Research Spotlight
NIH award to establish research center on chemical biology of infectious disease
A new $11 million, five-year grant will enable University of Kansas researchers on the Lawrence campus to better contribute to the fight against infectious disease by studying fundamental biology with the use of small molecule chemical probes.
Funding from the National Institutes of Health will create a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE): Chemical Biology of Infectious Disease. The grant was awarded to Thomas Prisinzano, professor and chair of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry. He is joined by Scott Hefty, associate professor in molecular biosciences. Read more...
Departmental Research
Pharmacy Practice »
Faculty members in the Department of Pharmacy Practice utilize modern scientific approaches to addresses questions critical to the expanding role of pharmacists in the evolving healthcare system. Current projects span the basic pharmaceutical sciences, clinical trials, outcomes research, health services research, and educational research. To learn more about individual faculty members and their research please visit the Department of Pharmacy Practice website.
Pharmaceutical Chemistry »
The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry is home to some of the nation's most respected pharmaceutical researchers. The department offers a broad range of research projects for both graduate and undergraduate students, ranging from traditional pharmaceutics to biotechnology.
Pharmacology & Toxicology »
The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology combines world-class faculty with cutting-edge research to prepare students to teach, pursue a career in research, or both. Students work in an environment that fosters strong collaborative activities as well as indepedent scholarship. The department offers a wide variety of research areas: neuropharmacology, especially in neurodegeneration; mood disorders and addiction; and control of energy metabolism and effects of diabetes on the nervous system.
Medicinal Chemistry »
Research in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry covers an unusually broad range of scientific interests, including: enzyme inhibition; the discovery and isolation of novel antitumor, antibiotic, and antiviral molecules; combinatorial chemistry; drug metabolism and toxicology; computer-aided drug design; organic synthesis; stereochemistry and its relation to biological problems; peptide structure and function; amino acid chemistry; and neurochemistry. For more details about each faculty member's research, please visit their individual pages within the Medicinal Chemistry site.
Neuroscience »
The multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Neurosciences at the University of Kansas offers students broadly based training in neuroscience and advanced training in the specialized area in which a student plans to carry out his or her research.
