药剂师都是以患者为中心的医疗保健提供者，他们都接受过教育，以确保安全有效地使用当今日渐完善的特殊药物。随着越来越多的市售药物以及采用复杂的多种药物疗法的患者数量的增加，对药剂师的需求持续增长。由于发挥了重要作用，药剂师被认为是医疗团队中最受尊敬的成员。LIU Pharmacy的所有计划都以职业为导向。定期对课程进行评估，以确保它们反映出当代趋势以及医疗和保健实践的重点。为学生提供各种设置的教学法和体验式课程，以使他们为在医疗保健提供系统中的领导职位做好准备。学生经过培训可以进行独立研究，在工业界和学术界都
The doctoral program in Pharmaceutical Sciences at LIU is designed to prepare students to meet the challenges and the current needs of scientists engaged in the pharmaceutical sciences and drug development process.<br><br>This program offers a blend of didactic and elective courses in the basic material sciences and mathematics, drug delivery, biopharmaceutics/pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, pharmacology/toxicology, and other areas related to academic and industrial research.<br><br>After completing a broad-based core of fundamental courses, all students are required to perform original research in a specialized area, culminating in a dissertation. The program is designed so Ph.D. students have considerable flexibility in selecting areas of research for the Ph.D. project.<br><br>The Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences requires students to complete 69 credits of coursework, choosing one of two specialization tracks: Pharmaceutics or Pharmacology/Toxicology. This includes 36 credits of coursework in the M.S. Program in Pharmaceutics or the M.S. Program in Pharmacology/Toxicology. Admission to the Ph.D. Program requires an M.S. degree or successful completion of coursework that corresponds to the didactic portion of the aforementioned M.S. programs. Ph.D. students may bypass the M.S. degree and continue towards the Ph.D. degree, but only after completing M.S.- level coursework and passing the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam. <br>Students develop an ability to conduct independent research and are much sought-after in industry and academia. Graduates with a Ph.D., depending on their specialization, might go into industry or accept a position as a post-doc in various institutions across the country. Students may pursue work in the following:<br>Formulation and Analytical Science<br>Pharmacokinetics<br>Contract Manufacturing<br>Pharmacology<br>Toxicology<br>Post-Doc and Academics