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
Yong (Tiger) Zhang, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry
Martine Culty, PhD
- Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jean C. Shih, PhD
- University Professor Emerita, Professor Emerita of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Integrative Anatomical Sciences
Julio A. Camarero, PhD
- John A. Biles Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences
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