Facts
Chair
Department of Pharmacology
- First among the nation's Pharmacology Departments in research grant awards
from the NIH
- 21 full-time and 15 adjunct faculty
- 3 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
- 7 Members of the National Academy of Science
- 10 Research Scientists
- 50 Postdoctoral Investigators
- 49 Support Staff
- 65 Ph.D. Students
Areas of Research
- Signal Transduction
- Drug Design
- Integrated Systems and Animal Models
- Pharmacogenomics
The UCSD program is renowned for its strength in elucidating basic cellular
and molecular mechanisms of signal transduction that lead to drug target
identification and ultimately to drug discovery. Many of the department's
research efforts impact directly on human health, supported by NIH grants
on hypertension, cardiovascular regulation, cancer, and neurological and
inflammatory diseases.
Partnerships with other leading institutions
The department's research directions include computational and molecular
science, catalyzed by the department's close affiliation with the San Diego
Supercomputer Center, and structure guided drug design and bioinformatics.
Cross campus efforts in environmental health sciences and pharmacogenomics
have been launched through major NIH funded project grants. The new School
of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPPS) at UCSD interacts closely
with the Department where many of its faculty will have joint appointments.
Additional affiliations with adjunct faculty at the Salk Institute, the Scripps
Research Institute, the Burnham Institute, and the appointment of adjunct
faculty from the local biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry create a
natural bond for cross fertilization and communication, bridging the department's
basic science efforts, and enhances endeavors in drug discovery. |
