This program trains doctoral candidates in molecular and biochemical pharmacology and neurobiology. Training is offered in growth-factor-mediated signal transduction, tyrosine kinase receptors, receptor phosphatases, G-protein coupled receptor signaling, steroid /thyroid hormone nuclear receptor family, exocytosis mechanisms, and proteolytic processing of receptors and ligands. The curriculum includes courses in molecular pharmacology, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, neurosciences and signal transduction.

MPTP Faculty

List of Pharmacology Graduate Students

MPTP Qualifying Exam Guidelines (download)

Thesis Committee Report (download)

Required Courses

Foundations of Cell and Molecular Biology I & II
Molecular Pharmacology of Receptors
Molecular Signaling and Drug Development
Special Topics in Pharmacology
Seminars in Pharmacology
Principles of Pharmacology

Recommended Courses

Bioinformatics
Introduction to Cellular Neuroscience
Principles of Structural Biology
Statistics in Biology (at downtown campus)
Genomics (at downtown campus)