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Submission Number: 317
Submission ID: 317
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Created: Wed, 06/03/2020 - 12:05
Completed: Wed, 08/03/2022 - 15:26
Changed: Mon, 08/15/2022 - 13:38

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Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English

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Submitted to: Published Survey

Contact Information

1225 Center Dr.
University of Florida
Gainesville
Florida
32611
United States
Florida
Yes

Program Application Deadline

December 01, 2022
No
$30
The deadline to submit your application for the Fall 2023 term is December 1. Although we will continue to accept materials beyond that date, you should submit your complete application by December 1 in order to be considered for the first round of interviews.
Yes

Program Description

The graduate program in Pharmaceutical Sciences provides training and education across the entire drug life cycle from drug discovery to post-marketing evaluation. Students enroll in one of 5 concentrations in the University of Florida Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD program: medicinal chemistry, pharmacodynamics (physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology), pharmaceutics, clinical pharmaceutical sciences, and pharmaceutical outcomes and policy.

Students join the UF program from a variety of backgrounds – Pharm.D., chemistry, biology, statistics, epidemiology, and economics – and find opportunities to contribute to discoveries that will advance fundamental knowledge of disease, drug targets, and outcomes and that will advance patient care. Led by award-winning faculty, our students are trained in up to date tools of in AI-based and structure-based drug design, chemical synthesis and drug optimization, chemical and synthetic biology, comprehensive natural products science, pathophysiology and pharmacology, assay development, pharmacometrics, drug delivery, pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine, pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics, pharmaceutical health services research and the data sciences. Areas of research focus include cancer, infectious disease, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, maternal and child health, pain and addiction.

Our graduate students become members of interdisciplinary teams of scientists across the UF College of Pharmacy departments, centers and campuses, and the UF health sciences colleges. After graduation, our graduates continue to advance pharmaceutical science through positions in academia, industry, and government agencies such as the FDA.

The UF college of pharmacy is ranked #3 among colleges of pharmacy in NIH funding by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and has ranked in the top 5 in total funding since 2018.
Yes

Institution Information

Public
Yes
Fall
  • UF Research and Academic Center at Lake Nona in Orlando, Florida
  • UF Gainesville campus
Yes

Degree Requirements

90
Research
Required
Required
Not Required
Required
All PhD students take a concentration-based qualifying exam prior to admission to candidacy for the PhD. This exam is administered by the students supervisory committee. The exam is normally taken after the student completes introductory coursework and has identified an area of research for their dissertation project.
Yes

Degree Information

On Campus
  • Pharmaceutics
  • Medicinal Chemsitry
  • Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences
Behavioral Science, Cancer, Clinical Research, Drug Delivery, Drug Development, Drug Discovery, Drug Metabolism, Epidemiology, Health Outcomes, Health Policy, Infectious Disease, Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Product, Neuroscience, Patient Safety, Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacology, Pharmacometrics, Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacy Policy, Physiological Science, Toxicology, Translational Science
Our research and training focus includes Precision Medicine, Natural Products Drug Discovery and Development, Systems Pharmacology, Drug Outcomes and Policy, and research in treatment of Addiction, Cancer, and Metabolic disorders. Students take courses across the UF campus, including the 6 health science colleges, and have the opportunity to participate in training programs in the UF CTSI. The CTSI and the graduate school offer workshops and seminar series for predoctoral career development.
Yes

Program Statistics

Yes
36
Last academic year-country of origin of the accepted students:
10
26
3.5
Yes
Last academic year-graduates job placement:
9
4
2
1
4.9
Yes

GRE and Other Tests

No
TOEFL
Yes

Letters of Recommendation

Yes
3
It is highly recommended that applicants obtain letters of recommendation are from professors familiar with your academic record and any previous research experience(s).
Yes

Other Admission Requirements

3.0
3.5
The application process includes a review of your past academic record and coursework, past research experience(s), and your motivation for seeking the PhD degree, as indicated in your personal statement.
Yes

Financial Support

100
Tuition Waiver, Stipend, Research Assistantship, Teaching Assistantship, Department or University Scholarship
The current minimum stipend is 31,000 for those entering the PhD program with a BS degree, and $35,000 for those entering with a PharmD. Additional support is available for US trained PharmDs based on additional teaching assistant roles in the PharmD curriculum.
Yes

Background Checks and Drug Screenings

We are not a participating PharmGrad program
We are not a participating PharmGrad program
Yes