Pharmacy
Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy
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Campus address: Pharmacy Building (PHR) 4.220, phone (512) 471-6590, fax (512) 471-4066; campus mail code: A1900
Mailing address: The University of Texas at Austin, Graduate Program, College of Pharmacy, 2409 University Avenue A1900, Austin TX 78712
E-mail: swcrouch@austin.utexas.edu
URL: http://www.utexas.edu/pharmacy/edutrain/graduate.html
Facilities for Graduate Work
State-of-the-art research facilities are available for graduate education. Laboratories are equipped with the latest instrumentation and specialized support units for research in all of the areas of study mentioned below. Research space on the Austin campus is located in two pharmacy buildings and in the Biomedical Engineering Building, at the Dell Pediatric Research Institute, and in the Animal Resources Center. In San Antonio, basic laboratory and clinical research space is available in the McDermott Building on the campus of the University of Texas Health Science Center, and at affiliated institutions. Laboratories and offices on both campuses are outfitted with wired and wireless connections for Internet and library access. Additional facilities for collaborative research in Austin are available in the College of Natural Sciences, the Cockrell School of Engineering, the Institute for Neuroscience, and the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology. Students in both Austin and San Antonio have access to extensive electronic journal holdings through the University Libraries Web site, http://www.lib.utexas.edu/ .
Drug Dynamics Institute. The Drug Dynamics Institute is a graduate and postdoctoral research training center where educators, students, scientists, business people, and government officials come together to share common interests in a wide range of biomedical, pharmaceutical, and public health problems. The mission of the institute is the discovery and communication of scientific and technological knowledge in drug development, manufacturing, marketing, and therapy. Projects in pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism, industrial pharmacy and technology, pharmacology and toxicology, and clinical pharmacy are currently under way. Additional information is available at http://www.utexas.edu/pharmacy/research/interdis/ddi/ .
Center for Pharmacoeconomic Studies. The center combines the skills of experts in clinical pharmacy, pharmacoeconomics, management, and marketing to examine the impact of pharmaceutical products and pharmacy services on patients’ quality of life and health care outcomes. The center’s researchers and graduate students provide research design, data collection, and data analysis expertise to health care providers, the pharmaceutical industry, health care payers, insurers, and health care institutions and organizations. Center personnel also develop, present, and support educational programs to further public understanding of pharmacoeconomics. Additional information is available at http://www.utexas.edu/pharmacy/research/institutes/pharmacoeconomics/ .
Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology. The University of Texas at Austin has established an interdisciplinary Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology (CMCT). The mission of the CMCT is to provide leadership for the expansion of programs in environmental health sciences education and research. The CMCT is supported by the College of Pharmacy and also involves faculty in the College of Natural Sciences and the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Carcinogenesis, located in Smithville, Texas, about forty miles east of Austin.
The CMCT fosters interdisciplinary graduate training programs by providing the mechanism by which students can work with a range of faculty interested in toxicology. This includes facilitating interdisciplinary research collaborations and providing ancillary student and research infrastructure support. The center’s faculty represent a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including pharmacology, toxicology, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, neuroscience, nutrition, biochemistry, chemistry, marine biology, and civil and mechanical engineering. Information about CMCT training programs is available at http://www.utexas.edu/pharmacy/cmct/ .
Addiction Science Research and Education Center (ASREC). The mission of this center is to communicate the latest findings in addiction science to the public in terms that make the message easy to understand. University researchers in this dynamic area have been trained to communicate the latest findings in the field to a diverse audience, including addiction treatment professionals, medical personnel, social workers, psychologists, law enforcement personnel, teachers, students, and the general public. Additional information about the ASREC is available at http://www.utexas.edu/research/asrec/
The Center for Advancement of Research and Education in Infectious Diseases (CARE-ID). The mission of this center is to conduct collaborative and interdisciplinary laboratory-based, translational, and clinical research for infectious diseases; foster clinical and graduate research training in infectious diseases; and enhance the knowledge of health care providers and the public about infectious diseases. Researchers include faculty members from UT Austin, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, University Health System in San Antonio, and the South Texas Veterans Health Care System. The center serves as the training center in infectious disease research for PharmD students, residents, fellows, and graduate students. Additional information is available at http://www.utexas.edu/pharmacy/careid/ .
Additional collaborative research is conducted between pharmacy faculty members and members of research institutes and centers across campus, including the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, the Institute for Neuroscience, and the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research.
Areas of Study
The College of Pharmacy offers graduate study leading to the Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Doctor of Philosophy with a major in pharmaceutical sciences. Areas of specialization are: medicinal chemistry, including synthetic or bioorganic chemistry and structural molecular biology subspecializations; pharmacology and toxicology; pharmaceutics, including physical pharmacy, biopharmaceutics, drug delivery and pharmaceutics, and industrial pharmacy; pharmacy administration, including pharmacy practice and pharmacoeconomics; and pharmacotherapy. Students pursuing either the Master of Science or the Doctor of Philosophy who hold a PharmD degree from a pharmacy program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education have opportunities for advanced practice training. They may complete a specialty practice residency while pursuing the graduate degree. More information is available from the graduate adviser.
Graduate Studies Committee
The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring semester 2013.
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Jamie C Barner Carolyn M Brown M Lynn Crismon Maria A Croyle Zhengrong Cui Kevin N Dalby Patrick J Davis John Digiovanni Christine L Duvauchelle Carlton K Erickson Walter L Fast Kentya C Ford Christopher R Frei Rueben A Gonzales Andrea C Gore R A Harris Sean M Kerwin Jim M Koeller Yui-Wing F Lam Kenneth A Lawson Seongmin Lee Steven W Leslie |
Hung-Wen Liu James W McGinity Robert Messing S J Mihic Edward M Mills Richard A Morrisett Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay Karen L Rascati John H Richburg Stephen R Saklad Marvin D Shepherd Hugh D Smyth Salomon A Stavchansky Scott A Strassels Robert L Talbert Jr Carla L Vandenberg Karen Marie Vasquez Christian P Whitman Richard E Wilcox Robert O Williams III James P Wilson Casey W Wright |
Admission Requirements
The applicant should have a bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical sciences, biology, chemistry, or a related field, or a professional pharmacy degree from an accredited institution in the United States or another country. Students are admitted to the program upon recommendation of the Graduate Studies Committee, provided that their undergraduate training includes appropriate work in fields related to the pharmaceutical and health sciences. Applicants without the appropriate background may be required to complete additional coursework after admission. For some areas of study, preference is given to students who have a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from a college accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Preference is also given to applicants for the doctoral degree.