The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies has developed a well-rounded research and teaching program in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology. As a graduate student in the Program, you will have the opportunity to develop and carry out your own research project while receiving individual mentorship from your thesis adviser and committee, publish research with top-level scientists, receive comprehensive instruction covering many areas in pharmacology, participate in frequent journal clubs and seminars, get involved in teaching pharmacology, learn to write grant proposals, attend and present work at local and national scientific meetings, interact with students and faculty of other programs and schools. The Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Program supports research facilities devoted to a wide-range of molecular, physiological, genetic, anatomical, and behavioral techniques.
| Drug addiction | Parkinson’s disease | Schizophrenia |
| Neurodegeneration | Neurobiology of normal and aberrant learning | Neurobiology of emotion and behavior |
| Neuronal plasticity | Synaptic integration | Ion channel function |
| Basal ganglia anatomy, physiology, & function | Gene expression | Regulation of alternative splicing |
| Neuronal morphology and ultrastructure | Actin cytoskeleton regulation | |