Clinical Pharmaceutical Scientist Program

The Clinical Pharmaceutical Scientist is a specialty track in which students with expertise in pharmacotherapeutics investigate both the clinical and mechanistic elements of drug therapy issues.
You will learn experimental design, experimental methods, data analysis, and data interpretation of human-based research projects.
You will study how research discoveries are translated into practices that promote health and prevent disease.
You will learn the process required to implement new therapies as standards of care through human-based research projects.

Competency Grid and Curricular Map

Primary Contact:
Philip Empey, PharmD, PhD
Associate Professor
205 Salk Pavilion
Phone: 412-648-7219
Fax: 412-624-1850
Email:pempey@pitt.edu