The discipline of pharmaceutics encompasses a broad spectrum of research opportunities, all seeking to improve drug therapy in patients by optimization of drug exposure at the target site. In the 1960s and 1970s the major areas of pharmaceutics were drug formulation, physical pharmacy, biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics. Our division has significant research activities in both areas. Both research areas have been influenced by recent advances in molecular biology. Our program has particular strength on cancer chemotherapy.
Pharmaceutics is multidisciplinary.
The underlying sciences include physical chemistry, biochemistry, analytical chemistry, mathematics, chemical engineering, molecular and cellular biology, pharmacology, anatomy and physiology. There are eighteen postdoctoral students and 40 graduate students. Faculty in the division are recognized nationally and locally in cancer chemotherapy, drug delivery systems, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and physical pharmacy. Most members of the faculty have extramural funding to support their research programs. Flexibility in the program allows students to prepare for a variety of career goals.