Welcome to the
Social, Administrative and Clinical Pharmacy
Graduate Program

The mission of the Graduate Program in Social, Administrative and Clinical Pharmacy is the discovery and dissemination of new knowledge to foster appropriate use of drugs in order to improve patient outcomes at the individual and societal level.  In this program, graduate students are educated and mentored to become professional scientists.  Students who complete the program will understand the process of conducting high quality research and problem solving through the application of disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge, theory and research methodology.

The Social, Administrative and Clinical Pharmacy program consists of two tracks.  The emphasis of the Social and Administrative Pharmacy track is the application of behavior-oriented interdisciplinary theories to pharmacy problem solving and pharmacy system development.  This includes the study of the social, psychological, political, legal, public policy, historic, and economic factors that impinge upon the use, non-use and abuse of drugs.

The emphasis of the Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology track is to advance the science of human pharmacology and therapeutics to improve the safe, effective and economical use of drugs by patients.  This includes the translation of both laboratory and clinical research to the medical use process.