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World-Class Faculty
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Welcome

The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology currently consists of twenty primary faculty members with varied and scientifically diverse research interests in neuropharmacology, molecular toxicology, cancer biology and pharmacology, and chemical biology. Departmental faculty members currently serve in directorship roles in the Center for Addiction Sciences and Therapeutics (CAST), the NIEHS Center in Environmental Toxicology, the Cancer Center, and the Chemical Biology Program. Read more of the Chair's welcome message >>

Lawrence Sowers, PhD

Pharmacology and Toxicology by the Numbers

Nationally Ranked Basic Science Department

27,000+ Citations

20 Full time Faculty and 22 associate members

Graduate Highlight Explore diverse research themes to advance our basic understanding of cancer biology, environmental toxicology, and drug abuse.

Recent Publications

Isotretinoin is not associated with an increased risk of diabetes: a retrospective cohort study

Garate, D., Thang, C. J., Lai, J., Golovko, G., Wilkerson, M. G. & Barbieri, J. S., Dec 2025, In: Archives of Dermatological Research. 317, 1, 341.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Deletion of Fgf14 confers resilience to basal and stress-induced depressive-like behavior and reduces anxiety in mice

Montarolo, F., Rominto, A. M., Berrino, L., Bertolotto, A., Laezza, F., Tempia, F. & Hoxha, E., Dec 2025, In: Translational psychiatry. 15, 1, 136.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Crosstalk between metabolism and epigenetics during macrophage polarization

Zhang, K. & Jagannath, C., Dec 2025, In: Epigenetics and Chromatin. 18, 1, 16.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Enhanced motivated behavior mediated by pharmacological targeting of the FGF14/Na_v1.6 complex in nucleus accumbens neurons

Dvorak, N. M., Wadsworth, P. A., Aquino-Miranda, G., Wang, P., Engelke, D. S., Zhou, J., Nguyen, N., Singh, A. K., Aceto, G., Haghighijoo, Z., Smith, I. I., Goode, N., Zhou, M., Avchalumov, Y., Troendle, E. P., Tapia, C., Chen, H., Powell, R. T., Baumgartner, T. J. & Singh, J. & 18 others, Koff, L., Di Re, J., Wadsworth, A. E., Marosi, M., Azar, M. R., Elias, K., Lehmann, P., Mármol Contreras, Y. M., Shah, P., Gutierrez, H., Green, T. A., Ulmschneider, M. B., D’Ascenzo, M., Stephan, C., Cui, G., Do Monte, F. H., Zhou, J. & Laezza, F., Dec 2025, In: Nature communications. 16, 1, 110.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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