The track is committed to training qualified students to become creative researchers and prepares
them for careers in academic, government and industry. It provides a rich environment in which trainees can acquire cutting-edge knowledge needed in order to solve important and current problems in oncopharmacology, neuropharmacology, toxipharmacology and biotechnology.
One key feature of the track is its commitment to matching the needs and goals of individual students. In addition to core courses in basic principles of toxicology and pharmacology, students have a broad 
range of course options in their areas of specialization. Broad exposure to contemporary research concepts and techniques is provided by required participation in a series of laboratory rotations. Student presentations in intramural, local and national research meetings are encouraged. Graduates trained by faculty in this track have been successfully placed in careers in universities and colleges, the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, and in federal and state agencies.
Study and Research Focus Areas
- Cell injury and Apoptosis
- Cellular senescence, telomerase activation and the ubiquitin-proteosome system
- Core transcription, splicing and post-transcriptional control
- Synaptic transmission and neuronal plasticity
- Endogenous modulators of neurotransmitter receptor activity
- Signal transduction in cancer and neurodegeneration
- Electrophysiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Ion Channels
- Brain development and behavior
- Molecular mechanism of glial cell function and endocrine disruptors
- Stem cell biology and therapy
- Viral and non-viral vector construction
- Genetic vaccine development
- Drug Discovery and development of anticancer agents
- Molecular modeling and X-ray crystallography
- Human tumor models (xenografts) for cancer drug development
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Contact
Terez Shea-Donohue, Ph.D., Track Leader
tdonohue@mbrc.umaryland.edu
Phone: 410-706-6792
HSF II - S349
Sharron Graves, Program Coordinator
sgraves@som.umaryland.edu
Bressler Research Building, Room 1-005
University of Maryland, Baltimore
655 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore MD 21201
Phone: 410-706-6044
Fax: 410-706-6040