Announcements
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology invites applications for tenure track faculty with potential appointment as Vice Chair
- Dr. Nobuyuki Matoba receives Innovator of the Year award; Drs. Geoff Clark and Ken Palmer receive Industry Partnership awards.
- NCI Cancer Education Program Alumnus Madeline Martinez Awarded Goldwater Scholarship
- Dr. Jamie Young interviewed regarding effects of PFAS (the forever chemicals) in Ohio river
- Dr. Jamie Young receives SOT young investigator award
- Mariam Habil PhD is 2022 University Commencement Speaker (see minutes 42-50 of YouTube video)
- UofL Superfund Research Center receives $10.8 million to expand studies into effects of environmental toxins
- Dr. Jamie Young participates in film presentation and panel discussion on environmental concerns of forever chemicals
The University of Louisville, its School of Medicine, and the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology have rich histories and traditions of academic excellence. Over 350 graduates have leadership positions throughout academia, government and industry. Our department hosts National Institutes of Health-funded environmental health sciences training and cancer education training programs. Pharmacologists and toxicologists are noted among the "Hot Tracks in Professions" with some of the nation's most rapidly increasing salaries. Pharmacology and toxicology are the ideal translational interface effectively bridging preclinical and laboratory-based investigations towards improving the health and well-being of the patients and populations. Our research and training programs include disease prevention, vaccine discovery and drug development in partnership with numerous centers and institutes, including but not limited to the Center for Integrative Environmental Health Sciences, the Superfund Research Center, the Alcohol Research Center, the Hepatobiology and Toxicology Center, the Envirome Institute, the Center for Predictive Medicine, the Brown Cancer Center, and the Center for Cardiometabolic Science. The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology graduate program is open to all eligible students regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age. Online applications for the graduate program can be accessed here.
We encourage you to learn more about our history, mission, and graduate programs.
A video description of our graduate program can be accessed here.
Programs & Partnerships
- Center for Cardiometabolic Science
- UofL Pharmacology & Toxicology Graduate Program Video
- Online application for Pharmacology & Toxicology graduate program
- UofL Pharmacology & Toxicology Graduate Program Information
- UofL NIEHS T32 Training Program In Environmental Health Sciences
- Center for Integrative Environmental Health Sciences
- NIEHS Superfund Research Center
- NIGMS Hepatobiology and Toxicology COBRE
- Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute
- Center for Predictive Medicine
- UofL Health Brown Cancer Center
- UofL NCI R25 Cancer Education Program
- UofL Health Video