Course Listing for PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES & PHARMACOGENOMICS


206. Laboratory Rotation. (1-6 units) § Fa, Wi, Sp. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Laboratory 3-18 hours.
Staff
A laboratory rotation course to familiarize new students in the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics with various approaches to research in the pharmaceutical sciences.

220. Research Seminar. (1 units) § Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Seminar 1 hours.
F. Szoka
A program involving the presentation of core material in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics. The presenations are made by graduate students and examination is by a series of cumulative examinations.

225A. Graduate Research Opportunities. (1 units) § Fa. Lecture 1 hours. Seminar 1 hours.
F. Szoka
CA series of weekly presentations of the research interests of the basic science faculty. The purpose is to acquaint new graduate students with the research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics Graduate Program.

225B. Graduate Research Opportunities. (1 units) § Wi. Seminar 1 hours.
F. Szoka
A series of weekly presentations of the research interests of the basic science faculty. The purpose is to acquaint new graduate students with the research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharemacogenomics Graduate Program.

245A. Basic Principles of Pharmaceutical Sciences. (3 units) § Fa. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Lecture 3 hours.
K. Giacomini
This course is focused on fundamental mechanisms of membrane transport, pharmacokinetics, modeling, and quantitation of these processes.

245B. Basic Principles of Pharmaceutical Sciences. (3 units) § Wi. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Lecture 2 hours.
D. Kroetz
This course is focused on basic mechanisms of pharmacology, toxicology, and drug metabolism barriers to drug delivery. Emphasis is placed on modeling and quantitative aspects of these processes.

245C. Principles of Pharmacogenomics. (2-3 units) § Sp. Prerequisites: Membership in the Pharmaceutical Sciences pathway, the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics graduate program, or consent of the instructor. Lecture 2 hours. Conference 2 hours.
K. Giacomini
The course will provide an introduction to the application of genetic and genomic methods to the study of drug response and the genetic basis for variation in that response.

250. Research. (1-8 units) § Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Project 3-24 hours.
Staff
Co-listed with Pharmaceutical Chemistry 250.

266. Research Planning Conference. (1 units) § Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Consent of instrucor. Lecture 1 hours.
Staff
Discussion and practice in research problem formulation and design selection. Core classes and small group sessions are organized around students' interests by faculty within the area of specialization.

271. Advanced Pharmacokinetics in Clinical Drug Development. (4 units) § Wi. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Lecture 3 hours. Workshop 1 hours.
L. Benet
Although significant time will be devoted to theoretical aspects of the various topics, the focus will be on practical examples (real data) in how to design and interpret pharmacokinetic studies for use as a component of the regulatory drug approval process.

272B. Advanced Drug Delivery: Nanosystems. (2 units) § Sp. Prerequisites: Chemistry 241 or equivalent. Lecture 1 hours. Laboratory 0-6 hours. Project 0-1 hours.
C. Hunt
A lecture and discussion course that presents the pharmacokinetic and dynamic factors that impact drug delivery and drug targeting using nanosystems and intelligent materials.

299. Dissertation. (0 units) § Fa, Wi, Sp. Prerequisites: Advancement to candidacy and permission of graduate advisor.
F. Szoka
For graduate students engaged in writing the dissertation for the Ph.D. degree.


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