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The College of Pharmacy currently has four major areas of graduate concentration. These areas include Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacy Health Care Administration.
All College of Pharmacy graduate programs can be accessed through the
links listed above or below by clicking on the department's name.
This will give you a comprehensive review of the underlying theme of each
of our graduate programs as well as the faculty and their research interests.
From each department's web page you will be able to download all application
and admission forms.
Medicinal Chemistry is a unique blend of the physical and biological
sciences. The scope of the field is sufficiently broad to give students
with many different science backgrounds a rewarding and challenging program
of study. Areas of active research include natural products chemistry,
drug delivery systems, organic synthesis of medicinal agents, metal
design, drug metabolism, molecular toxicology, molecular biology, analytical
and forensic chemistry, molecular modeling and drug discovery. The
department has excellent facilities for research in the major areas of
Medicinal Chemistry and faculty have been highly successful in attracting
extra mural research support for the past several years.
| Graduate Coordinator: | Dr. Raymond Bergeron
Department of Medicinal Chemistry P.O. Box 100485 College of Pharmacy, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32610-0485 352-846-1956; E-mail: bergeron@mc.cop.ufl.edu |
Research in the Pharmaceutics Department encompasses basic, applied,
and clinical investigations in (i) pharmacokinetics/biopharmaceutics, (ii)
pharmaceutical analysis, (iii) pharmaceutical biotechnology and drug delivery.
In addition to teaching, all faculty members are involved in collaborative
research projects with clinical and other basic scientists with the Health
Center or on campus. Many maintain collaborative ties with scientists
in other universities and the pharmaceutical industry worldwide.
| Graduate Coordinator: | Dr. Jeffrey Hughes
Department of Pharmaceutics P.O. Box 100494 College of Pharmacy, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32610-0494 352-846-2725; E-mail: hughes@cop.ufl.edu |
The purpose of the graduate program in Pharmacodynamics is to develop
biomedical scientists with a broad knowledge in the areas of Physiology,
Pharmacology, Endocrinology and Toxicology. Although the research
interests of the faculty are broad, there is an emphasis on the holistic
approach to drug actions in living systems. The Department has strong
programs in the areas of cardiovascular, reproductive and neuroendocrine
physiology and pharmacology, temperature regulation, neurobiology of aging,
autonomic pharmacology, and neuropharmacology.
| Graduate Coordinator: | Dr. Joanna Peris
Department of Pharmacodynamics P.O. Box 100487 College of Pharmacy, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32610-0497 352-392-9768; E-mail: peris@cop.ufl.edu |
Drug therapy is the most widely used and efficacious treatment modality
available for a variety of health disorders. However, problems (inappropriate
prescribing, inadequate monitoring, and misuse of medication) with medication
use are persistent and costly. Research and course of study in the
Department of Pharmacy Health Care Administration focuses on various issues
related to societal use of medications and include (i) estimating costs
of drug related morbidity and mortality, (ii) evaluating the prescribing
process, medication use and related health care activities and, (iii) examining
ways to improve prescribing and use of medications in various health care
systems.
| Graduate Coordinator: | Dr. Richard Segal
Department of Pharmacy Health Care Administration P.O. Box 100496 College of Pharmacy, University of Florida Gainesville, Florida 32610-0496 352-273-6265; E-mail: segal@cop.ufl.edu |
Please direct any further questions or request for application material
concerning the area of study you are interested in to the graduate coordinator
of the respective department listed above.
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P.O. Box 100484 College of Pharmacy J. Hillis Miller Health Center Gainesville, FL 32610 - 0484 Tel: 352-273-6301 Fax: 352-273-6306 |
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Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Tel: 352-273-6312 Fax: 352-273-6306 E-mail: millard@cop.ufl.edu |
Program Assistant for Research and Graduate Studies Tel: 352-273-6301 Fax: 352-273-6306 E-mail: debbie@cop.ufl.edu |
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