Pharmacology & Toxicology

The MD-PhD required curriculum for the PhD consists of 72 credit hours from required and elective courses, drawn from these lists.

Prerequisites from the first two years of medical education curriculum

IMC 502 Fundamentals I 7.2 cr
IMC 504 Fundamentals II 3.8 cr
IMC 510 GI and Metabolism 4.0 cr
IMC 602 Cardiovascular 6.5 cr
IMC 612 Endocrine 5.0 cr
IMC 606-610 Neuroscience 7.5 cr
IMC 604 Pulmonary 2.0 cr
    36.0 cr

Pharmacology and Toxicology requirements

PMY 505

Pharmacology Seminar

2.0 cr

PMY 506

Pharmacology Seminar

2.0 cr

PMY 516

Molecular Neuropsychopharmacology

3.0 cr

PMY 540

Pharmacology Research Proposal

2.0 cr

PHI 640

Graduate Research Ethics

2.0 cr

PMY 751

Thesis Research

1.0+ cr

PMY 752

Thesis Research

1.0+ cr

MST 601

MD-PhD Seminar

1.0 cr/sem

Suggested electives

PMY 517 Cancer and Cardiovascular Pharmacology 2.0 cr
PMY 525 Discoveries in Pharmacological Sciences (DIPS) 2.0 cr
PMY 526 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences (TIPS) 2.0 cr

PMY 527

Modern Approaches to Drug Discovery 2.0 cr

PMY 626

Toxicology Principles and Practice

2.0 cr

PMY 627

Target Organ Toxicity

2.0 cr