Nutrigenomics in Cancer

This course will explore multiple case studies of patients with cancer. The student will be immersed in the clinical aspects of the case from their nutrition, family history and metabolism of specific therapies. Additionally the student will learn the differences between a patients genetic makeup, and cancers genetic makeup and how these two are intertwined.

Supervised Teaching for PHC Course
 

Teaching Assistants

Advanced Pharmacodynamics
 

This graduate elective course presents principles and applications of quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) topics that is focused on biochemical reaction networks. QSP is essential to characterize drug action at the molecular scale and has numerous applications to drug development and clinical pharmacology.

Population PKPD Modeling

This course introduces population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling methods, including the use of state-of-the-art software and tools (in particular, NONMEM) to analyze PK and PD data.

Pharmaceutics Seminar
Instructor permission only

Guidance in research in connection with graduate thesis. May be taken more than once for credit.

Research
Instructor permission only

Research

Cannabis: A Review of its Pharmacology, Mythology, and Implications

As policies related to adult-use recreational cannabis and medical marijuana continue to evolve, individuals are faced with a range of complex questions. Are you curious about the short and long-term benefits and harms of marijuana/cannabis use? Do you want to the separate the fact from fiction regarding the health claims for THC and CBD? The course will include basic information about the cannabis plant and its pharmacologic components, the bodily systems involved in the action and metabolism of cannabinoids, and the history of cannabis policy in the US. The course will explore the evolving status of cannabis use, the health claims and health effects of cannabis use (including effects of THC and CBD), and the evolving changes in medicinal and adult-use cannabis.  This course is the same as CHB 529 and course repeat rules will apply. Students should consult with their major department regarding any restrictions on their degree requirements.

Natural Products

Natural Products (Herbal Products and Dietary Supplements) is a 2-credit hour elective course offered to 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-year professional pharmacy students. This course provides an in-depth exploration of herbal products and dietary supplements, focusing on their role in modern pharmacy practice. Students will learn about pharmacology, therapeutic uses, safety, and regulation of herbal products and dietary supplements. Emphasis will be placed on evidence-based practice and integrating traditional knowledge with current scientific findings. The primary aim of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively communicate evidence-based recommendations to healthcare professionals and patients.

Thriving in Pharmacy: Building Resilience and Well-Being

This elective course introduces learners to the inhibitive and destructive patterns of the culture of medicine, with aims to explore proactive strategies to combat individual burnout, organizational distress and detriments to patience care and outcomes. Students will be exposed to concepts and theorists in positive psychology, resiliency, personal and professional purpose and change in outlook on the pharmacy profession through practical fieldwork. Students will complete well-being assessments, practice a variety of well-being tactics, conduct an interview with an individual within a healthcare organization, and then formulate and justify a proposal to support organizational health.

Pharmacy Leadership
Scholars Program students only

There exists a critical leadership shortage within the profession of pharmacy. PHM550 is a 1 credit course designed for students enrolled at the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy. The course is scheduled to meet during the fall semester. The primary goal of this course is to provide students identified as the future leaders of our profession with the tools necessary to develop their ability to effectively lead others, inside and outside their profession. Students will be assigned introductory readings in the following areas: identifying one's strengths; people skills, personalities, and networking; relationships and working effectively with others; team-building and team-managing; professionalism and ethics; supervising, managing, and leading; developing a professional practice vision, setting goals, and establishing priorities; and, integrating one's personal life and career. Students keep a reflective journal or complete an assignment for each reading, detailing: what they learned from the reading; the statement, passage or quote that was most profound to them; and an example detailing how they incorporated what they learned into their professional life. Classroom discussions will be student led, facilitated by the course coordinator, and will be based on readings, reflective journal exercises, and cases.

Clinical Research Methods
Clinical Research Program students only

PHM552 is a 1 credit hour course to prepare Doctor of Pharmacy students accepted into the Clinical Research Program for participation in clinical research careers.  The course includes lectures, recitations and written assignments.  The final project for the course is the development of a defendable research protocol, informed consent document, and other supporting documentation as necessary (source documents, case report forms, drug disposition records, etc).  The final project includes a written protocol and an oral presentation and defense of the protocol.

Translational Biometry
Clinical and Translational Therapeutics students only

This course will be offered to Health Care Professionals (i.e., Pharmacy, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, and Public Health) and students graduating in the health or medical sciences including Biomedical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences. This course will focus on the practical application of biostatistics to patient centered data using advanced pragmatic statistical and model based approaches for future pharmacists and clinicians.

Clinical and Translational Therapeutics Seminar

PHM 554 is a 1 credit hour course offered to students in the M.S. program in Clinical and Translational Therapeutics and offered to Pharmacy and Health Care Professional (i.e., Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Public Health) students enrolled in the health or medical sciences including Biomedical Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences or Pharmacology and Toxicology. Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences students from all years are also encouraged to enroll and attend the seminar series for the school. There will be 16 1-hour seminar slots which will be held every week in the semester with a combination of internationally renowned clinical and translational therapeutic faculty outside UB and student defenses who will present to the school at large for completion of their research. Approximately 40 minutes will be devoted for the lecture and 20 minutes will be devoted for questions. Students are encouraged to activity participate in seminars with questions and will be given every opportunity to interact with the speakers.

Radiopharmacy

This course is a survey of Radiopharmacy. It will cover the basic principles of Radiopharmacy and Nuclear Medicine instrumentation, Radiopharmaceutical and Radiopharmacy design, selected Radiopharmaceuticals, and some of the regulatory and safety issues that are involved with the use of Radiopharmaceuticals in diagnosis and therapy.  Students will also observe the operation of a centralized Nuclear Pharmacy and a clinical Nuclear Medicine Department.

Selected Topics in Infectious Disease

The aim of this course is to provide interested pharmacy practice students a comprehensive introduction to a variety of advanced topics in infectious disease pharmacotherapy. Through didactic and case based learning, interested students will expand upon the knowledge gained in their pharmacotherapeutics courses, to delve more deeply into the challenges caused by global pathogens. This will prepare students for advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) rotations during their fourth year of pharmacy school, as well as for future practice increasingly globalized health care settings. This course will investigate a number of infectious diseases that arise from viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and helminths as well as agents of potential use in bioterrorism.

International Experiences
Instructor permission only

International pharmacy experiences provide students with a broader perspective on health care at a global level. These immersive experiences allow students to gain understanding on a health care setting outside the US, learn how to treat diseases that originate in other countries or are uncommon in the US, improve understanding on how culture impacts care, and provides the students with an optimal environment for self-reflection. In order to enroll in this elective, students must be preapproved for SPPS international travel. This includes our short term global health experiences with medical missions, IPPEs, and APPEs. Students can expect financial responsibility for their travel costs in alignment with our international travel policies.

Community Pharmacy Concepts

The objective of the course is to provide students with a basic understanding of the workflow of a community pharmacy and the responsibilities of a community pharmacist. This course will also provide skills and tools that can be used during IPPEs. This course would be beneficial for students with little to no community pharmacy experience or knowledge, but will also help supplement knowledge learned during work experience for students with community experience. Information will be presented to students in a primary lecture based setting. Students will be evaluated based on their attendance, an exam, and a final paper. Increasing students' general understanding of community pharmacy will allow students to focus on the clinical aspects of their IPPE and APPE community rotations.

Health Care Inequities

This introductory, exposure based course will explore the existence and fundamental causes of health care inequities of minoritized communities from a pharmacist perspective.  Through discussions and reflections, student pharmacists will better understand inequities as it relates to their profession.  Student pharmacists will develop a community project aimed at making health concerns more equitable.

Rare Genetic Disorders

The course will cover the pathophysiology and the pharmacotherapy available for a variety of rare genetic disorders encountered in both pediatric and adult patients.  The course will address and enhance the student's skills related to self-directed learning, patient communication, and care coordination required for these patients. Patient-teachers, comprised of both patients and patient caregivers, are utilized to provide unique perspectives, and share their experiences with learners.

Topics in Psychiatry

The course builds upon your knowledge of psychiatric pharmacy practice that was discussed in PHM512/PHM701. Review of the DSM 5 mental health conditions, medications used to treat, and other challenges of providing care in psychiatry will be included in this elective. The topics and ideas shared in this course will enable you to successfully manage psychiatric patient population in both the community and institutional setting.

Pediatric Pharmacotherapy
 

This elective course delves into the specialized field of pediatric pharmacotherapy, providing pharmacy students with a comprehensive understanding of the unique pharmacological needs and challenges associated with treating pediatric patients. The course covers a range of topics and through a combination of brief lectures, case studies, and interactive discussions, students will gain knowledge and skills that will be useful to optimize medication use in pediatric populations.

Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics

PHM 795 is a 2-credit hour course for Doctor of Pharmacy students which is intended to teach and develop advanced problem-solving skills relative to the management of complex patient cases similar to those encountered in the acute and long-term care setting.  The course includes independent learning, team learning, oral presentations, recitations, and written assignments. This course will use active and team learning principles to introduce advanced therapeutic topics through the development of care plans and case presentations of complex, multi-problem patients.  During the recitations, the faculty members will facilitate discussion and clarify difficult or controversial issues, but will not present formal didactic lectures. Course materials, grades and evaluations will be administered using UBLearns. 

Supervised Teaching
Instructor permission only

Teaching assistants serve various roles in courses throughout pharmacy school. Supervised Teaching allows faculty to recognize students who participate as teaching assistants in their courses as review session holders, content creators, and simulated patients, to name a few responsibilities.

Introductory Spanish for the Healthcare Professions

Intermediate Spanish for the Healthcare Professions

PHCY 5210 Regulating Dangerous Drug Use

PHCY 5670 Medication Malpractice