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Research and Scholarship
Research is a fundamental mission of the College of Pharmacy.
Faculty, students, and research staff are extensively involved in the
discovery and contribution of knowledge to the pharmaceutical
sciences, which cover all aspects of the discovery, development,
and use of medicines. The research mission is inextricably
intertwined with the education of students in all programs of the
college and in particular with the graduate programs. The four
major focus areas of pharmaceutical research are organized by PhD
specialties. Medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy involves design
and discovery of new drugs via synthetic medicinal chemistry,
natural products chemistry and molecular modeling.
Pharmaceutics focuses on drug delivery and targeting systems to
optimize the therapeutic utility of drugs. Pharmacology examines
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the biochemical and physiological mechanisms by which drugs
exert their therapeutic activity. Pharmacy practice and
administration involves the determination of optimal therapies and dosage regimens of
drugs, examination of economic issues related to use of drugs, study of patients'
behaviors relative to use of medicines, and the study of medication use safety.
This past academic year was very productive for our research and scholarship,
achieving unparalleled levels for the College. These accomplishments are the reflection
of the high-quality research being performed on a daily basis by faculty, students,
postdoctoral scholars, and research staff. The number of refereed publications totaled
164 in 2004, an increase of approximately 64% from 2003. The College's research
portfolio includes research grants and contracts from NIH, NSF, US Army Breast
Cancer and Prostate Cancer
Research Programs, other federal
agencies, the State of Ohio, the
pharmaceutical industry, and
private foundations and donors.
Figures 6 and 7 illustrate the
distribution of the total research
funding and the NIH funding.