High Demand,
Real Impact

The Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences is an international leader in pharmaceutical research—with particular strengths in the areas of molecular mechanisms of disease and drug design, development, targeting and delivery. The department has garnered millions of dollars in support from the National Institutes of Health and other government and private funders.

Clay C. Wang, PhD
The department’s mission involves:
Drug Research
Pioneering research in drug design, discovery, targeting and delivery as well as monitoring

Disease Research
Advancing an internationally recognized program on fundamental research in the mechanisms of disease development and progression—with emphases on aging, neurodegeneration, infectious diseases, autoimmune conditions, cancer, inflammation, acquired genetic disease and substance use

Education & Training
Providing high-quality, progressive teaching and training programs
Offering unparalleled education to professional, graduate and postgraduate students, scientists, industry leaders and the public

Meet the Faculty

Enrique Cadenas, MD, PhD
- Charles Krown/Alumni Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Jean C. Shih, PhD
- University Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Integrative Anatomical Sciences

Yong (Tiger) Zhang, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry

Martine Culty, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Julio A. Camarero, PhD
- Professor in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Enrique Cadenas, MD, PhD
- Charles Krown/Alumni Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Jean C. Shih, PhD
- University Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Integrative Anatomical Sciences

Yong (Tiger) Zhang, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry

Martine Culty, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Julio A. Camarero, PhD
- Professor in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Enrique Cadenas, MD, PhD
- Charles Krown/Alumni Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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