The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D. Program provides a rigorous background in a range of scientific disciplines that are critical to the success of modern pharmaceutical scientists in industry, government, and academia. With over 20 faculty graduate trainers, the program’s interdisciplinary program of study combines pharmaceutically relevant aspects of disciplines such as chemistry, biology, and engineering. You can earn a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a concentration in one of three research cores: Drug Discovery, Drug Action, or Drug Delivery.
Drug Discovery focuses on applications of chemistry in the context of drug design and development. Drug Action uses biological principles and tools to study molecular and cellular processes altered by drugs and to investigate how drugs work in treating disease. Drug Delivery involves basic and translational research involving novel methods of drug administration and targeting. The Division prides itself in offering a comprehensive approach to research that involves collaboration between these three cores, and graduate students benefit from integrating all aspects of drug research.
NEWS
August 2008: Hak Auth, PhD '08, has accepted a position as a scientist-officer in the U.S. Navy Medical Services Corps. Lieutenant Auth will be reporting to Jacksonville, Florida later this month to begin his naval career. During his doctoral studies, Hak studied under Professor William Mellon. more...
August 2008: Deepa Rao, PhD '08, has accepted a faculty position at Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa as an assistant professor (tenure-track) in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. more...
July 2008: The nanotechnology research of Darin Furgeson, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, is referenced in the July 25 edition of Science Progress. more...