Graduate Programs > Pharmaceutics & Drug Delivery Systems (PhD)

Apply now for program!   Deadline for Fall 2008 Ph.D. applications is December 15, 2007.
 
Application (On-line)

Admission Requirements

Graduate Orientation 2008

 
Curriculum
 
Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Systems Description
Students earning a PhD degree in pharmaceutics will be thoroughly versed in the fundamentals of physical pharmacy and pharmaceutics in addition to being trained in several more specialized areas such as:

• biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics
• drug metabolism
• pharmacokinetic/toxicodynamic/pharmacodynamic correlation
• novel drug delivery systems

With exposure to these various facets of pharmaceutics graduates are poised to understand and assimilate the field of modern pharmaceutics. A PhD in pharmaceutics is a research degree. While course work plays an important role, students become a real participant in the science of pharmaceutics in the laboratory. Faculty research covers a broad range of scientific interests including: pharmacokinetic toxicodynamics of anticancer agents, use of biomaterials and synthetic polymeric systems in design of drug delivery systems, passive and active targeting of therapeutic agents, cardiovascular targeting of drugs, novel delivery systems for proteins and peptides and mathematical modeling of endogenous compounds.

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