Pharmacology

The discipline of pharmacology explores the mechanisms by which drugs cause biological effects. In the broadest sense, pharmacology is the study of how chemical agents, both natural and synthetic (i.e., drugs) affect biological systems. Research of the members of the Pharmacology Track focuses in the areas of Neuropharmacology, Aging and Neurodegeneration, Autonomic and Endocrine Homeostasis and Cancer Biology and incorporates a wide array of state-of-the-art methodologies including molecular, electrophysiological, neurochemical, genetics, imaging and behavioral techniques.  Pharmacology is often described as a bridge science because it incorporates knowledge and skills from a number of basic science disciplines, including physiology, biochemistry and cell and molecular biology. The interdisciplinary nature of the field offers pharmacologists a variety of research opportunities not found in other fields of scientific inquiry. It is this flexibility as well as the potential for the practical application of research (“translational research”) that attracts people into becoming pharmacologists.

The track leaders, along with their contact information, are:

Julie Hensler	hensler@uthscsa.edu	210-567-4236
William Clarke	clarkew@uthscsa.edu	210-567-4171

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Pharmacology Track Faculty

William Clarke, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

Thomas Cunningham, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

Michael “Duff” Davis, Ph.D. – Research Imaging Center

Lynette Daws, Ph.D. – Physiology

Linda De Graffenried, Ph.D. – Medicine (Hematology & Medical Oncology)

Charles France, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

Alan Frazer, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

Gary Fullerton, Ph.D. – Radiology

Lisa Gerak, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

Rita Ghosh, Ph.D. – Medicine (Urology)

Andrea Giuffrida, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

George Henderson, Ph.D. – Medicine (Gastroenterology)

Julie Hensler, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

Carmen Hinojosa-Laborde, Ph.D. – Medicine (Anesthesiology)

Andrew Hinck, Ph.D. – Biochemistry

Syed Imam, Ph.D. – Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Kenneth Izumi, Ph.D. – Microbiology/Immunology

Fruzsina Johnson, M.D. – Medicine (Surgery)

Robert Johnson, Ph.D. – Medicine (Surgery)

Charles Keller, M.D. – Children’s Cancer Research Institute

Wouter Koek, Ph.D. – Medicine (Psychiatry)

Addanki Pratap Kumar, Ph.D. – Medicine (Urology)

Francis Lam, PharmD – Pharmacology

Richard Lamb, Ph.D. – Medicine (Psychiatry)

Senlin Li, M.D. – Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Feng Liu, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

Xin-Yun Lu, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

Richard Luduena, Ph.D. – Biochemistry

Marilyn McGinnis, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

Lance McMahon, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

Steve Mifflin, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

David Morilak, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

Ravi Ranjan, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

James Roberts, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

Thomas Slaga, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

John (Randy) Strong, Ph.D. – Pharmacology

LuZhe Sun, Ph.D. – Cellular & Structural Biology

Rajeshwar Tekmal, Ph.D. – Medicine (Obstetrics/Gynecology)

Wei Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. - Pharmacology