药学哲学博士课程提供以下四个领域的课程：临床药学，药物和天然产物化学，药学社会经济学和药学。临床药学领域是为对临床研究感兴趣的学生而设计的。该计划的目标是促进人类药理学和治疗学的发展，并提高患者安全，有效和经济地使用药物的方法。该计划强调临床和基础研究的整合。它涉及临床药理学，药代动力学，药效学，药物遗传学和新药监管批准要求的高级研究。药物和天然产物化学领域向学生学习药物发现的化学和生物学。该计划提供了一个跨学科的研究课程，并提供了在基础化学和生物科学领域进行基础药物相关研究的挑战性机遇。该计划涵盖了化学
The College of Pharmacy offers a Doctor of Philosophy degree in pharmacy with subprograms in three areas: drug discovery and experimental therapeutics, health services research, and pharmaceutics.<br><br>The drug discovery and experimental therapeutics subprogram offers a unique educational opportunity for students interested in drug discovery and the development of novel therapeutics. The changing landscape of drug discovery has created a need for scientists with interdisciplinary training to navigate the complex landscape of medicinal chemistry, biotherapeutics, pharmacogenetics/genomics, and basic pharmacology/toxicology.<br><br>The health services research subprogram provides an innovative approach to studying the challenges facing the health care system and provides evidence to support policy-based solutions. It combines ideas across several distinct scientific paradigms (sociology, economics, psychology, business, and anthropology) to better understand the factors leading to decisions in health care and the consequences of these decisions. Students gain a broad knowledge of health and pharmaceutical care, informed by theories from economics and social psychology. The subprogram teaches intellectual and practical skills to investigate research questions dealing with current issues.