Research
Professor Vincent Tam, Pharm.D., BCIDP, FIDSA, FIDP, and Ph.D. candidate Cole Hudson focus on antibiotic resistance and how the bacteria can become resistant.
A student presents his research poster during the annual PPS Research Symposium, which highlights current projects in the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Ph.D. candidate Tetiana Kolodiazhna is drawn to medicinal chemistry, as it gives answers to what the molecular structure of a drug is and how it interacts with the body.
The Prescription Drug Misuse Education and Research (PREMIER) Center team includes award-winning faculty researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows focused on providing education on safe and effective controlled substance prescription use.
UHCOP is home to award-winning teachers, researchers and mentors engaged in diverse investigations spanning basic, clincial and translational sciences in the areas of drug discovery and development, health outcomes and policy, and patient care initiatives.
College faculty research and program initiatives include cardiovascular studies, nanoparticle drug delivery systems, neuropharmacology, signal transduction mechanisms, aging and exercise, infectious disease protocols, and patient counseling, and opioid misuse prevention strategies.
The college is home to several research institutes/centers, features a Core Lab of state-of-the-art analtyical and imaging systems, and has numerous active collaborations with other researchers across campus, throughout the Texas Medical Center, and institutions around the country.
Recent faculty publications have appeared in such journals as Nature and Science, as well as major clinical, pharmacological, pharmaceutical and physiological journals.