Pharmacology and Toxicology

Pharmacology and Toxicology: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Medicine

Degree Programs

Pharmacology

MSc

  • Field:
    • Applied Clinical Pharmacology

PhD

Combined Degree Programs

MD / PhD

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:

Overview

Faculty in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology conduct research in the following areas:

  • biochemical and molecular pharmacology
  • cardiovascular pharmacology
  • clinical pharmacology
  • drug addiction
  • drug metabolism, distribution, and pharmacokinetics
  • endocrine pharmacology
  • immunopharmacology
  • neuropharmacology
  • pharmacogenetics
  • psychopharmacology
  • receptor pharmacology
  • second messengers and signal transduction
  • toxicology

Contact and Address

Web: www.pharmtox.utoronto.ca
Email: pharmtox.dept@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-3851

Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Toronto
Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, Room 4207
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
Canada

Pharmacology and Toxicology: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Al-awar, Rima - PhD
Andreazza, Ana Cristina - BPhm, MSc, PhD, PhD
Banasr, Mounira - PhD
Beaulieu, Martin - PhD
Boileau, Isabelle - PhD
Brands, Bruna - PhD
Cherney, David - MD, PhD
De Luca, Vincenzo - MD, PhD
Dorian, Paul - MSc, MDCH
Edgar, Landon - PhD
Eubanks, James - BSc, AA, PhD
Finkelstein, Yaron - MD
George Bahl, Susan - MD
Goldstein, Benjamin - MD
Grant, Denis - BSc, PhD
Hahn, Margaret - DrMed, PhD
Hampson, David - PhD
Hubbard, Basil - PhD
Ito, Shinya - MD, BM
Kish, Stephen John - BSc, MSc, PhD
Kolla, Nathan - BA, MA, MD, PhD
Le Foll, Bernard - MSc, DrMed, PhD
Le, Dzung - PhD
Matthews, Jason - PhD
McIntyre, Roger - MD
McPherson, J. Peter - MSc, PhD (Coordinator of Graduate Studies)
Meyer, Jeffrey - MD
Mitchell, Jane - BSc, PhD
Mizrahi, Romina - MD, PhD
Mueller, Daniel - MD
Nobrega, Jose - PhD
Pang, Sandy - BSc, PhD
Parker, John - BA, MD
Piquette-Miller, Micheline - BScPhm, PhD
Pollock, Bruce - BSc, MD, PhD
Ramsey, Amy - PhD
Riddick, David - BSc, PhD
Ross, Ruth Alexandra - PhD
Roy, Peter John - BSc, PhD
Salahpour, Ali - PhD (Chair and Graduate Chair)
Salmena, Leonardo - PhD
Schapira, Matthieu - MChem, PhD
Schimmer, Bernard - BS, PhD
Sibille, Etienne - BSc, PhD
Sloan, Matthew - MSc, MD
Snead III, Carter - BS, MD, MD
Swardfager, Walter - PhD
Tyndale, Rachel - PhD
Uetrecht, Jack - BSc, MSc, MD, PhD
Vedadi, Masoud - PhD
Verma, Subodh - MSc, MD, PhD
Wells, James - BSc, MSc, PhD
Wells, Peter - BScPhm, DP
Wong, Albert - MD, PhD
Woo, Minna - MD
Young, Trevor - MSc, MD, PhD
Yu, Haung - PhD
Zawertailo, Laurie Anne - PhD

Members Emeriti

Burnham, Willets - PhD
Kalant, Harold - BSc, MD, PhD
Okey, Allan - BSc, MSc, PhD
Pace-Asciak, Cecil - PhD

Associate Members

Arnot, Michelle - PhD
Hamadanizadeh, Anita - PhD
Hess, David - PhD
Kloiber, Stefan - DrMed
Laposa, Rebecca - PhD
Mittmann, Nicole - PhD
Reed, Mark - PhD
Sun, Hong-Shuo - MSc, DrMed, DPhil
Udell, Jacob - BSc, MPH, MD
Woodland, Cindy - PhD
Zack, Martin - BSc, MASc, PhD

Pharmacology and Toxicology: Pharmacology MSc, PhD Courses

The department should be consulted each session as to course offerings. Students may also find up-to-date course information on the departmental website.

Course Code Course Title
PCL1002Y
Graduate Pharmacology
PCL1003Y0
Seminars in Pharmacology (Credit/No Credit)
PCL1004Y
Clinical Pharmacology
PCL1100H0 Applied Skills in Clinical Pharmacology
PCL1101H0
Technology, Techniques, and Translation in Pharmacology and Toxicology
PCL1110H
Applied Skills in Clinical Pharmacology
PCL1300H
Selected Topics in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (Credit/No Credit)
PCL1400H Systems Pharmacology I
PCL1402H
Pharmacology and Toxicology in Drug Development
PCL1491H
Clinical Pharmacology: Principles in Practice
(corequisite: PCL1004Y or prior pharmacokinetics course)
PCL1500H Systems Pharmacology II
PCL2100Y0 Practicum in Clinical Pharmacology (Credit/No Credit; 2.0 FCEs)
(prerequisite: PCL1100H0)
PCL2101Y0
Practicum in Clinical Pharmacology I (Credit/No Credit)
(prerequisite: PCL1100H0)
PCL2102Y0
Practicum in Clinical Pharmacology II (Credit/No Credit)
(prerequisite: PCL1100H0)
PCL2200Y0
Major Research Project
(prerequisite or corequisite: PCL1100H0)
PCL2201Y0
Research Project Extended Study (Credit/No Credit)
(prerequisite: PCL2200Y0)
CHL5201H Biostatistics I
(exclusion: LMP1407H)
JFK1122H
Drug Transport Across Biological Membranes
JNP1014Y
Interdisciplinary Toxicology
JNP1016H
Graduate Seminar in Toxicology
(prerequisite or corequisite: JNP1014Y)
JNP1017H+
Current Topics in Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology
JNP1018H+
Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Toxicology
JNR1444Y
Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular
JPM1005Y
Behavioural Pharmacology
JYG1555H
Advanced Topics: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

0 Course that may continue over a program. The course is graded when completed, or credit is given when the course is completed.

+ Extended course. For academic reasons, coursework is extended into session following academic session in which course is offered.