Pharmaceutical Sciences

Omathanu Perumal, Department Head
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
SAV 275
605-688-5598
E-mail: Omathanu.Perumal @sdstate.edu
www.sdstate.edu/pha/pharmSci

Faculty
Professor Perumal, Head; Professor Guan, Assistant Dean for Research; Professor Rahman; Associate Professors An, Chandrasekher, Fahmy, Gunaje, Seefeldt, Tummala; Assistant Professor Jin; Distinguished Professor Emeritus Dwivedi.

Department Overview
The Department focuses on a student-centered curriculum that provides a strong foundation in pharmaceutical sciences. In addition, the department has a strong undergraduate and graduate research program. These prepare graduates for academic, industry, and research careers in the US and other countries.

The highly talented and dedicated faculty members provide quality education and research training in the pharmaceutical sciences. The department has an active research program in cancer, cardiovascular, neuropharmacology, immunology, and eye diseases. The multidisciplinary research expertise includes medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology, and pharmaceutics.

Department Objectives

Enhance the quality of the professional and graduate programs through engaged learning, a welcoming community and innovative teaching and learning environment.
Recruit, develop and retain high quality faculty.
Conduct quality research and generate scholarship that contributes to economic development and advancement of societal wellbeing.
Enhance and expand the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences involvement in service and outreach.
Maintain the infrastructure and resources necessary to support and develop high quality programs.

Programs
Pharmaceutical Sciences (B.S.) in preparation for the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
Pharmaceutical Sciences (Ph.D.)*
* Graduate degrees are offered in collaboration with the Graduate School. For details, see the Graduate Catalog.

Facilities and Services
The department is housed in the new Avera Health and Science Center. The department is fully equipped with the state of the art-equipment for carrying out pharmaceutical and biomedical research. The faculty have individual research laboratories in the newly remodeled Avera Health Science Building. The department also has a shared cell-culture and research instrumentation facility. The department houses the Translational Cancer Research Center. This is a collaborative center between the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Sanford Research to develop new diagnostic, preventive, and treatment approaches for various types of cancer. The department also has a partnership with the Avera Institute for Human Genetics. The department provides services to companies through facility-user agreement and continues to seek strategic partnerships with other Universities, research institutions and pharmaceutical industries.