Published Survey
Submission Number: 376
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Contact Information

4849 Martin Luther King Blvd
Health 2
Houston
Texas
77204-5000
United States
Texas
Yes

Program Application Deadline

January 10, 2024
No
$50 domestic; $80 international
Yes

Program Description

The concentration in Pharmacology (PCOL) program provides students a gateway to the collaborative opportunities and experiences of the Texas Medical Center's world-class healthcare and scientific community with the academic and laboratory resources of Houston's only Carnegie Institute-designated Tier One public research university.

The faculty includes investigators supported by the National Institutes of Health and other agencies, U.S. and international patents, editorial appointments to the boards of major professional journals, and collaborations with scientists at fellow TMC institutions, including M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Our students take an active, hands-on role in research, and have established an impressive track record of being primary or contributing authors of high-impact, peer-reviewed publications, with many receiving travel awards to present their abstracts at national and international conferences. After graduation, our students secure positions in academia, the pharmaceutical industry, public and private research institutions, and within government.

Research areas include cardiovascular, pulmonary, and renal pharmacology, cellular and molecular pharmacology, and neuropharmacology. Specific health applications include cancer, muscle wasting, heart disease, muscular dystrophy, obesity, hypertension, non-compaction cardiomyopathy, Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disorders, chronic stress and anxiety, atherosclerosis, asthma, diabetes, alcohol misuse, bacterial and fungal infections, drug metabolism and inflammation.

Students have access to advanced laboratory and technologies, including super-resolution confocal microscopy and high content imaging techniques, FRET, NMR, mass spectroscopy, in vivo imaging, animal behavioral measurements, pulmonary and advanced physiological assays in rodents, including transgenic animals.
Yes

Institution Information

Public
Yes
Fall
Yes

Degree Requirements

75
Research
Required
Required
Not Required
Required
Yes

Degree Information

On Campus
Behavioral Science, Biochemistry, Biological Science, Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology, Cancer, Cellular Biology, Chemical Science, Cognitive Science, Developmental Science, Drug Delivery, Drug Development, Drug Discovery, Drug Metabolism, Experimental Therapeutics, Immunology, Informatics, Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Molecular Science, Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, Natural Product, Neuroscience, Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology, Physiological Science, Toxicology, Translational Science
Yes

Program Statistics

Yes
5
Last academic year-country of origin of the accepted students:
3
2
3.5
Yes
Last academic year-graduates job placement:
1
1
5
Yes

GRE and Other Tests

No
Applications are evaluated holistically, with an emphasis on research experience. GRE is optional.
TOEFL or IELTS
Yes

Letters of Recommendation

Yes
3
Must be signed and on letterhead from teachers or supervisors familiar with the applicant's work.
Yes

Other Admission Requirements

3.0
GPAs under 3.0 can be petitioned, with special circumstances. Research experience very desirable
Yes

Financial Support

100
Tuition Waiver, Stipend, Research Assistantship, Teaching Assistantship, Department or University Scholarship
$27,935
Stipend is $27,935 per year
Yes

Background Checks and Drug Screenings

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