Graduate Programs in Pharmaceutical Science

Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy

As a leader in Pharmaceutical Sciences graduate education, the URI College of Pharmacy offers you programs and specializations in highly sought after fields available at few other universities in the country. You will study with faculty who are world-renowned, respected experts in basic, clinical, and applied pharmaceutical sciences, and who exemplify translational, highly collaborative, interdisciplinary training and research. Passionate about teaching, research, and mentoring, our faculty are committed to training the next generation of scientists and academicians.

The college offers M.S. and Ph.D. level degrees in Pharmaceutical Sciences with four specializations. The Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy specialization, you will study drug discovery and delivery through synthesis, mechanism, modeling, screening, isolation of natural products from plant and marine sources.

Focus areas include: cancer, HIV, stroke, nanotechnology, brain drugs, antibiotics, drug resistance, herbal medicine, bioinformatics, peptide synthesis; and DNA damage, mutation and repair.


Faculty

Director INBRE and Professor

Office: 495J Lab: 450

401.874.5024
bcho@uri.edu

Professor

Office: 495L Lab: 320

401.874.7061
rking@uri.edu

Associate Professor, Paramaz Avedisian Endowed Chair in Medicinal Organic Chemistry

Office: 495N

401.874.9361
deyuli@uri.edu

Interim BPS Department Chair | Professor

Office: 495B Lab: 430

401.874.9228
drowley@uri.edu