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University of Florida <strong>Graduate</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />

Pharmacology and Therapeutics<br />

College of Medicine<br />

http://test.gradschool.ufl.edu/catalog/current-catalog/FOI/PHM01.htm[9/15/<strong>2010</strong> 4:08:15 PM]<br />

<strong>Graduate</strong> Faculty<br />

Chair: S. P. Baker. <strong>Graduate</strong> Coordinator: J. K. Harrison. Complete<br />

faculty listing by department: Follow this link<br />

The <strong>Graduate</strong> Faculty of the Department of Pharmacology and<br />

Therapeutics participate in the interdisciplinary program (IDP) in<br />

medical sciences, leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree, with<br />

specialization in one of the six advanced program areas of the IDP<br />

(see Medical Sciences). Departmental areas of research associated<br />

with the IDP include receptor and membrane pharmacology; signal<br />

transduction; endocrine and neuropharmacology; aging and obesity;<br />

cancer chemotherapy and carcinogenesis; physical chemistry of<br />

enzymes; drug metabolism; environmental toxicology and cellular<br />

protein processing. In addition to courses associated with the IDP,<br />

the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics offers the<br />

courses listed below.<br />

GMS 6500: Introduction to Pharmacology (6) Prereq:<br />

elementary courses in biochemistry and physiology. Overview of the<br />

field of pharmacology as study of interactions between living<br />

systems and foreign chemicals.<br />

GMS 6563: Molecular Pharmacology (1; max: 3) Prereq: GMS<br />

6009 or consent of instructor. Biochemical approach to the actions<br />

of drugs, stressing analysis of drug-receptor interactions, structureactivity<br />

relationships, kinetics of distribution of drugs, and<br />

metabolism of foreign compounds.<br />

GMS 6590: Seminar in Pharmacology (1; max: 15) Prereq: GMS<br />

6500. Research reports and discussions of current research

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