Location:

Syracuse, United States

Program Type:

Full Degree

Degree Level:

Doctorate

Specialty:

Pharmacology

Program Overview

Program Description:

Current research in the Department of Pharmacology focuses on cancer biology, pharmaceutical science, drug discovery, structure-based drug design, cell signaling, cardiovascular disease, neurodegeneration, and stem cells. The department's strengths include cardiac electrophysiology; the molecular biology of signaling pathways; intracellular proteolysis; regulation of tumor suppressors and the discovery, development and testing of novel cancer therapeutics. To continue this excellent tradition in research and teaching and to keep pace with changes in pharmacology, our department is enhancing its research strengths and expanding into new research areas in pharmacology such as cancer drug discovery, pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine. The recent and significant growth of the department is aligned with the strategic focus on cancer as one of the university's research focus areas, and with the 2014 opening of the Upstate Cancer Research Institute.

Additional Program Information

Accreditation:

Middle States Accreditation

Financial Aid:

No

Requirements:

All PhD and Masters applicants must have: Bachelor's degree or its equivalent Minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0* Minimum combined GRE verbal and quantitative score of 1,000 or 295 in the 130-170 new score scales. Competitive applicants will have verbal and quantitative scores above 40th and 50th percentile, respectively. The current class average for undergraduate GPA and combined GRE scores are 3.59 and 311 respectively. *Students from non-traditional undergraduate programs that do not provide a GPA are encouraged to apply. Competitive applicants will have completed prior research experience and will have the following coursework**: Biology, 1 year Mathematics, 1 year Chemistry, 1 year Physics, 1 year