May be repeated to a maximum of 15 credits.

May be repeated to a maximum of 15 credits.

This course will give students the needed background to understand how drugs impact human health and guide their appropriate use. Lectures will focus on how drugs function, how they impact our lives, and how new targets for drugs are discovered. This course will provide a history of drug development, design, and drug discovery, and examine the uses and actions of commonly prescribed and over-the-counter drugs. This course will also cover drugs of abuse and those used in sports and performance enhancement.

Independent study on a research question or problem in Pharmacology. The topic is selected in collaboration with a faculty mentor, and the research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. The goal of this course is for students to have a meaningful research experience working directly with a faculty member and/or a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow in data collection and analysis, as well as conducting a portion of the research project independently.

Pharmacology of Treating Human Disease: This course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the actions of drugs most commonly used in the treatment of major human diseases, drugs of abuse and those used in sports to enhance performance. This course is geared toward the pre-professional and others interested in a career in health care and research.

This course examines the intersecting aspects of pharmacology and nutritional sciences through exploration of: 1) the mechanisms and effects of drug and nutrient interactions, 2) the latest research related to genetic, microbial and temporal effects on drug action and nutritional status, and 3) current findings and future directions in nutritional pharmacology.

The objective of this course is to familiarize graduate students with the principles and mechanisms of drug action in biochemical and physiological systems. Students will discuss the quantitative approaches to assessing drug responses, metabolism and toxicity.

Detailed examination of current, significant topics in pharmacology such as: contemporary neuroscience methodology, molecular and cellular pharmacodynamics, transmembrane signaling. Course is designed to offer flexibility to students in different tracks, different emphasis in a given year and to utilize the special research interests in resident and visiting investigators. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

Detailed examination of current, significant topics in pharmacology such as: contemporary neuroscience methodology, molecular and cellular pharmacodynamics, transmembrane signaling. Course is designed to offer flexibility to students in different tracks, different emphasis in a given year and to utilize the special research interests in resident and visiting investigators. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

Detailed examination of current, significant topics in pharmacology such as: contemporary neuroscience methodology, molecular and cellular pharmacodynamics, transmembrane signaling. Course is designed to offer flexibility to students in different tracks, different emphasis in a given year and to utilize the special research interests in resident and visiting investigators. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.