Program Overview
Herbert Samuels, Chairman and Graduate Director
Erika Bach, Graduate Advisor

Our 37 faculty:

• are internationally recognized scientists.
• are ranked among the top ten research universities for Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (by the Chronicle of Higher Education Graduate Program Rankings).
• have extensive track records of training PhD and MD/PhD students.

We have a prestigious predoctoral NIH training grant.

62 PhD and MD/PhD students have received PhDs in the last 2 decades. Currently, we have 19 students in our program.

Research Areas of our Program:

• Cancer Biology and Gene Regulation
• Cellular and Developmental Cardiology
• Receptor Pharmacology and Toxicology
• Structural and Computational Biology
• Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology

Graduate study in Molecular Pharmacology is part of the
Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences:
The first two years of study are devoted to major courses.
The last two years to research and the writing a dissertation.
All students present their doctoral work in a biweekly
Work-In-Progress forum.
No graduate students are accepted for part-time study.
All students receive a $31,000 stipend and tuition remission
for 24 credits/year.
Students are guaranteed Medical Center housing.

Departmental website: www.med.nyu.edu/pharmacology/
The Sackler Application: www.med.nyu.edu/sackler/

Contact Information:

Program Administrator: Melissa Pearson
Melissa.Pearson@nyumc.org 

Program Director: Herbert Samuels, MD
Herbert.Samuels@nyumc.org

Graduate Student Advisor: Erika Bach, PhD
Erika.Bach@nyumc.org

Pharmacology Dept.
550 First Avenue
NYU School of Medicine, MSB-424
New York, NY 10016
t: (212) 263 7111
f: (212) 263 7133