Pharmaceutical Sciences

Announcements

April 2012

NEW Professional Internship Program now available for Pharm Sci students this Summer Session 2012! Visit the Undergraduate Opportunities page for more details!

 

March 2012

Congratulations Dr. Steve Hanessian! The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is pleased to announce that our very own Steve Hanessian has been awarded the 2012 Richter Medicinal Chemistry Prize, awarded by the IUPAC. The prize is awarded to an internationally recognized scientist, preferably a medicinal chemist, whose activities or published accounts have made an outstanding contribution to the practice of medicinal chemistry or to an outstanding example of new drug discovery. The Prize will be presented to Steve in June 2012 at the ACS National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, where he will also give a plenary lecture on his research.

November 2011

	Dr. Sheryl Tsai University Communications has just published an article highlighting Dr. Tsai and her ground-breaking research. Click here for the full story.

 

September 2011

Welcome back PharmSci Undergrads! All Freshmen: Please visit the Department of Undergraduate Education for information on upcoming events and first-year advising.

	Congratulations Dr. Steve Hanessian! We are pleased to announce that our own Steve Hanessian is set to receive the 2012 Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products, one of the American Chemical Society's most prestigious awards, which will be presented to him in March 2012.

August 2011

Incoming Freshmen: Please visit the Department of Undergraduate Education for information on upcoming events and first-year advising.

About Pharmaceutical Sciences

Our undergraduate and graduate programs offer rigorous grounding in a broad range of disciplines critical to success as a pharmaceutical scientist in academia or in industry.

The field of pharmaceutical sciences has traditionally encompassed all elements of drug discovery and development, offering exciting and meaningful professional opportunities to work towards the improvement of society’s health and well-being.

UC Irvine’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences offers interdisciplinary educational programs integrating concepts from fields as diverse as biology, chemistry, cell and molecular biology, chemical engineering, materials science, pharmaceutics, pharmacology and physiology. As a student in our department you will be an integral part of such explorations …and the resulting discoveries.

Our faculty includes world-renowned scientists encompassing a variety of backgrounds with wide-ranging research programs that cover every facet of pharmaceutical research.

Undergraduate Program

The PharmSci undergraduate program is intended for those students interested in one of the following pathways:

1. Professional positions in the pharmaceutical production, control, and development sectors of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, or
2. Graduate degree programs in medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, structural biology, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, and many other disciplines at the interface of chemistry and biology.
3. Professional degree programs such as pharmacy, medical, or dental school.

Graduate Program

The PharmSci Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology graduate program is an interdepartmental gateway program leading to a PhD degree in either Chemistry, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, or Pharmacology.

Upon successful completion of the first-year curriculum, students select a research advisor affiliated with one of the participating departments, and transition into that department to complete the remaining degree requirements.

Students receive their PhD from the department of their chosen advisor. The program offers a unique curriculum providing students with state-of-the-art practical and theoretical training in their specific field of interest while at the same time emphasizing an integrated, interdisciplinary approach.