The Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Research Programs encompass a broad range of scientific disciplines critical to the discovery and development of new drugs and therapies, including drug design and chemical biology, pharmaceutics and drug delivery, radiopharmaceutical imaging, and pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug metabolism, pharmacogenomics and toxicology.  Specific strengths of the program include gene-environment interactions and the mechanisms by which exposure to environmental hazards adversely affect living organisms.  Typically, students graduating from these programs have gone on to careers in the pharmaceutical industry, academia, government regulatory agencies, and biotechnology firms.

 

An individual program of coursework is established for each student according to their academic background and career goals.  Students may earn their degrees in either Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS) or Biomedical Sciences (MS or PhD).  The Core Coursework emphasizes basic concepts in biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, and readings in the biomedical sciences literature.  Highly innovative programs such as the New Mexico Center for Environmental Health Sciences, the New Mexico Center for Isotopes in Medicine, the UNM Biomedical Research and Integrative Imaging (BRaIN) Center, and Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute offer excellent opportunities for collaborative basic and translational research with the faculty of the UNM College of Pharmacy.

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