PhD in Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration

The doctoral program in pharmaceutical sciences prepares scientists to improve patient outcomes and tackle health disparities by developing and testing medicines with a focus on safety and efficacy. Incoming students commonly hold degrees from pharmacy, chemistry, engineering or the life sciences. Students work with mentors on original research aimed at better delivery of medications to patients. Training emphasizes translational work that links laboratory findings to clinical use, along with drug synthesis, delivery methods that limit side effects, and analytic methods for measuring therapeutic efficacy. The program is built around translational research, linking laboratory discovery to patient care. Graduates have gone on to faculty positions, and others have moved into pharmaceutical industry research, contributing to new therapies in public and private settings.