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PHM 801: Fundamental Principles of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Pharmacology and toxicology, pharmacodynamics and drug discovery.

PHM 802: Cellular, Molecular and Integrated Systems Pharmacology

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of drug actions on organ systems of humans and other mammals.

PHM 805: Receptor Pharmacology

Fundamental principles and current theories of receptor pharmacology, drug receptor pharmacodynamics and signal transduction mechanisms. Taught in conjunction with PHM 801 and PHM 803.

PHM 809: Drug Discovery and Medicinal Chemistry

Fundamentals of pharmaceutical drug discovery including basic chemistry, drug-design principles, high throughput screening, computational modeling, and drug metabolic pathways. Open to doctoral students in the Department of Chemistry or in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Offered in ODD years (2025, 2027 etc.)

PHM 813: Cardiovascular Pharmacology & Toxicology

Online Only
Cardiovascular signal transduction and control in normal and pathophysiologic states.

PHM 816: Integrative Toxicology: Mechanisms, Pathology and Regulation

Biochemical, molecular, and physiological mechanisms of toxicology. Functional and pathological responses of major organ systems to chemical insult. Mechanisms of mutagenesis, carcinogenesis, and reproductive toxicology. Concepts in risk and safety assessment.

PHM 830: Experimental Design & Data Analysis

Online Only
Practical application of statistical principles to the design of experiments and analysis of experimental data in pharmacology, toxicology, and related biomedical sciences.

PHM 837: Autonomic Pharmacology

Online Only
Effects of drugs having therapeutic potential and potential for adverse side effects within the autonomic nervous system and organs controlled by this system. Comparison with drugs having therapeutic potential and potential adverse side effects on muscle function.

PHM 838: Pharmacogenomics

Online Only
Dissection of the basics of genomics and its interplay with traits, efficacy, toxicity, kinetics and dosage involving drugs and drug pathways.

PHM 980: Problems

Limited work in selected research projects.

PHM 999: Doctoral Dissertation Research

Doctoral Dissertation Research.