Welcome from the Chair of Molecular & Biomedical Pharmacology
Dr. Philip Landfield
Pharmacologists study the effects of drugs on biological systems. Pharmacology as a science is critical to the development of new therapies for human disease, and this provides trained pharmacologists with unique career skills and opportunities (PDF document from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics). Pharmacologists are employed as basic research scientists by academia, pharmaceutical manufacturers and biotech firms; as experts in drug regulatory affairs by industry and government; as teaching faculty; as biomedical writers; and in many other aspects of biomedical research and drug development.
The main objectives of the Department of Molecular & Biomedical Pharmacology are to excel at biomedical research, professional education, and graduate education. Our research programs have been very successful, as our Department is ranked in the top 20 of public medical school pharmacology departments in 2008.
The Department is located on the third floor of the Chandler Medical Center, with additional laboratories located in the Health Science Research Building, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, and Combs Cancer Research Center. The department prides itself on providing access to cutting-edge research instrumentation and facilities, such as the DNA Microarray Core Facility. Other facilities and instrumentation available to support research approaches such as molecular biology, neuroscience, and cell imaging are described in our faculty's individual web pages.
Our graduate research is focused on three broad areas of importance to human health: cancer biology/cell growth, cardiovascular biology, and neuroscience. Our faculty's research programs address specific research questions relevant to Alzheimer's disease, brain aging, arrhythmogenesis, atherosclerosis, cancer, gene regulation, heart failure, and hypertension.
I encourage you to view the descriptions of our graduate training program, and specific research programs, and consider joining us here at the University of Kentucky.
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