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
777 Bay Street, Suite 945
Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C8
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
Di Ciano, Patricia - PhD
Dunkley, Benjamin - BSc, PhD
Edgar, Landon - PhD
Eubanks, James - AA, BSc, PhD
George Bahl, Susan - MD
Goldstein, Benjamin - MD
Grant, Denis - BSc, PhD
Hahn, Margaret - DrMed, PhD
Hampson, David - BSc, MSc, PhD
Hassan, Ahmed - MBBS
Hubbard, Basil - PhD
Kolla, Nathan - BA, MA, MD, PhD
Lanctot, Krista - MSc, PhD
Le Foll, Bernard - MSc, DrMed, PhD
Le, Dzung - PhD
Liu, Fang - PhD
Liu, Geoffrey - BSc, MD, MSc
McIntyre, Roger - MD
McPherson, J. Peter - MSc, PhD (Coordinator of Graduate Studies)
Mitchell, Jane - BSc, PhD
Mueller, Daniel - MD
Ortiz, Abigail - MSc, MD
Pang, Sandy - BSc, BSc, PhD, PhD
Parker, John - BA, MD
Petronis, Arturas - MD
Pollock, Bruce - BSc, MD, PhD
Ramsey, Amy - PhD
Ravindran, Arun - 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
Sloan, Matthew - MD, MSc
Swardfager, Walter - PhD
Tyndale, Rachel - PhD
Uetrecht, Jack - BSc, MD, MSc, PhD
Vedadi, Masoud - PhD
Verma, Subodh - MD, MSc, PhD
Wells, Peter - BScPhm
Woo, Minna - MD
Young, Trevor - MSc, MD, PhD
Zawertailo, Laurie Anne - PhD

Members Emeriti

Kish, Stephen John - BSc, MSc, PhD
Okey, Allan - BSc, MSc, PhD
Pace-Asciak, Cecil - PhD

Associate Members

Arnot, Michelle - PhD
Barsyte-Lovejoy, Dalia - PhD
Galea, Liisa - BSc, AM
Halabelian, Levon Chant - PhD
Hamadanizadeh, Anita - PhD
Harding, Rachel - PhD
Hess, David - PhD
Husain, Muhammad Ishrat - MBBS
Laposa, Rebecca - PhD
Lewis, Tamorah - MD, DPH
Minian, Nadia - BA, MA, MPH, PhD
Mittmann, Nicole - PhD
Prevot, Thomas - MSc, PhD
Reed, Mark - PhD
Shram, Megan - PhD
Sun, Hong-Shuo - MSc, DrMed, DPhil
Wickens, Christine - BSc, MA, PhD
Woodland, Cindy - PhD
Zack, Martin - BSc, MASc, PhD
Zheng, Chao - BSc, 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 CodeCourse Title
Graduate Pharmacology
Seminars in Pharmacology
Clinical Pharmacology
PCL1100HApplied Skills in Clinical Pharmacology
Technology, Techniques, and Translation in Pharmacology and Toxicology
Applied Skills in Clinical Pharmacology
Selected Topics in Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
PCL1400HSystems Pharmacology I
Pharmacology and Toxicology in Drug Development
Clinical Pharmacology: Principles in Practice
PCL1500HSystems Pharmacology II
PCL2100YPracticum in Clinical Pharmacology
Practicum in Clinical Pharmacology I
Practicum in Clinical Pharmacology II
Major Research Project
Research Project Extended Study
PCL3000HFoundational Pharmacology Principles
PCL3001HPharmacology Research and Communication Skills
PCL3002HPhD Research Proposal
PCL3100HBehavioural Pharmacology I
PCL3101HBehavioural Pharmacology II
PCL3301HIntroductory Concepts in Clinical Pharmacology
PCL3302HEthical Considerations and Regulatory Affairs in Drug Development
PCL3303HStatistics, Bioinformatics, and AI in Clinical Pharmacology
CHL5201HBiostatistics I
Drug Transport Across Biological Membranes
Graduate Seminar in Toxicology
Current Topics in Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology
Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Toxicology
JNP1019HBiomedical Toxicology
JNP1020HInterdisciplinary Toxicology
Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular
Advanced Topics: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology