Your mind holds the key to improving people’s health. Build your mastery of how drugs work and unlock your talent for translating research into therapy. Learn the in-demand skills of pharmaceutical sciences.

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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

How do you stay on the leading edge of research? Ask our graduates. They’ve done the hard work, collaborating closely with pioneering researchers, faculty members in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Here, you’ll find programs in the growing fields of pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacology and toxicology. Each of our programs incorporates a strong classroom foundation in the basic sciences, laboratory-based research, and collaboration with faculty.

Pharmaceutical Sciences

BS

Find your calling developing, manufacturing, and evaluating medications.

Pharmacology and Toxicology

BS

Combine these dynamic, influential fields to examine the effectiveness and toxicity of chemicals and medications. Collaborate with experts on the front lines of drug innovation.

Pharmacology and Toxicology

MS, PhD

Looking to become the ideal job candidate? Start by blending these two fields. Master both sets of skills for a full-spectrum view of how drugs affect us.

Pharmaceutics

MS, PhD

Explore the frontiers of medicine—then blaze your own trail. Leading researchers will help you acquire insight into what makes medications effective.

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Students Inducted into Alpha Chi National Honor Society
December 04, 2018
Thirty-nine students became the newest members inducted into the USciences Pennsylvania Kappa Chapter of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society, during a special ceremony held on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018.
Pharmacy Professor Receives National Pharmacy Professional Organization's New Educator Award
November 09, 2018
American College of Clinical Pharmacy members Angela L. Bingham was selected by the 2018 ACCP Awards Committee to receive the College's prestigious 2018 New Educator Award.
USciences Taught Alumna How to Balance Career and Creative Passions
November 09, 2018
Kimberly Lizardo PharmD'12, who runs Twinkle Bakery with her twin sister on nights and weekends, competed on an episode of "Bake it Like Buddy", a show on Discovery Family aired and won the competitive challenge bringing home $1,000 and professional baking equipment.
Students Honored at Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacology and Toxicology Recognition Ceremony
November 05, 2018
Students in the pharmacology and toxicology and pharmaceutical sciences programs were honored on October 12, 2018, at the 5th Annual Student Recognition Ceremony held on campus.
Expert Commentary: A Healthy Lifestyle May Be the Key to Preventing Cancer
October 31, 2018
Although breast cancer incidence is often thought to be a spontaneous disease, most people are unaware that certain everyday lifestyles might impact on the development of this cancer later on in life and or affect how many years breast cancer survivors will live post-diagnosis.