Master of Science [M.S] [Pharmaceutical Sciences] From University of Rhode Island

In this specialization, you will study drug discovery and delivery through synthesis, mechanism, modeling, screening, isolation of natural products from plant and marine sources.Focus areas include: cancer, HIV, stroke, nanotechnology, brain drugs, antibiotics, drug resistance, herbal medicine, bioinformatics, peptide synthesis; and DNA damage, mutation and repair.

This specialization focuses on the design, development, production, evaluation and regulatory approval of pharmaceutical and self-care products as well as pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies using virtual, clinical, and preclinical data, often with an emphasis on population approaches.

Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics are research fields that address the effects of medication use in populations. Pharmacoepidemiology emphasizes effects on health and well-being of a population, and pharmacoeconomics emphasizes effects on health care costs in a population. Both fields require programming skills, knowledge of statistics, an understanding of pharmaceutical practices, and knowledge about specific diseases or health care issues. Both fields require an ability to apply skills to the solution of real life problems by developing research questions, conducting research and sharing research findings with the scientific community.
Training in pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics prepares students for careers in industry, including pharmaceutical companies and pharmacy benefits management, federal, state and local government public health agencies, academic careers in pharmacy, medicine, and public health, and other related sectors.

This specialization focuses on mechanisms involved in disease states and their pharmacological intervention, and mechanisms of toxicity of environmental agents. Research topics include hypertension, biomarkers and treatment of arthritis, toxicity of environmental agents and metals, pharmacogenomics, epigenetics, drug interactions, hepatic responses to neuoractive chemicals, hormonal regulations of gene expression in breast cancer, metabolism, drug transporter, and cell signaling inhibitors.