Dr. Alok Bhushan, PhD, Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, joined the Jefferson College of Pharmacy in 2013 after serving more than 15 years on the faculty at the Idaho State University College of Pharmacy. Dr. Bhushan’s research interests include cancer pharmacology and signal transduction, with a focus on treatment and prevention. He has served as the primary advisor to several PhD and Master’s students and has published numerous scientific articles and reviews. Dr. Bhushan is a fellow of AACP's Academic Fellows Leadership Program and an active member of several scientific organizations.
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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is responsible for developing and teaching medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics and pharmacology courses in the PharmD program and MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences including a range of elective coursework focusing on drug development, metabolism, pharmacogenomics and nuclear pharmacy.
Faculty and post-doctoral fellows of the department carry out research in the area of biomedical sciences with expertise in synthetic chemistry, drug delivery, computational chemistry, nanotechnology, drug resistance, cell signaling and pharmacology. The department’s core facilities have state of the art equipment including a mass spectrometer, UPLC, HPLC, NMR, RT-PCR, atomic force microscope, fluorescent microscope, rheometer, ultracentrifuges and coulter counter. Student pharmacists at Jefferson College of Pharmacy have the opportunity to engage in research in our laboratories and are encouraged to participate in the dissemination of new information through publications and presentations at scientific meetings.
