About the Program in Pharmacology
Research in the Department of Pharmacology
focuses on three major areas:
- cardiovascular science
- cell signaling
- cancer biology and therapeutics
Within those areas, research ranges from basic biological problems to those with clinical orientations.
The cardiovascular science research strives to understand the normal and abnormal functioning of the heart at the molecular, cellular and organ levels, and is exceptionally strong in cardiac electrophysiology and the mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmia.
The cell signaling research concerns regulation of cell function by extracellular factors, the molecular biology of signaling pathways, cell communication, and intracellular proteolysis.
The cancer biology and therapeutics research is focused on molecular mechanisms regulating cell
death and survival in human malignancies, development and testing of novel cancer therapeutics,
novel tumor markers, oncogenic transformation and apoptosis, regulation of tumor suppressors
and molecular mechanisms of leukemogensis.
The Pharmacology Department has multiple research grants for the next five years. Most of the
funding comes from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), with additional funding from the
Association for International Cancer Research, the American Society of Hematology, the Department of Defense and the American Heart Association.
Richard JH Wojcikiewicz, PhD, Interim Chair
Department of Pharmacology
SUNY Upstate Medical University
3135 Weiskotten Hall
766 Irving Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13210
315-464-7974
Fax: (315) 464-8014
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