330.707 Graduate Pharmacology Course 2009
Course Directors: RONALD SCHNAAR and JIN ZHANG
2009
JANUARY – MAY 10:30-12:00 MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS
303 WBSB - Abel Library
Course includes five (5) tutorial (small group) sessions: FRIDAYS, Jan 9, 16, 23; Feb 6, 13
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Tutorial sites to be announced
This spring semester course is designed for second year graduate students and will cover basic pharmacology concepts as well as specific drug classes related to diseases. The first part of the course includes lectures on receptors, enzymes, pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism, combinatorial chemistry, and drug design. The second part of the course includes lectures on therapeutic agents used in infectious diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, endocrine disorders, inflammation, and psychiatric illness. There will be two exams. In addition, a series of tutorials on specialty topics will be given concurrently for small groups starting January 2009.
(Please note: Tutorials will begin January 9th – please contact Amy Forcier at Ext. 5-1457 or email alovela1@jhmi.edu to sign up for a Tutorial before January 5, 2009).
Last Updated
February 27, 2009DATE | LECTURE | FACULTY | |
Jan 5 | MON | Intro./Mass Action/Enzymes | Drs. Schnaar/Zhang/Coffey |
| Jan 7 | WED | Receptors | Dr. Schnaar |
| Jan 9 | FRI | TUTORIAL #1 | |
| Jan 12 | MON | Receptors | Dr. Schnaar |
| Jan 14 | WED | Pharmacokinetics | Dr. Hendrix |
| Jan 16 | FRI | TUTORIAL #2 | |
| Jan 19 | MON | Holiday | |
| Jan 21 | WED | Pharmacokinetics | Dr. Hendrix |
| Jan 23 | FRI | TUTORIAL #3 | |
| Jan 26 | MON | Pharmacokinetics | Dr. Hendrix |
| Jan 28 | WED | ||
| Feb 2 | MON | Enzyme Inhibitors | Dr. Cole |
| Feb 4 | WED | Drug Metabolism | Dr. Flexner |
| Feb 6 | FRI | TUTORIAL #4 | |
| Feb 9 | MON | Small Molecule Drugs | Dr. Zhang |
| Feb 11 | WED | REVIEW SESSION | Staff |
| Feb 13 | FRI | TUTORIAL #5 | |
| Feb 16 | MON | EXAM #1 | |
| Feb 18 | WED | Autonomic Pharmacology | Dr. Cole |
| Feb 23 | MON | Antibacterials | Dr. Meyers |
| Feb 25 | WED | Antibacterials | Dr. Meyers |
| Mar 2 | MON | Antiparasitics | Dr. Shapiro |
March 9 - 13 Spring Break Holiday | |||
| Mar 16 | MON | Antiviral | Dr. Ambinder |
| Mar 18 | WED | Gene Therapy | Dr. Ambinder |
| Mar 23 | MON | Anticoagulants/Thrombolytics | Dr. Cole |
| Mar 25 | WED | Anticancer Drugs | Dr. Nelson |
| Mar 30 | MON | Anticancer Drugs | Dr. Nelson |
| Apr 1 | WED | Drug Discovery | Dr. Robert Ruffolo |
| Apr 6 | MON | Steroids | Dr. Liu |
| Apr 8 | WED | Cardiovascular Drugs | Dr. Abernethy |
| Apr 13 | MON | Diabetes | Dr. Wong |
| Apr 15 | WED | Immune Regulators | Dr. Hildreth |
| Apr 20 | MON | NSAIDS | Dr. Zhang |
| Apr 22 | WED | Opiates | Dr. Snyder |
| Apr 27 | MON | Psychoactive Drugs | Dr. Baraban |
| Apr 29 | WED | STUDY DAY - NO CLASS | |
| May 4 | MON | EXAM #2 | |
Course Administrator: Amy Forcier, 410-955-1457 (alovela1@jhmi.edu)
Recommended text: Goodman and Gilman’s Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Eleventh Edition, Joel Hardman and Lee E. Limbird, Eds., McGraw Hill).
A Reference Copy of the above text will be available at the Reserve Collection Center, 204 Welch Medical Library, and is also available in 302-B Wood Basic Science Building.
Available free online through the Basic Science Digital Library (http://bsdlibrary.jhmi.edu, click on 'G', then 'eBooks')
Course Faculty
| Dr. Darrell Abernethy | DRA@usp.org | ||
Dr. Richard Ambinder | 389 CRB | ext. 5-5617 | ambinri@jhmi.edu |
Dr. Jay Baraban | 908 WBSB | ext. 5-2500 | jbaraban@jhmi.edu |
| Dr. Donald Coffey | 121 Marburg | ext. 5-2517 | mbuedel@jhmi.edu |
Dr. Philip Cole | 316 Hunterian | ext. 4-0540 | pcole@bs.jhmi.edu |
Dr. Charles Flexner | 524 Osler | ext. 5-9712 | flex@jhmi.edu |
Dr. Craig Hendrix | 502 Harvey | ext. 5-9707 | chendrix@jhmi.edu |
Dr. James Hildreth | jhildreth@mmc.edu | ||
Dr. Jun Liu | 516 Hunterian | ext. 5-4619 | joliu@jhmi.edu |
| Dr. Caren Meyers | 307-A WBSB | ext. 2-4807 | cmeyers8@jhmi.edu |
Dr. William Nelson | 1100 Weinberg | ext. 5-8822 | bnelson@jhmi.edu |
Dr. Ronald Schnaar | 318 WBSB | ext. 5-8392 | schnaar@jhu.edu |
| Dr. Theresa Shapiro | 301 Hunterian | ext. 5-1888 | tshapiro@jhmi.edu |
Dr. Solomon Snyder | 813 WBSB | ext. 5-3024 | ssnyder@jhmi.edu |
| Dr. G. William Wong | 474 Rangos | ext. 2-4862 | gwong9@jhmi.edu |
Dr. Jin Zhang | 305 Hunterian | ext. 2-0173 | jzhang32@jhmi.edu |
