Members of the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics collaborate with individuals in other departments in the Medical School, the adjacent Hines VA Hospital, and with other institutions in the Chicago area, nationally, and overseas. The faculty routinely report their discoveries at national and international scientific meetings and publish these research findings in prestigious research journals. The training includes formal course work in pharmacology and related fields and provides opportunities for important research. Teaching experience, presentations at professional meetings, and publication round out the training. We actively pursue new knowledge via journal club and research seminars by faculty, students, and prominent invited speakers in order to keep up with current developments in pharmacology and related disciplines.
Graduate students are a valuable component of the department.
We all thrive via this symbiotic relationship. Considerable emphasis is placed on providing our students with fine training and good support to assist them in completing their graduate studies and becoming independent scientists. The success of the department in achieving these goals is evidenced by the prominent positions our graduates obtain in Academia, Industry, and Government upon graduation. Your involvement in the doctoral training program of the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics promises to be a nurturing, as well as an educational and maturing, experience. That, coupled with the reward of understanding the mechanisms of action of pharmacological agents and making possible the development of new agents for the treatment of disease, adds to the excitement and challenge of a profession that is essential and critical for humankind in the modern world.