University of California, San Francisco

Program Information

Program Description:

The new Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics (PSPG) Ph.D. program represents the merger of pharmaceutical sciences and contemporary genetics, both molecular and human. For more than twenty years, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has had a Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, widely recognized as the premier graduate program in pharmacological sciences. Recently, enormous changes in the pharmaceutical sciences and in genomics and genetics set the stage for the creation of a visionary new program, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics, the goals of which are to expose students to major questions in the pharmaceutical sciences, teach the basic sciences needed to address these questions, and create an environment where students can develop into independent and creative scientific problem solvers. This multidisciplinary graduate program has a dual focus: pharmaceutical sciences, including molecular pharmacology, drug discovery, drug delivery, and drug development, and pharmacogenomics, which is the application of genetics and genomics to drug action and disposition; this area of focus extends into toxicogenomics.

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: No

Format: Campus

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities - Intensive

Institution Sector: Public

Locale: Large City

Size & Settings: 1,000 - 4,999