{"id":2220,"date":"2022-03-23T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T16:38:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T20:38:02","slug":"our-mission-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/our-mission-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Message from the Chair\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JqpcYgjkBH8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We are proud to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/about\/#mission\">the mission of the 大象传媒<\/a>, and grateful to serve the people of North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>The mission of the Department of Pharmacology is threefold: (1) to educate and train the next generation of research scientists, (2) determine the molecular and cellular basis of human disease, and (3) advance the development of novel therapeutics.<\/p>\n<p>The department has consistently ranked in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brimr.org\/NIH_Awards\/2018\/NIH_Awards_2018.htm\">top tier nationally for NIH funding<\/a>. and in our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/best-global-universities\/pharmacology-toxicology\">\u00a0global ranking for pharmacology<\/a> research.<\/p>\n<p>To accomplish our mission we have developed a multidisciplinary training program, engaging innovative scientists with distinct and complementary expertise. Our investigators are advancing the fields of chemical and structural biology, quantitative cell biology, proteomics, computational biology and drug design. Emerging therapeutics include nanoparticles, non-coding RNAs, stem cells and gene therapy, in addition to small molecules.<\/p>\n<p>Our faculty and students have affiliations with specialized research centers focused on <a href=\"http:\/\/unclineberger.org\/\">cancer<\/a> biology, the <a href=\"https:\/\/med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\">neurosciences<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/med.unc.edu\/mhi\">cardiovascular biology<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/alcohol\">alcohol<\/a> addiction, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetherapy\">gene therapy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/research\/core-facilities\">Research cores<\/a> provide access and training in a wide range of sophisticated experimental and bioinformatics technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Our success is due to our ability to recruit world-class <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/people\/graduate-students\">graduate students<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/people\/postdoctoral-fellows\">postdoctoral researchers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/people\/research-staff\">research staff<\/a>, and faculty. There are thirty-two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/people\/primaryfaculty\">professors<\/a> with primary appointments in the department, and greater than 70 who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/people\/adjunct-faculty\">adjunct<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/people\/research-faculty\">research<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pharm\/people\/joint-faculty\">joint<\/a> appointments.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Pharmacology is housed in the Medical Genetics Building, a modern, state-of-the-art research facility. We share this facility with the departments of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/\">Biochemistry &amp; Biophysics<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/genetics.unc.edu\">Genetics<\/a> as well as the divisions of <a href=\"https:\/\/pharmacy.unc.edu\/divisions\/cbmc\/\">Medicinal Chemistry<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/pharmacy.unc.edu\/research\/centers\/cpit\/\">Pharmacogenomics<\/a> in the School of Pharmacy. 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