Professional Education
The Department teaches courses in the schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Allied Health and Graduate Studies, within the LSUHSC NO Health Sciences Center.
Graduate Education: Graduate students may pursue a Biomedical Sciences Doctoral Degree through the LSUHSC Graduate School with a specialization in Pharmacology or Biochemistry. Our department teaches various required and elective courses throughout the graduate school programs.
Medical Pharmacology - The second year medical school curriculum consists of system-based courses in which
the Pharmacology faculty teach in many of these courses.
Dental Pharmacology - This course is designed to provide the student with a fundamental knowledge of
pharmacology. Strong emphasis is placed on dentally oriented therapeutics such as
analgesics, antibiotics and drug interactions.
Dental Hygiene Pharmacology - This course is designed to provide the Dental Hygienist with the basic principles of pharmacology necessary for clinical practice. Among the areas covered in the lectures are autonomic, cardiovascular, CNS, and antibiotic drugs.
Medicinal Pharmacology - This course is taught to Physician Assistants and Graduate Students in the School of Medicine.
Advanced Nursing Pharmacology - This course is designed to provide students enrolled in the nurse practitioner's curriculum with advanced training in pharmacology.
Nursing Pharmacology - Pharmacology courses are taught in the School of Nursing for the fall and spring serving the B.S. program.
Nursing Psychopharmacology - This course provides advanced training in Pharmacology with an emphasis on drugs used to treat psychiatric diseases and disorders.
Biochemistry faculty also instruct in the first year of medical school curriculum.