# Predoctoral Training in Pharmacological Sciences (Resubmission)

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2024 · $297,503

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
This Predoctoral Training Program is designed to provide a broad education in the Pharmacological Sciences
leading to the Ph.D. degree. The Pharmacological Sciences Training Program (PSTP) is centered in the
Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and is
closely associated with the Molecular Pharmacology Graduate Program (MPGP a.k.a. MPTP), and includes
faculty from three schools within the University and ten departments including Anesthesiology, Chemistry,
Immunology, Medicine, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Neurology, Otolaryngology,
Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Structural Biology. Graduate students entering this program are typically first
recruited into the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program where they join a program that
includes core didactic education in biomedical sciences, scientific ethics and statistics and research rotations.
The training program provides graduate coursework in the essential elements of modern pharmacology
including neuropharmacology, cancer pharmacology, cardiovascular pharmacology, signal transduction and
drug discovery and also elements of quantitative pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and drug metabolism.
With the close guidance of the director and vice-director, students are encouraged to work with a select faculty
who are dedicated to providing the very best environments to conduct rigorous research of the highest
integrity. A culture of inclusivity and support for myriad career tracks is a requirement for trainee laboratories
and a mentor training program in these areas is now required as is a course in career exploration that also
provides individualized coaching. Students choose mentors from one of six research areas: Cancer
Pharmacology, Cell and Organ System Pharmacology, Drug Discovery, Neuropharmacology, Signal
Transduction and Structural Pharmacology. Following completion of the comprehensive exam and a
dissertation proposal, students are engaged full time in research that promotes critical thinking, collaboration,
co-mentorship and core training in experimental design. The PSTP thus provides a contemporary and exciting
training opportunity for motivated students within a rigorous and nurturing environment and aims to generate
Ph.D. graduates of the highest level of technical and theoretical preparedness.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10900640
- **Project number:** 5T32GM133332-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** Tija C. Jacob
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $297,503
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2020-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10900640

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10900640, Predoctoral Training in Pharmacological Sciences (Resubmission) (5T32GM133332-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10900640. Licensed CC0.

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