Department of Pharmacy
UMKC School of Pharmacy
Phone: 816-235-1792
Overview of Department:
The missions of the Department of Pharmacology are to educate health professional students concerning the principles and pharmacological basis of therapeutic drugs; to conduct medical and drug research for better understanding and treatment of diseases; and to provide services to the University and its community in our field of expertise.
The faculty members in the Department of Pharmacology conduct active research in several cutting-edge areas, which include molecular mechanisms leading to the development of opioid tolerance and molecular neurobiology of drug abuse, chemical-induced cellular proliferation, biology of aging and neurodegenerative diseases, pharmacogenetics and pharmacokinetics, drug metabolite-mediated cytotoxicity, hypertension, ischemia, mechanisms and control of pain sensitivity, and research in the safety of biomaterials. Most of these research projects are supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health and various research or industrial foundations.
The Pharmacology Department offers advanced degrees to students who are seeking either Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Dr. Anil Kumar, Ph.D. Professor, Chair
Clyde Curry, Administrative Assistant
Mostafa Badr, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Orisa J. Igwe, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Marcus Iszard, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Karen Mark, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Jianping Wang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Toxicore Lab
Elisabet Kostoryz, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor
Yi Che, Grad Student
Chenglin Mo, Grad Student
Nikhil Parelkar, Grad Student
Hua Zhang, Grad Student