Graduate Program

Description

The Nanomedicine and Chemical Biology (NCB) team offers an outstanding training program to graduate students. Students have access to a wide variety of courses to broaden their fundamental knowledge on chemistry, biology, drug discovery and development. NCB also emphasizes hands-on training and experiential leaning, and many of our courses incorporate components of labs, journal club, oral presentations, and peer feedback. Students are also required to actively participate in our interactive seminar series and work with their supervisor on a thesis project. Our trainees are extremely competitive for highly skilled jobs after completing their training (see featured alumni for more information).

Mandatory Courses

  • PHAR548/648 Seminar
  • PHAR549B Master’s thesis
  • PHAR590 Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences: Principles and Methods
  • PHAR591 Scholarly Integrity and Research Ethics
  • PHAR649 Doctoral Dissertation

Elective Courses

  • PHAR515 Nanomedicines
  • PHAR518 Diagnostic Imaging and Radiopharmaceuticals
  • PHAR521 Basic Theory & Practice of Scanning Electron Microscopy and Dynamic Light Scattering
  • PHAR523 Basic Theory & Practice of Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
  • PHAR502 Advanced Concepts in Pharmacokinetics

Learn more about the MSc and PhD programs


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