Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Responsible for providing instruction in pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutics, drug delivery and medicinal chemistry to PharmD students and for providing graduate education to students in a variety of research tracks.
Mission Statement
- To provide the highest quality of interaction to the professional and graduate students of the college in the areas of pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutics, drug delivery and medicinal chemistry
- To provide students with the most up-to-date information in these rapidly changing fields
- To maintain a dynamic research environment so that faculty and students continue to develop their careers through appropriate scholarly activities that will have a positive effect on the health of the residents of Arizona and the nation.
Department Head
Xinxin Ding, PhD
Department Head, Pharmacology & Toxicology
Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology
Email Dr. Xinxin Ding
Phone: 520-626-9906
Contact Department
Mailing Address:
College of Pharmacy
Room 344
P.O. Box 210207
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: 520-626-2823
Fax: 520-626-2466
The office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
Open Faculty Positions
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology – Longevity and Related Neurodegenerative Diseases (2 openings)
Multiple tenure-track assistant professor positions are available in the Coit Center for Longevity and Neurotherapeutics at the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy. Areas of interest include aging, longevity, or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and others. Candidates are expected to use multi-facet approaches to better understand biochemical, genetic, epigenetic, and environmental regulation of age-related diseases and healthy lifespan. Additional areas of interest include modeling diseases with iPSC and/or animal models, drug discovery towards age-related diseases, innovative application of artificial intelligence in aging and neurodegeneration. Candidates with research efforts on Rapamycin and other longevity therapeutics are encouraged to apply. Candidates should have an outstanding record of research accomplishments and are expected to develop an active extramurally-funded research program. Generous start-up packages and ample collaborative opportunities are available. View full job description and apply here.
Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology - Neurotoxoicology, Injury and Repair
The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy at the University of Arizona in Tucson invites applicants for a tenure-track position at the level of assistant professor in neurotoxicology, injury, and repair. The successful candidate will join a department with current research strengths in multiple areas of pharmacology, toxicology, medicinal chemistry, and pharmaceutics. Excellent research infrastructure and opportunities exist for collaborations with researchers across the University of Arizona, such as the Center for Longevity and Neurotherapeutics, the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, the Superfund Research Program, One Health Research Initiative, Training in Environmental Toxicology of Human Disease T32, Bio5 Institute, and the Arizona Cancer Center. View full job description and apply here.
