Clinical Pharmacology

Website: https://medicine.utah.edu/pediatrics/clinical-pharmacology

295 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Phone: 801-585-7587
Email: ClinPharm@hsc.utah.edu

The Clinical Pharmacology graduate program at the University Of Utah School Of Medicine is an innovative, interdisciplinary program that trains students to conduct research encompassing methodology from clinical pharmacology perspectives. The program was designed specifically for students who are interested in clinical pharmacology and translational research and share our goal of advancing the science of pharmacology and
therapeutics to improve the safe and effective use of drugs by patients. In our program, students will study clinical pharmacology of various drugs prescribed to adult patient as well as to pregnant women, neonates, children, adolescent, and elderly patients. Students will focus on new routes of drug administration, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of newly discovered drugs, optimization of dosing of drugs requiring therapeutic drug monitoring, pharmacometrics, developmental pharmacology, pharmacogenomics, immunotherapy, and translational research in a highly individualized course of study that will be chosen in close consultation with their advisors.

The graduate school must admit applicants for the admission to the Ph.D. Program in Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Utah. Applicants should have a strong interest in the clinical pharmacology research and teaching. Applicants should also have a master’s or clinical doctoral degree. Exceptional students with a bachelor’s degree and compelling clinical research experience in health sciences will be considered.

The following information must be submitted to the graduate school:

• Graduate admission application

• Official transcripts of undergraduate and graduate coursework

• For international students, a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score.

The following information must be submitted to the Division of Clinical Pharmacology,
Pediatrics Department.

• A current Curriculum Vitae

• Report of the Graduate Record Exam taken within the past five years

• A written statement (less than 1000 words) of research experience and interests, and long-term career goals

• 3-5 letters of recommendation from individuals with knowledge of the applicant’s potential for success in a doctoral program

Admission to the Doctoral Program in Clinical Pharmacology will require:

• Acceptance to the graduate school at the University of Utah

• A minimum grade point average of 3.0 in all college work and a record of the Graduate Record Exam

• Availability of faculty mentor resources that match the student’s research interests

• TOEFL score of at least 550, if applicable.

Applications can be submitted through the University of Utah admission website.

Applications deadlines are January 15 and July 15.

Submitted applications will be reviewed, successful applicants will be contacted for a telephone/virtual interview.