Pharmacology and Toxicology

Research in pharmacology and toxicology focuses on understanding how drugs, environmental chemicals, and other xenobiotics affect biological systems, and how organisms respond to these exposures across molecular, cellular, organ, and whole-animal levels. Faculty in these areas study mechanisms of drug action and toxicity, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and xenobiotic metabolism using comparative and pre-clinical models as well as veterinary species, to understand factors influencing therapeutic efficacy and adverse effects. Research spans basic, translational, and applied approaches that advance fundamental knowledge of xenobiotic disposition and response in veterinary and comparative biomedical contexts.

Faculty

* Mentors PhD and MS students
# Mentors MS students