The Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (ECP) is at the forefront of the emerging discipline of experimental pharmacotherapeutics, providing national and international leadership in individualized medicine through prominent research and an excellent graduate program.
Faculty Spotlight
Lisa Coles, MS, PhD, is the Associate Director of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics in the Center for Orphan Drug Research (CODR). She uses modeling and pharmacometrics to address a range of issues related to seizures, seizure emergencies, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and epilepsy.
ECP Clinical and Translational Research
This cross-disciplinary paradigm translates basic scientific discoveries into safe and effective therapeutic uses by providers and patients, through laboratory experiments and clinical studies. Clinical data can also prompt new questions and investigations, leading back to the bench and beginning a new cycle of translational research.
News
PhD student Mary Raphel Daniel’s fear of public speaking didn’t stop her from becoming the Judge’s Winner and People’s Choice Winner of the College of Pharmacy’s 2025 3-Minute Thesis competition. Her project, called "The Heart-Spleen Axis - A Tale of Two Organs,” focuses on the effect of chemotherapy drugs on the heart.
Competition raises collective knowledge of translational science education and training
The following individuals are recipients of the 2024-2025 spring semester pharmacy teaching awards as selected by students.
Nicol, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (ECP), has been selected as an inductee into the Academy for Excellence in Team Science.
Award recognizes exceptional contributions to the field of pharmacogenomics
Dr. Lynda Welage, professor in the Department of Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology, is the recipient of the 2024 Harold R. Popp Award from the Minnesota Pharmacists Association.