The Department of Pharmacology collaborates with faculty in other basic science and clinical departments to teach interdisciplinary courses spanning the first and second years of medical school, as well as graduate courses.
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From Molecules to Medicine
The Department of Pharmacology focuses on multiple areas that impact the field of pharmacology including signaling and gene expression, host-pathogen interactions, genetics, metabolism, and liver disease, ion channel pharmacology, cancer biology and pharmacology, translational pharmacology, therapeutic target identification, and drug discovery.
In addition to working with Rutgers institutes and centers committed to basic and translational science, we collaborate successfully with our colleagues in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Neuroscience and Cell Biology departments as we work to expand biomedical research at the medical school.
Nancy C. Walworth, PhD
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Academic Programs
The Department of Pharmacology faculty members are fully committed to teaching the discipline of pharmacology: basic principles as well as the mechanisms by which drugs and other agents act to bring about therapeutic responses.
The department also hosts post-doctoral fellows, research scientists and undergraduate students from Rutgers and other institutions, which creates an engaging learning and research environment for all. Through the Rutgers School of Graduate Studies, we offer a master’s degree in biomedical sciences and PhD in molecular biosciences.
Candidates interested in pursuing a PhD degree in Pharmacology or related discipline are invited to visit the website for the Graduate Programs in Molecular Biosciences, which serves as an entry portal for the Graduate Programs in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Physiology and Integrative Biology and Cell and Developmental Biology.
Department of Pharmacology faculty bring a range of expertise to their roles as scientists and educators and are trained in a variety of disciplines conducting research in multiple areas that impact the field of pharmacology.
Faculty research programs are supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Defense, New Jersey Commission for Cancer Research, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, and numerous other foundations and agencies, as well as through corporate research contracts.
Our scientists and scholars affiliated with the Department of Pharmacology are recognized for their contributions to the scientific research enterprise and serve on national and international grant review panels, editorial and advisory boards.
