PhD Program: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology

About the track

The Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology program focuses on applying Pharmacometrics and system pharmacology techniques to facilitate the development of novel drug candidates that are less likely to fail during clinical trials and to provide a better understanding of drug mechanisms of action and therapeutic effects at the systems pharmacology level.

  • You will develop a broad knowledge of pharmacometrics and systems pharmacology to develop drug candidates that are less likely to fail during clinical trials.
  • You will develop strong computational modeling and simulation expertise from drug target fishing, to drug lead identification, to drug profile optimization.
  • You will develop strong computational expertise on pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) modeling and simulation.
  • You will develop skills on multiscale modeling of biological processes at the molecular, gene, organ and organism levels.
  • Your will have opportunities to study with faculty from a variety of background including computer-aided drug design, computational and systems biology/pharmacology, population PK/PD modeling, computational chemical genomics, computational biophysics, etc.
  • Candidates with programming experience, basic/intermediate knowledge in statistics and/or hands-on modeling experience are highly desired.

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This specialization is associated with the Computational Chemical Genomics Screening Center. More about this program track is here.

Faculty Associated with this Track

Curriculum

Year 1

Fall

 

Course #TitleCredits
PHARM 3042/ElectivesResearch Pract/electives2
PHARM 3024Pharm Sci Seminar1
PHARM 3009Journal Club1
PHARM 3040Stat Methods 1/Recitation3
PHARM 3011Principles of Biochem1
PHARM 3028Pharmacology and Therapeutics4
PHARM 3069Pharmacometrics3
Spring

 

Course #TitleCredits
PHARM 3042/ElectivesResearch Pract/electives5
PHARM 2001Pharmaceutical Analysis4
PHARM 3071Foundations in Pharm Sci4
PHARM 3025Pharm Sci Seminar1
Journal ClubJournal Club1

Year 2

Fall

 

Course #TitleCredits
PHARM 3042/ElectivesResearch Pract/electives4.5
PHARM 3038Grant Writing 12
PHARM 3024Pharm Sci Seminar1
Journal ClubJournal Club1
PHARM 3068Systems Pharmacology3
PHARM 5218*PK & Drug Response*3.5*
Spring

 

Course #TitleCredits
PHARM 3042/ElectivesResearch Pract/electives11
PHARM 3039Grant Writing 22
PHARM 3025Pharm Sci Seminar1
Journal ClubJournal Club1

Year 3

Fall

 

Course #TitleCredits
PHARM 3042/ElectivesResearch Practicum/electives12 to 15