Welcome to the Department of Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Experimental Therapeutics
The Department of Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Experimental Therapeutics plays an important role in the educational and research missions of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans. Our faculty provides professional instruction in the schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Allied Health and Graduate Studies.
In addition to teaching, our faculty conducts cutting edge research in such disciplines as cardiovascular, pulmonary, cancer, renal, central nervous system, and behavioral pharmacology as well as cancer molecular and cellular biology, neuropeptide and enzyme processing, protein biochemistry, gene promoter and expression analyses, molecular biology of aging, cardiac development, cancer genetics, and molecular epidemiology of cancer. Our faculty's research interests also include the areas of drug metabolism, genetics, molecular and cellular signaling, integrins and adhesion molecules and pain control.
Through the Graduate School, students can pursue a Biomedical Sciences Doctoral Degrees (PhD and MD/PhD) with specializations in Pharmacology or Biochemistry. Our graduates successfully compete for prestigious positions in academic (e.g., Stanford, SUNY, and Yale), government (NIH/NCI), and new industry startups. The MD/PhD graduates have similarly gone on to prestigious fellowships at top hospitals in many parts of the country. These excellent destinations for the graduates of this department are a credit to the faculty and staff of the department and the excellence of the environment in our School of Medicine.
About Us
2026 Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Experimental Therapeutics
Dr. Steve Scahill (Pharmacology PhD graduate) with summer research student, Laci May, and Dr. Won Seok Yang
2026 Summer Research poster presentations by high school, undergraduate and graduate students
2026 Summer Research capstone
Dr. Jason Gardner and Dr. Suresh Alahari
2026 BIORETS program
Dr. Kelly Jean Sherman with Joe Vaccaro, Metairie Park Country Day School
2026 Graduation
Dr. Fern Tsien, Mayor Helena Moreno with Dr. Daniel Kapusta
Seminar by Dr. Joseph Francis
Dr. Suresh Alahari, Dr. Joseph Francis with the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, and Dr. Daniel Kapusta
Graduate Research Day: Pharmacology Travel Award Winners
Khushi Kiran, 1st Place
Sarah Melton, 2nd Place
Ashlyn Anderson, 2nd Place
Service Awards
Dr. Kapusta and Dr. Winsauer present service awards to faculty and staff for 30+ years, 25 years, 20 years, 15 years, 10 years and 5 years of service.
Holiday Social
Graduate School Celebration
Graduate Students
Relaxing after Graduate Research Day and the week of Graduate School programs.
