Seminar Schedule Mar 29 Arjun Deb, M.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill April 10 Jiliang Zhou, Ph.D. Albany Medical College April 13 Ken Blumer, Ph.D. Washington University School of Medicine April 17 Yingjie Chen, MD. Ph.D. University of Minnesota April 27 John C. McGiff, M.D. New York Medical College May 4 Navdeep Chandel, Ph.D. Northwestern Medical School May 11 Reto Asmis, Ph.D. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio More Seminars What's New New Faculty Search Associate Professor / Professor Affiliated Alzheimer's Research Center Vascular Biology Center

Pharmacology and Toxicology was established as a department at the Georgia Health Sciences University in 1943. The Department has a rich history of accomplishments in fundamental research including the discovery of the adrenergic receptor subtypes-alpha and beta- which has lead to the development of many drugs used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Our research programs focus on cardiovascular studies and neuroscience studies.

The field of pharmacology originally developed as a means to discover how the age-old remedies and poisons exert their effects on man. Pharmacology as a modern discipline provides the groundwork for discovery and development of our future generation of therapeutics. The scope of pharmacology has expanded greatly over the last decade to incorporate many new approaches such as computer-assisted drug design, genetic screens, protein engineering, and the use of novel drug delivery vehicles including viruses and artificial cells.

Our society needs pharmacologists who understand the bases of modern therapeutics for careers within academic, pharmaceutical and governmental laboratories to study and develop tomorrow's drugs. Our fifteen departmental faculty members work with approximately 50 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and staff on a variety of research areas that include cardiac, vascular, and pulmonary diseases, and schizophrenia, learning and memory, neuroprotection and drug abuse. Our experimental approaches range from the gene to the whole animal level.

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2012 Armand M. Karow Award The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology has presented the 2012 Armand M. Karow Award for outstanding graduate student to Ms. Folami Lamoke, who is seen holding her award in the picture left. Ms. Lamoke is a third-year Ph.D. student conducting her dissertation research on the pharmacology of the retina in the laboratory of Dr. Manuela Bartoli (pictured on the right). This prestigious award was presented by Dr. R. William Caldwell, Chairman of Pharmacology and Toxicology (pictured on the left). Armand M. Karow, Ph.D., was born in New Orleans, La. He graduated from Duke University and earned a doctorate in Pharmacology from the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He joined the faculty of the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) in 1968 in the Schools of Medicine and Graduate Studies. When he retired in 1997, he was Professor of Pharmacology and Research Associate Professor of Surgery and was given the title of Professor Emeritus. He was also the Founder and Chairman Emeritus in Perpetuity of Xytex International Ltd. He was recognized as one of the world’s experts on cryopreservation of transplantable cells and tissues, and published over 100 research articles. Dr. Karow’s wife, Ramona, and his sons generously provided the endowment to fund this $5000 award in his memory. Each year a deserving doctoral student pursuing a career in Pharmacology and Toxicology will be recognized with this honor.