHA 6893: Research Ethics
• PHA 6899: Advanced OB/GYN and Pediatric Pharmacoepidemiology
• PHA 6937: Topics in Pharmaceutical Administration
• PHA 6206: Introduction to Pharmaceutical Microeconomics
• PHA 6282: Pharmaceutical Policy Process
• PHA 6283: Commercial Applications of Pharmacoeconomics

Pharmaceutics Departmental Courses

• PHA 6116: In Vivo and In Vitro Stability of Drugs
• PHA 6118: Molecular Diversity
• PHA 6125: Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics
• PHA 6170C: Pharmaceutical Product Formulation
• PHA 6183: Pharmaceutical Gene Delivery
• PHA 6185: Pharmaceutical Drug Development
• PHA 6416: Pharmaceutical Analysis I
• PHA 6427: Pharmacogenetics of Drug Metabolism
• PHA 6440: Seminar in Drug Discovery
• PHA 6449: Pharmacogenomics
• PHA 6630: Medication Therapy Management: A Hematologic Focus
• PHA 6631: Foundations of Medication Therapy Management I
• PHA 6632: Foundations of Medication Therapy Management II
• PHA 6633: Medication Therapy Management: A Cardiovascular Focus
• PHA 6634: Medication Therapy Management: An Endocrine Focus
• PHA 6635: Medication Therapy Management: A Renal Focus
• PHA 6636: Medication Therapy Management: A Gastrointestinal Focus
• PHA 6637: Medication Therapy Management: A Psychiatric Focus
• PHA 6638: Medication Therapy Management: A Neurologic Focus
• PHA 6639: Medication Therapy Management: A Respiratory Focus
• PHA 6894: Introduction to Graduate Studies
• PHA 6896: Preclinical Drug Evaluation

Pharmacology Courses

• GMS 6563: Molecular Pharmacology
• GMS 6590: Seminar in Pharmacology
• GMS 6592: Ion Channels Journal Club: Pharmacology, Biophysics, and Neuroscience of Excitable Membranes
• GMS 6735: Neuropharmacology
• GMS 7593: Topics in Pharmacology and Toxicology

College of Pharmacy Courses

• PHA 5171: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
• PHA 6521C: Research Techniques in Pharmacodynamics
• PHA 6806: Pharmacoeconomic Modeling
• PHA 6910: Supervised Research
• PHA 6935: Selected Topics in Pharmacy
• PHA 6936: Advanced Topics in Pharmaceutical Sciences
• PHA 6938: Research Seminar
• PHA 6940: Supervised Teaching
• PHA 6971: Research for Master’s Thesis
• PHA 7979: Advanced Research
• PHA 7980: Research for Doctoral Dissertation