214 Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy—Ph.D. Program PHRP 8000/8100/8200—Dissertation Research This course consists of independent, full-time research on an approved dissertation problem mentored by a major adviser. The research effort will continue until the problem is solved or resolved to the satisfaction of the mentor and the student’s dissertation committee. Certification for graduation requires an oral defense of the written dissertation resulting from this research endeavor. (128-0-8) PHRP 8250—Advanced Topics in Pharmaceutical Sciences This course offers a survey of cutting-edge techniques and discoveries that are germane to the pharmaceutical sciences, particularly in the area of pharmaceutics. (16-32-[1–2]) PHRP 8301—Graduate Research This course introduces students to the fundamental tenets of pharmaceutical sciences research at the graduate level. This course is required each semester until students become degree candidates. Students will work on a one-on-one basis with their faculty mentor to become familiar with the research interests, literature, and laboratory techniques of the mentor. (48-0-3) PHRP 8400—Graduate Seminar The purpose of this course is to equip students with the necessary tools so that they can prepare and present lucid reports on their own research, as well as the research of others. The course will consist of weekly lectures that will be required of all graduate students throughout their course of study and research. Speakers will include faculty members and guests, as well as students presenting aspects of their research. (16-0-1) PHRP 8900—Dissertation Defense This course serves as the concluding evaluation for all Ph.D. students. It consists of an oral defense of the dissertation that is written to present the significance, methods, and findings of the dissertation research project. The defense, which is open to the public, requires the student to demonstrate a firm grasp of the research area and to defend the dissertation and the associated research before the Dissertation Committee. After successful defense, the student becomes eligible for conferral of the Ph.D. degree. (128-0-8) PHRE (Elective) Courses Note: Pharmaceutical Sciences M.S. five-series and Ph.D. seven-series courses PHRE 5036/7035—Pharmaceutical Patents and Litigations This course is intended to teach students the basics of patent laws, patent structure, patent literatures, patenting process/ evaluation, and patent invalidity/infringement/litigations. It is focused only on pharmaceutical patents, and the students are expected to learn the basics by reviewing and practicing real case patenting and litigation studies. Since novelty and innovation are integral tasks of a pharmaceutical formulation scientist, this course would help graduates to successfully patent and prosecute their novel research. (48-0-3) PHRE 5120—Research Design This course provides an overview of research design. It covers understanding the preliminary considerations that go into selecting a research design. These include consideration of philosophical world views; review of the literature; an understanding of the use of theory; samples; measurement; preexperimental, correlational, or experimental design; data collection; and data analysis strategies. Discussions on the process of research as it relates to each approach will be included. This process includes writing an introduction; specifying a purpose statement; developing research questions and/or hypotheses; and proposing methods, including data collection and analysis plans. Faculty permission is required. (48-0-3) PHRE 5207/7207—Secondary Data Analysis of Pharmacy-Related Sources This course gives students the opportunity to apply the skills learned in the research design and biostatistics courses by completing a secondary data analysis research project using a federal database. Students will write a basic research protocol and become familiar with the basic structure and methodology of the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database. Students will prepare a dataset, conduct descriptive and basic statistical analyses using SPSS, write an abstract, and deliver a presentation to a small audience. (48-0-3) PHRE 5209/7208—Advanced Pharmacokinetics This course will explain the model development techniques that can be utilized for complex pharmacodynamic systems. Advanced data analysis techniques and modem pharmacokinetic theory will be discussed. (48-0-3) PHRE 5210/7210—Modern Medicine This course aims to integrate various multidisciplinary domains of science and technology to address the development and translation of advanced multifunctional pharmaceuticals for targeted therapy of specific organs/tissues/cells in hard-totreat diseases. The course describes different types of smart, multifunctional drug delivery systems (DDSs) and drug delivery devices (DDDs) using various advanced nanobiomaterials. The course elaborates on the applications of nanoscale multimodal DDSs/DDDs in targeted therapy of detrimental diseases, such as solid tumors. It outlines cell-/tissue-specific targeted therapy and provides overviews on the applications of theranostics for simultaneous diagnosis and therapy. (48-0-3) PHRE 5213/7213—Epidemiology of Drug Use, Abuse, and Misuse This course is designed to introduce doctoral students to the epidemiology of drug use, misuse, and abuse. The course focuses on drug use, misuse, and abuse as social phenomena and deals with the history of drug use and regulatory attempts in America; pharmacology and use patterns related to specific
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