Opening the mysteries of drug actions, discovering new therapies, and developing new medicinal products

Cardiovascular regulation, cell signaling, structural and cancer biology, and environmental toxicology are just a few interests of the faculty at the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Vermont.

Students interested in the interaction of chemical substance with biological systems will benefit from direct contact with faculty researchers. Studies in Pharmacology at the College of Medicine serve medical and graduate students, post-doctoral trainees and undergraduates.

Learn more about Pharmacology as a Career sponsored by the American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET).

Learn more about careers for scientists from the Science Careers Site sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

 

 

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Graduate Studies

The Pharmacology Department has joined the Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program for those Graduates interested in pursuing a Ph.D. The Pharmacology Department offers both a Thesis Research based Masters in Pharmacology and a Non-Thesis Masters  in Pharmacology. Exclusively for UVM students we offer an Accelerated Masters Program. We also offer an undergraduate 15-credit minor, course offerings include Toxicology, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Pharmacological Techniques and Medicinal Chemistry.

Researcher in a lab

Pharmacology Research

  • Brain and cerebral vascular studying the blood flow to the brain.
  • Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Physiology
  • Signal transduction
  • Medicinal chemistry/cancer chemotherapy

Faculty giving presentation

Seminars

As the host of the weekly Seminar Series and the annual trustees visit and retreat, the Pharmacology department has an active schedule of seminars and events.

 

Recent News

Alan Howe Appointed Associate Director of Cancer Research, Training, and Education

March 27, 2023 by Kate Strotmeyer

Alan Howe, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology, has been appointed to serve as associate director of cancer research, training and education coordination for the University of Vermont Cancer Center (UVMCC) .

Alan Howe, Ph.D.

Alan Howe, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology, has been appointed to serve as associate director of cancer research, training and education coordination for the University of Vermont Cancer Center (UVMCC) .  

As associate director, Howe will help oversee cancer-related educational and career development opportunities spanning from high school to undergraduates, to graduate and medical students, to junior faculty. Howe will join the UVMCC senior leadership team and will coordinate programs that support the development of future cancer scientists and practitioners.

Howe received his B.S. in biochemistry at the University of New Hampshire in 1990, his Ph.D. in tumor cell biology from Northwestern University in 1996, and postdoctoral training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Pharmacology with a secondary appointment in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. 

Howe has been a member of UVM’s Cell, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program for nearly twenty years and is a full member of the UVM Cancer Center's Cancer Host and Environment research program. Howe’s research, consistently funded over his 20 years at UVM, focuses on how cells interpret their microenvironment to control their shape and movement.