The Department of Physiology and Pharmacology is part of the Basic Sciences in the School of Medicine. The Department has responsibility for teaching a variety of courses in physiology and pharmacology to students in the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Public Health, and Allied Health Professions, and the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University.
Research Strengths
The Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Loma Linda University provides unique research training opportunities in the biomedical sciences for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Areas of research excellence that are supported by nationally competitive extramural funding include perinatal biology, health disparities, neurosciences, cardiovascular science, and cancer biology. The directors of the Center for Perinatal Biology and Center for Health Disparities are faculty members in the Department and serve as principal investigators for major NIH funded program projects.
Graduate Programs
The Department of Physiology and Pharmacology provides an exceptional creative scientific learning environment with many experienced mentors. Academic excellence is promoted in a diverse, supportive, and collaborative spirit that includes postdoctoral researchers, graduate students, and technical supporting staffs. A research oriented graduate curriculum leading to the PhD degree is designed to provide graduate students with the information and tools needed to succeed as independent lifelong learners and investigators. Faculty members in Physiology and Pharmacology have an integrative tradition of collaboration with researchers from other departments and schools to support the mission of Loma Linda University.
Last Revised: Thu, Nov 30, 2006
