The biochemical pharmacology track focuses on the biochemical mechanisms responsible for drug and other xenobiotic actions on living systems.

• You will develop a broad knowledge of pharmacology, drug metabolism, and pharmacodynamics.
• You will have the opportunity to study with faculty engaged in a wide variety of research topics including behavioral, cardiovascular and endocrine pharmacology, neuropharmacology, immunopharmacology, chemotherapy, and toxicology.

Your research will be directed towards studying the biochemical mechanism of drug effects in living systems including cell cultures, animal models, and/or healthy and compromised humans.

Primary Contacts:

Wen Xie, MD, PhD
Associate Professor,
656 Salk Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412-648-9941
Fax: 412-648-1664
Email: wex6@pitt.edu

Michael A. Zemaitis, PhD
Professor
808 B Salk Hall
Phone: 412-648-8576
Email: maz@pitt.edu

Faculty affiliated with the Biochemical Pharmacology track:

• Wen Xie, PhD
• Yong Tae Kwon, PhD
• Robert Gibbs, PhD
• Levent Kirisci, PhD
• Yong Li, PhD
• Ralph Tarter, PhD
• Jeffrey Yao, PhD
• Janet Amico, MD
• Michael Zemaitis, PhD