Graduate Program Info

The University of Rhode Island’s rural campus, in Kingston, near Narragansett Bay, makes the Col-lege of Pharmacy unique among pharmaceutical sciences pro-grams in the East. The College educates Doctor of Pharmacy students in the pharmaceutical sciences and patient care, as well graduate and undergraduate stu-dents in the biomedical and phar-maceuticals sciences. Our scien-tists are leaders in the discovery, evaluation, dissemination and ap-plication of pharmaceutical sci-ence toward the treatment of chronic and acute diseases.

For more information

Contact the College of Pharmacy Graduate Program Office at 401-874-2789 or consult our website @

Graduate School Admission

The application for both the M.S. and Ph.D. require the following:

Online Application http://www.uri.edu/gsadmis/gs_apply.html

GRE Score

Statement of Purpose

Letters of Recommendation (2)

Application Fee

TOEFL (waived for countries where Eng-lish is the primary language)

Application Deadlines

Note: Applications are only accepted for the all semester

International, February 1

Domestic (including international students resident in USA), July 15

Financial Aid

A limited number of scholarships, fellow-ships and teaching and research assistant-ships are available through the College. This aid is competitive and dependent upon funding.

The University of Rhode Island

College of Pharmacy

Kingston, RI 02881 401-874-2761

uri.edu/pharmacy

Dean Ronald Jordan

Dr. Joan Lausier Associate Dean,

Academic and Student affairs 401-874-5888

Dr. E. Paul Larrat Associate Dean, Research and

Graduate Education

Dr. Stephen Kogut Chair, Pharmacy Practice

Dr. Clinton Chichester Chair, Biomedical and

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Please visit us on our web site at:

www.uri.edu/pharmacy

uri.edu/pharmacy/programs/graduate

The college offers M.S. and Ph.D. level degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences with specializations in:

Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Health and economic outcomes research pertaining to pharmacotherapy as used in human populations. Specializations include medication ad-herence, decision and cost-effectiveness analyses, post-marketing sur-veillance, epidemiologic methods, and quality improvement and meas-urement.

Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy Molecular mechanisms of chemical carcinogenesis; mutation and repair; combinatorial chemistry; solid-phase peptide synthesis; screening, isola-tion and structure elucidation of physiologically-active natural products; biosynthesis of microbial and plant natural products; herbal medicine, bioinformatics.

Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics Design, development, production, evaluation and regulatory approval of pharmaceutical and self-care products as well as pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies using virtual, clinical, and preclinical data, of-ten with an emphasis on population approaches.

Pharmacology and Toxicology Mechanisms involved in disease states and their pharmacological inter-vention, and mechanisms of toxicity of environmental agents. On-going topics include the effects of hormonal imbalances on cardiac function and metabolism in hypertension, biomarkers and treatment of arthritis, developmental neurotoxicity of environmental agents, hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity of heavy metals, pharmacogenomics, drug interactions, hepatic responses to neuractive chemicals, hormonal regulations of gene expression in breast cancer; drug metabolism and drug trans-porter, and the development of inhibitors to cell signaling events.

Graduate Program

Specializations

Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics

are research fields that examine medication use

in human populations. Pharmacoepidemiology

emphasizes effects of medication utilization on

the health and well-being of a population, while

pharmacoeconomics emphasizes effects on

health care costs. Both fields require an ability to

apply skills to the solution of real life problems by

formulating research questions, conducting re-

search and sharing research findings with the sci-

entific community. Programming skills, proficiency

in statistics, and knowledge about specific dis-

eases and health care issues are essential skills

for researchers in these discipines.

Training in pharmacoepidemiology and pharmaco

- economics prepares students for careers in in-

dustry, government and academia.

Master of Science (M.S.) in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Admission Requirements

Applicants must hold a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) or bachelor’s de-gree in pharmacy, chemistry, biological sciences or allied sciences.

Program requirements

Successful completion of 30 credits of graduate study, including Drug De-velopment (PHC 502); Principles, Methods and Applications of Epidemiol-ogy (PHP 540); Pharmacoepidemiology (PHP 550); and Pharma-coeconomic Analysis (PHP 580) or Epidemiologic Methods for the Health Sciences (PHP 640); 2 seminar credits; 6-9 thesis research credits; and a thesis, in consultation with student’s major professor.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Pharmaceutical Sciences


Applicants must hold a master’s degree in pharmacy, chemistry, biological sciences or allied sciences, or bachelor’s degree in one of these areas with evidence of superior ability. A qualifying examination is required for candi-dates accepted without the master’s degree. Qualified students may be admitted directly to the Ph.D. program.


Successful completion of 72 credits of graduate study. Core program re-quirements include Drug Development (PHC 502); Principles, Methods and Applications of Epidemiology (PHP 540); Pharmacoepidemiology (PHP 550); and Pharmacoeconomic Analysis (PHP 580) or Epidemiologic Meth-ods for the Health Sciences (PHP 640); 3 seminar credits; 9 credits of con-centration courses; and up to 24 research credits. The student must also successfully complete a written and oral comprehensive examination and produce and defend a dissertation. Students are expected to attend and participate in the departmental seminars during their entire tenure in the Ph.D. program, for a maximum of 3 credits assigned to the core credit requirement.

Tutorials may be arranged in areas of special interest to the student, in consultation with student’s major professor.

The medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy pro-

gram offers diverse opportunities to conduct re-

search at the interface of chemistry and pharma-

cology with special emphasis on drug discovery

and toxicology. Exceptional areas of interest in-

clude synthetic organic chemistry, drug discovery

and design, molecular modeling, natural products

chemistry, enzymology, and chemical toxicology.

The mission of this program is to prepare high-

caliber scientists for fruitful careers in the pharma-

ceutical industry and academia.





Successful completion of 30 credits of graduate study, 2 seminar credits, 6-9 thesis research credits, thesis.



Applicants must hold a master’s degree in pharmacy, chemistry, biological sciences or allied sciences, or bachelor’s degree in one of these areas with evidence of superior ability. A qualifying examination is required for candi-dates accepted without the master’s degree.

Qualified students may be admitted directly to the Ph.D. program.


Successful completion of 72 credits of graduate study, including up to 24 research credits, written and oral comprehensive examination, dissertation. Students are expected to attend and participate in the departmental semi-nars during their entire tenure in the Ph.D. program, for a maximum of three credits assigned to the core credit requirement.

The pharmacology and toxicology graduate pro-

gram is a science-rich program, designed to de-

velop an understanding of the principles by which

chemicals affect health and disease.

The Pharmacology and Toxicology program offers

students the opportunity to explore mechanisms

involved in both acute and chronic disease, plac-

ing emphasis on pharmacological interventions as

well as mechanisms of toxicity of environmental

agents.

Our faculty members have diverse research inter-

ests including: biomarkers and treatment of arthri-

tis, developmental neurotoxicity of environmental

agents, hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity of heavy

metals, pharmacogenomics, drug interactions,

hepatic responses to neuroactive chemicals, hor-

monal regulation of gene expression in breast

cancer, drug metabolism and drug transporters,

development of inhibitors to cell signaling events,

and the effects of hormonal imbalances on car-

diac function and metabolism in hypertension.

Our research opportunities and interdisciplinary

programs provide our students with a stimulating,

interactive approach to education and research in

pharmacology and toxicology.



Applicants must hold a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) or bachelor's de-gree in pharmacy, chemistry, biological sciences or allied sciences.


Successful completion of 30 credits of graduate study, including PHC 502, BPS 525 and BCH 581; one course of either BPS 530, BPS 535 or BPS 587; and two to three courses from BPS 544, BPS 546, BPS 572, BPS 587, BPS 641, BPS 644, BCH 582, in consultation with student's major professor, 2 seminar credits, 6-9 thesis research credits, thesis.





Successful completion of 72 credits of graduate study, including up to 24 research credits, PHC 502, written and oral comprehensive examination, dissertation. Students are expected to attend and participate in the depart-mental seminars during their entire tenure in the Ph.D. program, for a maxi-mum of three credits assigned to the core credit requirement. Courses required for master’s degree plus one additional credit from BPS 693 or BPS 694; BPS 530, BPS 535; two additional graduate-level courses from BPS or BCH 582.

Tutorials may be arranged in areas of special interest to the student, in consultation with student’s major professor.

Faculty have active research programs in pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Research in pharmaceutics includes the design, development, pro-duction, and evaluation of pharmaceutical and self-care products. Graduates in the pharmacokinetics program are well trained in clinical and experimental pharmacoki-netic research applied to the drug development process, and the improvement of pharmacotherapy in different disease states (i.e. cancer, diabetes, organ transplanta-tion). Particular emphasis is placed on generating phar-macokinetic/pharmacodynamic data and modeling such datasets using the traditional and the population ap-proach to understand inter-individual variability in re-sponse and to identify appropriate biomarker/s.

Graduates of this program are highly sought after by pharmaceutical companies, research institutes, and regulatory agencies.





Successful completion of 30 credits of graduate study, including: PHC 502; 2 seminar credits; STA 409 or 411 or equivalent; 6-9 credits of 500- or 600-level BPS courses; 3-6 credits of elective in consultation with student’s major professor; 2 seminar credits; 6-9 thesis research credits; thesis.





Successful completion of 72 credits of graduate study, including up to 24 research credits, PHC 502, written and oral comprehensive examination, dissertation. Students holding a master’s degree may receive up to 30 credits towards their Ph.D. Students are expected to attend and participate in the departmental seminars during their entire tenure in the Ph.D. pro-gram, for a maximum of three credits assigned to the core credit require-ment.

Specific requirements include: M.S. core requirements, plus one additional credit from BPS 523 or 524, 12 credits of 500- or 600-level BPS or PHP courses, and 12 credits of concentration courses. Concentration courses are selected in consultation with the major professor and may include for example: analytical chemistry, immunology, human genetics, and statistics of clinical trials and advanced courses in statistics. Tutorials may be arranged in areas of special interest to the student, in consultation with student’s major professor.

This new fellowship program is for exceptional graduate students who are seeking to pursue a Ph.D. in the Pharmaceutical Sciences. These competitive Graduate Fellowships include up to three years of full tuition and stipend.

Applicant Requirements Current US Citizen Seeking to pursue a Ph.D. Not currently enrolled as graduate student in pharmaceutical sciences at URI Earned bachelor’s degree with a highly competitive GPA Highly competitive GRE scores (verbal and quantitative) Relevant preparation and interest for research in a sponsoring faculty member’s field of study

Application Process

Complete the standard graduate school application Exceptional applicants will be considered for this fellowship

For more information contact

Kathy Hayes, Graduate Program Secretary Phone: 401-874-2789 Email: [email protected]

uri.edu/pharmacy/excellencefellowships/

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Graduate Program Info