Department of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology
School of Medicine
Creighton University
2500 California Plaza
Omaha NE - 68178
Phone (402) 280-2983
Fax (402) 280-2142
Pharmacology summer students snag coveted 1st place prizes in both undergraduate and high school categories (Benjamin Loewen, Dr. Yaping Tu (Mentor), Malcolm Gladney)
Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry host Dr. Jennifer Gerdts to discuss development of a joint basic science/clinical research program in autism.
Faculty receives grants to study high-risk genetic variation in hereditary breast cancer
Pharmacology is the study of drug action on biological systems. Our faculty reflect the complex scope of modern pharmacological research as they apply methods of systems and cell physiology, neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, and cellular and molecular biology to better understand drug action.
We're engaged in diverse areas of research including,
Our work spans many human diseases including,
Extramural funding for departmental research projects is derived from grants awarded by the National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, Department of Defense, American Heart Association, The State of Nebraska, The Simons Foundation, and the pharmaceutical industry.
Our primary instructional mission is to provide health professional students with an understanding of the pharmacological basis of therapeutics. In addition to instruction of students in the medical, dental, pharmacy, nursing, neuroscience and undergraduate programs at Creighton, faculty are involved in both teaching and research training of graduate students. Our faculty work with an energetic group of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and research staff in a collaborative environment.
