Doctoral study
Research in Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology is focused on the drug discovery and development pipeline as well as the safe and effective use of medicines.
Research in Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology takes an integrative approach from the identification of disease processes that may be potential drug targets, through design of drugs to interact with these targets, investigation of molecular interactions between drugs and selected targets, leading to preclinical evaluation of pharmacological activity and toxicity, through to the assessment of effectiveness and safety of medicines in humans.
This requires an integrative approach to the cellular and sub-microscopic aspects of disease using a range of biochemical, proteomic and genomic techniques.
Our research is often performed in collaboration with other departments and schools in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences or the Faculty of Science.
Our doctoral research topics relate to the following themes:
- Target identification
- Drug discovery
- Lead generation
- Pre-clinical evaluation of activity and metabolism
- Clinical effectiveness, pharmacokinetics and drug safety
Contact Us
If you are interested in conducting a research project with us, please contact the Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology’s doctoral adviser.
Associate Professor Jack Flanagan
Department Doctoral Adviser
Email: j.flanagan@auckland.ac.nz
Phone: +64 9 923 3193