Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Training Program
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Admissions
ADMISSIONS
BMS is the graduate program that serves as the site of entry for nearly all Pharmacological Sciences Trainees and those in the Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Training Program supported by the Training Grant. Graduate students from Chemistry, Biology and SSPPS are also considered. We encourage students with exceptional achievement, diverse backgrounds and with disabilities to apply.
Applications due August 1st , 2025!
CURRICULUM
Trainees take the Molecules to Organisms core course and Seminar course together with other BMS students in the Fall of year one. Subsequent courses given by the Pharmacology Training Area are required for all students in the Training Program. Requirements are: Two quarters of the Drugs and Disease course, Seminars in Pharmacology, and three elective courses: one in a quantitative area, one an organ systems lab course and one dealing with pharmacokinetics or drug disposition. All trainees participate in weekly Department of Pharmacology Research Discussions and host luncheons with seminar speakers. Two yearly Retreats provide Trainees with opportunities to interact with faculty and present their research progress.
Joan Heller Brown, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Past Chair of Pharmacology
Program Director, Pharmacological Sciences Training Program
Email: jhbrown@health.ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-534-2595
Website: http://hellerbrownlab.org
Tracy Handel, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Email: thandel@health.ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-822-6656