2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Hemachand Tummala, Department Head
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Avera Health and Science Center 255, Box 2202C
605-688-4236 or 605-688-5598
Faculty
Professors
Wenfeng An, Shafiqur Rahman, Hemachand Tummala
Associate Professors
Gudiseva Chandrasekher, Hesham Fahmy, Jayarama Gunaje, Komal Raina, Joshua Reineke, Teresa Seefeldt
Assistant Professor
Tanvir Khaliq
Instructor
Tareq Al-Maqtari
Emeritus
Gary S. Chappell, Chandradhar Dwivedi, Xiangming Guan, Bernard Hietbrink, Joel E. Houglum, Danny Lattin, Yadhu Singh, Gary Van Riper
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 pharmacology, nanomedicine, neuropharmacology, immunology, and eye diseases. The multidisciplinary research expertise includes medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology, and pharmaceutics.
Department Objectives
- Evolve the Pharm.D. curriculum to meet the changing needs of patients and the profession.
- Build on excellence in M.S. and Ph.D. programs in pharmaceutical sciences to meet the needs of the discipline.
- Expand postgraduate educational opportunities.
- Recruit, develop, and retain high-quality faculty and staff.
- Increase pharmaceutical science-based innovative and translational research and scholarship.
Programs
Majors
Minors
Certificates
Graduate Programs*
- Pharmaceutical Sciences (M.S.)*
- 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 Avera Health and Science Center. The department is fully equipped with state-of-the-art equipment for conducting pharmaceutical and biomedical research. The faculty have individual research laboratories in the Avera Health and Science Center. The department also has a shared cell culture and research instrumentation facility. The department has collaborative partnerships with Sanford Research and Avera Research. The department provides services to companies through facility-user agreements and continues to seek strategic partnerships with other Universities, research institutions, and the pharmaceutical industry.
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