High Demand,
Real Impact
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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.
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Clay C. Wang, PhD
The department’s mission involves:
Drug Research
Pioneering research in drug design, discovery, targeting and delivery as well as monitoring
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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
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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
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Meet the Faculty
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Julio A. Camarero, PhD
- John A. Biles Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Jean C. Shih, PhD
- University Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Integrative Anatomical Sciences
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Martine Culty, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Enrique Cadenas, MD, PhD
- Charles Krown/Alumni Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
![Yong (Tiger) Zhang, PhD](https://mann.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/yong-tiger-zhang-phd-c27e0e84.jpg)
Yong (Tiger) Zhang, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry
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