Study Pharmaceutical Sciences at NEOMED
The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences focuses on interdisciplinary investigation of pathophysiological mechanisms of chronic illnesses, identification of novel therapeutic targets, drug discovery and development. Faculty research areas include Alcoholic liver disease, Cancer, Metabolic disorders, and Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Traumatic brain injury, and Vision-related neurodegeneration.
The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is driven by its commitment to pursue educational excellence and advanced research, and ultimately aims to address the current healthcare issues facing society, while enhancing the knowledge of our students/scholars through classroom/laboratory experiences, discoveries and innovations.
The Neurodegenerative Disease and Aging Research Focus Area is housed within the department. Faculty conduct research in collaboration with colleagues in the College of Medicine, College of Graduate Studies, NEOMED-partner Universities, as well as investigators from national and international institutions.
Please contact department faculty for details on research, collaboration, and mentorship.
Department News
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Students in a new medical cannabis pharmacology class of Christine Dengler-Crish, Ph.D., recently visited Buckeye Relief, a medical cannabis cultivator […]
- A heart failure study by NEOMED scientists in collaboration with Temple University researchers was recently highlighted in the Journal of Cardiac Failure. Takhar Kasumov, Ph.D., an associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, is one of the senior authors of “Proteome Dynamics and Bioinformatics Reveal Major Alterations in the Turnover Rate of Functionally Related Cardiac and Plasma [...]Read more
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Shifts in customer habits and in the U.S. job market point to growing job opportunities for pharmacy technicians, according to […]
Contact
Cheri Harris
Business Manager
Phone: 330.325.6689
Email: charris1@neomed.edu
Department Chair
Moses Oyewumi, Ph.D.
Phone: 330.325.6669
Email: moyewumi@neomed.edu