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    4117 Meyer Hall
    Davis, CA 95616
    Tel: (530) 752-4516
    Fax: (530) 752-3394
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  • 250 Mrak Hall
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616

    Phone: (530) 752-0650
    Fax: (530) 752-6222
Pharmacology and Toxicology

Application Deadline

  • 2012 ADMISSION
  • Final: Dec. 5

    2013 FELLOWSHIP
  • Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec. 5
  • Continuing Student Fellowship: Dec. 1

Degrees Offered

  • M.S. Plan I
  • M.S. Plan II
  • Ph.D. Plan B

Designated Emphases

Admission Requirements

  • Three letters of recommendation
  • GRE scores
  • Applicants with an M.D. degree may substitute MCAT
  • Original transcripts
  • Prerequisite coursework in Biochemistry, Physiology, Organic Chemistry, Biology, Math, and Physics.

Degree Requirements

Students follow the degree requirements reflecting the year s/he was admitted or the most recent version below.

Administrative Bylaws

Exceptions

  • QE Exception: No outside member needed

Students gain advanced knowledge of the effects of chemicals in the environment on human and animal health, and ecosystems, including cardiovascular pharmacology, cancer therapeutics, neuropharmacology, drug discovery and design, neurotoxicology, pulmonary toxicology and environmental toxicology. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in pharmacology and toxicology.

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Faculty in Pharmacology and Toxicology have completed the Mentoring at Critical Transitions Program.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Pharmacology and Toxicology website.

Contacts

Program Chair
Pamela Lein Pharmacology and Toxicology (530) 752-1970
Academic Advisers
Alan R Buckpitt
(Adviser: General) 		Vet Med/Molecular Bio Sciences 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-7674
Kermit L Carraway
(Adviser: Admissions Only) 		Med Biological Chemistry 9/1/11 - 8/31/13
Angela C Gelli
(Adviser: General) 		Med Pharmacology 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 754-6446
Tzipora Goldkorn
(Adviser: General) 		Med Int Med - Pulmonary Med 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-2988
Richart W Harper
(Adviser: General) 		Med Int Med - Pulmonary 9/1/11 - 8/31/13
Mary Horne
(Adviser: General) 		Pharmacology and Toxicology 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-7723
Jerold A Last
(Adviser: General) 		Med Int Med - Pulmonary 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-6230
Pamela Lein
(Adviser: Primary Contact) 		Pharmacology and Toxicology 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 752-1970
Kent E Pinkerton
(Adviser: General) 		Med General Pediatrics 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-8334
Birgit Puschner
(Adviser: General) 		Ca Animal Hlth&food Safety Lab 9/1/11 - 8/31/13 (530) 752-8700
Matthew J Wood
(Adviser: General) 		Environmental Toxicology 9/1/12 - 8/31/14 (530) 754-2271
Graduate Program Staff Coordinator
Judy Erwin Environmental Toxicology (530) 752-4516
Student Affairs Officer (SAO) in the Office of Graduate Studies
Laura Young Office of Graduate Studies (530) 752-2772