Adeboye Adejare, PhD
Graduate Program Director for Pharmacology and Toxicology
The pharmaceutical industry is both growing and becoming more highly competitive. Pharmacologists and toxicologists are finding that they aren't able to advance in their careers — especially in academia — without advanced degrees.
Pharmacology & Toxicology Program Overview
USP offers you the opportunity to pursue full-time advanced study in pharmacology and toxicology leading to either a master's of science or doctoral degree. Because of the emphasis on research, this program is designed for full-time study.
Pharmacologists are scientists who study the actions of drugs on biological systems. Pharmacology has become an important subject discipline in health professions such as medicine, nursing, and pharmacy. Pharmacologists learn how drugs modify living organisms by studying and measuring drug actions at molecular, biochemical, cellular, and physiological levels of analysis.
Toxicology is a field of scientific study concerned with the adverse effects of chemical substances on living systems. Toxicologists draw on our expanding knowledge of biological and chemical phenomena to explain and predict the nature and extent of harmful effects of chemicals on living systems.
Core graduates courses are in medical physiology, pharmacology, toxicology, statistics and experimental design. Course work and laboratory rotation enable you to become familiar with the research activities and expertise of the pharmacology and toxicology faculty. You, along with the faculty will participate in intramural seminars and a weekly Journal Club, and communicate research findings at local and national scientific meetings and conferences.
