PED 5400 - Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology

This course establishes a foundation for understanding the principals of clinical pharmacology, a discipline supported by the basic science of pharmacology, with focus on the application of pharmacological principles and methods in the real world. This course includes the discussion of pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, pharmacogenomics, assessment of drug efficacy and adverse reactions, therapeutic drug monitoring, pharmacovigilance and role of FDA in guiding drug discovery.