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Pharmaceutics Courses

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PHM 8100 Seminar in Pharmaceutics

  • Credits: 1
  • Instructor: Rotating Pharmaceutics faculty
  • Description: Weekly seminar covering various topics in pharmaceutics.

PHM 8110 Readings in Pharmaceutics

  • Credits: 1
  • Instructor: Rotating Pharmaceutics faculty
  • Description: A review of current literature in the field of pharmaceutics.

PHM 8120 Readings in CNS Drug Delivery

  • Credits: 1
  • Instructor: Professor Fairbanks
  • Description: A weekly discussion of recent publications, methods, and analyses related to research on central nervous system (CNS) drug delivery.
  • Note: Offered concurrently with PHM 8481.

PHM 8150 Pharmacokinetics Research Seminar

  • Credits: 1
  • Instructor: Professor Elmquist
  • Description: A seminar on advanced topics in animal and human pharmacokinetics.

PHM 8210 Pharmacokinetics Module

  • Credits: 1
  • Instructor: Professor Elmquist
  • Description: Foundational materials in pharmacokinetics for graduate students in pharmaceutics.

PHM 8220 Physical Pharmacy Module I

  • Credits: 1
  • Instructor: Professor Siegel
  • Description: The first course in a two-part sequence providing foundational materials in physical pharmacy for pharmaceutics graduate students.

PHM 8230 Physical Pharmacy Module II

  • Credits: 1
  • Instructors: Professor Siegel
  • Description: The second course in a two-part sequence providing foundational materials in physical pharmacy for pharmaceutics graduate students.

PHM 8240 Biopharmaceutics Module

  • Credits: 1
  • Instructor: Professor Kandimalla
  • Description: Foundational materials in biopharmaceutics for graduate students in pharmaceutics.

PHM 8295 Research Problems

  • Credits: Arranged
  • Instructor: Pharmaceutics faculty
  • Description: An experimental investigation into problems within the field of pharmaceutics.

PHM 8421 Advanced Pharmacokinetics

  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Professor Elmquist
  • Description: Application of compartmental, non-compartmental, and physiological model analyses to study the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs.

PHM 8431 Controlled Drug and Gene Delivery: Materials, Mechanisms and Models

  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Professor Siegel
  • Description: A study of the physical, chemical, physiological, cell biological, and mathematical principles that underlie the design of delivery systems for drugs, including small molecules, proteins, and genes.
  • Note: This course is cross-listed with BMEN 8431.

PHM 8441 Solubility and Solid-State Properties of Drugs

  • Credits: 4
  • Instructors: Professor Suryanarayanan
  • Description: Focuses on the physical and physicochemical properties of drugs in a solid state as they relate to drug delivery.

PHM 8481 Advanced Neuropharmaceutics

  • Credits: 4
  • Instructor: Professor Fairbanks
  • Description: Explores the delivery of compounds to the central nervous system to activate proteins in specific brain regions for therapeutic benefit. Includes pharmaceutical and pharmacological issues specific to direct drug delivery to the CNS.
  • Note: Offered concurrently with PHM 8120.
  • Note: This course is cross-listed with NSC 8481 and CMB 8481.