Welcome to the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
The Chairman of the Department has his offices in the Joe and Pat Johnson Building,
and the Department has offices and laboratories in the Johnson Building, the R.L. Crowe
Research Building, the Seldon D. Feurt
Memorial Research Building and the Faculty Building. Research
facilities of the Department are well equipped with contemporary
scientific instrumentation, including a Varian 500M NMR, a Bruker 300 MHz NMR,
several LC/MS/MS, and a
new molecular modeling laboratory. In addition, the University
supports an excellent library, computer center, mass spectrometry
center, vivarium, and biostatistics center.
The 55-acre UT Health Science Center (UTHSC) Campus is an integral part of one of
the largest medical centers in the United States. The Memphis
Medical Center area can roughly be defined as a six-block area
located near downtown Memphis. Within this area, or nearby, can
be found a number of hospitals, clinics, laboratories and other
health-related facilities. Institutions affiliated with UTHSC include two of the world's largest private hospitals, Baptist
Memorial Hospital and Methodist Hospitals of Memphis; St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital, founded by entertainer Danny
Thomas, an internationally-recognized hospital for the
treatment of childhood cancer; the 946-bed hospital in the
Veterans Affairs Medical Center; LeBonheur Children's Medical
Center, nationally known for its pediatric care; the Regional
Medical Center at Memphis, a comprehensive hospital recognized
for its Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center; and UT's William F.
Bowld Hospital, recognized for its work in organ transplantation.
The Department offers Ph.D. degrees through the College of Graduate Health
Sciences. The three primary areas of specialization
are Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutics and Bioanalytics.
Medicinal Chemistry includes design and synthesis and
evaluation of novel compounds with potential therapeutic
applications. Current areas of research include cancer chemotherapy,
cardiovascular agents, and central and peripheral nervous system
drugs.
Pharmaceutics includes drug product technology, biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics. Drug product technology
involves the design, development and evaluation of novel drug
delivery systems, parenteral dosage forms, and performulation
studies of biotechnology drugs. Biopharmaceutics and
pharmacokinetics includes the study of the disposition and
pharmacodynamics of drugs and metabolites in humans, animals and
tissue culture.
Bioanalytics works at the interface of chemistry and biology. Current focuses
in this area are proteomics, metabolomics and drug metabolism.
Graduates of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences are prepared to assume
positions of responsibility in academia, government, pharmaceutical industry,
and other health-related organizations and institutions. The nature and variety
of research projects available to students reflect the stimulating and dynamic
environment of the health science center
Last updated by Wei Li on
01/28/2008
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