{"id":372,"date":"2013-03-28T14:45:07","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T14:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/?page_id=372"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:53:25","slug":"mcp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/mcp\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Programs in Pharmaceutical Science<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Graduate Programs\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-graduate-programs\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-54830\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-54830\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-54832\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-54832\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/programs\/\">Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-54146\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-54146\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/admission\/\">Admission<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-54149\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-54149\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-54145\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-54145\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/careers\/\">Careers<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-54144\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-54144\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate-programs\/faqs\/\">FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/grad5-e1548790474128.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The college offers M.S. and Ph.D. level degrees in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/academics\/graduate\/\">Pharmaceutical Sciences<\/a><\/strong> with four specializations. The <strong>Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy<\/strong> specialization, you will study drug discovery and delivery through synthesis, mechanism, modeling, screening, isolation of natural products from plant and marine sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Focus areas include:&nbsp;cancer,&nbsp;HIV, stroke, nanotechnology, brain drugs, antibiotics, drug resistance, herbal medicine, bioinformatics, peptide synthesis; and DNA damage, mutation and repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/bongsup-cho\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/Cho-Inbre-Staff-photo.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/Cho-Inbre-Staff-photo.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/Cho-Inbre-Staff-photo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/bongsup-cho\/\">Bongsup Cho, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Director INBRE and Professor <\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Office: 495J  Lab: 450<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5024<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:bcho@uri.edu\">bcho@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/roberta-king\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/roberta_king_web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Roberta King, Ph.D.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/roberta_king_web.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/roberta_king_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/roberta_king_web-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/roberta_king_web-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/roberta-king\/\">Roberta King, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Office: 495L  Lab: 320<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.7061<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:rking@uri.edu\">rking@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/deyu-li\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/deyu.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Deyu Li\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/deyu.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/deyu-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/deyu-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/deyu-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/deyu-li\/\">Deyu Li, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor, Paramaz Avedisian Endowed Chair in Medicinal Organic Chemistry<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Office: 495N<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.9361<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:deyuli@uri.edu\">deyuli@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/david-rowley\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/david_rowley_web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"David Rowley\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/david_rowley_web.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/david_rowley_web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/david_rowley_web-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1223\/david_rowley_web-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/pharmacy\/meet\/david-rowley\/\">David Rowley, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Office: 495B  Lab: 430<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.9228<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:drowley@uri.edu\">drowley@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduate Programs in Pharmaceutical Science 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. 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