The Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences is the basic science component of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Georgia. Your interest in our department, in our educational programs, our research discoveries, and our multidisciplinary research opportunities is appreciated.

Our faculty members are deeply committed to achieving excellence in our teaching and research missions. Teaching in the department involves the Pharm.D. program (professional students) as well as the graduate program (M.S. and Ph.D. students).

Research opportunities in our department are available at the doctoral, postdoctoral and at the professional degree and masters levels. The department has played a central role in the creation of the UGA Center for Drug Discovery with membership from various departments, colleges and universities in the State of Georgia.

As we continue into this first decade of the second century of the establishment of the College of Pharmacy, we look back at our past growth and accomplishments. We also look forward to significant discoveries in the future in interdisciplinary research in the areas of structural biology, biological targets, biochemical pharmacology, toxicology, neurochemistry, biopharmaceutics, bioanalytical chemistry, state-of-the-art molecular modeling, target-directed syntheses, discovery of new antiviral, antimicrobial and anticancer agents, mechanisms of action of therapeutic agents, signal transduction and cancer, pharmacokinetics of investigational drugs, nutraceutical products and drug delivery/drug transporters.

We take pride in the accomplishments of our faculty, staff, postdoctoral associates and students, not only in research, but in all aspects of academic life. Ground breaking for the new Pharmacy Building is scheduled to occur in the Fall of 2007, and the building, when completed in 2009, will have significant positive impacts on our teaching and research missions.

Sincerely,

Vasu Nair Ph.D., D.Sc.
Department Head, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences,
William Henry Terry, Sr., Chair and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Drug Discovery,
Director, Center for Drug Discovery