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ECP GRADUATE PROGRAM
The ECP Graduate Program provides individualized, hands-on learning experiences to those who will become tomorrow’s leaders in experimental and clinical pharmacology research and teaching.
The ECP Graduate Program is an innovative, interdisciplinary program that trains students to conduct research utilizing methodology from basic and clinical pharmacology perspectives. Designed specifically for students interested in clinical research, the goal of the program is to advance the science of human pharmacology and therapeutics to improve the safe, effective, and economical use of drugs by patients. Students study such topics as experimental pharmacotherapy, drug metabolism, infectious disease, pharmacometrics, neuropharmacology/neuroscience, and pharmacogenomics. Graduates are prepared for distinguished careers in clinical research.
ECP GRADUATE PROGRAM-RELATED METRICS
● PhD degrees completed 31
● MS degrees completed 4
● ECP program graduates 3
● Students in ECP graduate program 19
ECP DOCTORAL GRADUATES
Name Advisor Thesis Title
Susan Marino, Linking topiramate exposure to changes in electrophysiological Samuel Callisto Angela Birnbaum activity and behavioral deficits through quantitative
pharmacological modeling
Natalie Schmitz
James Cloyd, Lisa Coles
Orphan Drug Development: The Regulatory, Economic and Scientific Aspects of Intravenous Baclofen
Irene Vuu James Cloyd
Development of Parenteral Drugs for the Treatment of Seizure Emergencies
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
Name
Fellowships/Awards
Ibrahim Abdelgawad CTSI APReP Summer Scholar
Charul Avacat First Year Fellowship, College of Pharmacy Outstanding TA, Fall 2019
Yingbo Huang 3M Science and Technology Fellowship
Angela Jeong Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Overseas Scholarship, Bighley Fellowship
Ashwin Karanam University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Sarah Kim Rare Disease Scholar, Rare Disease Day Research Award
Siddhee Sahasrabudhe CTSI APReP Summer Scholar, James Cloyd Fellowship
Abhishek Sathe Olsteins Fellowship
Irene Vuu James Cloyd Fellowship, Rare Disease Day Research Award
Fan Wang CTSI APReP Summer Scholar, Coin Fellowship
Ya-Feng Wen Outstanding TA, Fall 2019, Straka Fellowship
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