学生可以在IU医学院攻读药理学和毒理学博士学位。该校的所有十个生物医学科学博士学位课程，包括药理学和毒理学，都参与了一个开放的招生系统，该系统是印第安纳州生物医学门户（IBMG）博士研究计划的一部分。要获得药理和毒理学博士学位，学生必须在以下四个领域中的每个领域都取得成功。IU医学院的药理毒理学博士课程培养了药理毒理学的独立研究者。通过使用分子生物学，生物化学，化学和生理学技术，研究生院的教师要求学生在现代生物医学研究的概念和技术方面都表现出精通水平，并对药理学和毒理学中的重大问题进行出色的原创研究。
Indiana University School of Medicine offers a PhD degree in pharmacology and toxicology that allows students to develop individually tailored programs of study and to pursue research in drug discovery, pharmacology, cancer biology, neurobiology, immunology, microbiology and toxicology. Our doctoral program develops independent investigators in pharmacology and toxicology. Using molecular biology, biochemistry, chemistry and physiology techniques, students are required to demonstrate proficiency in both conceptual and technical facets of modern biomedical research and to perform meritorious original research on a significant problem in pharmacology and toxicology. The study of pharmacology and toxicology requires a diverse background in biological sciences, including biochemistry, cellular biology, molecular biology, physiology, genetics and neuroscience. This enables medical scientists to integrate the knowledge of biological systems with the effects of pharmacological agents.