Molecular Pharmacology researchers pose for a photo
Molecular Pharmacology

Molecular pharmacology is the study of cellular components, pathways and networks as they may be influenced by drugs to elicit therapeutic responses.

Strengths of the U-M Medical School Department of Pharmacology research programs include G protein coupled receptor signal transduction, ion channel physiology, lipid signaling and neurotransmitter regulation.

Faculty
James shayman James A Shayman
Agnes C and Frank D McKay Professor
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Matthew Brody headshot Matthew Brody
Pfizer Upjohn Early Career Research Professor of Molecular Pharmacology
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
labcoat Jorge L Ruas
Professor of Pharmacology
David S. Lorberbaum David S Lorberbaum
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Emily Scott Emily Scott
F Blicke Collegiate Professor of Pharmacy
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
College of Pharmacy
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Biophysics
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
headshot of Alan Smrcka Alan Smrcka
Benedict R Lucchesi Collegiate Professor of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Chair for Research, Department of Pharmacology
Professor of Biophysics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Michelle Hastings headshot Michelle L Hastings
Pfizer Upjohn Research Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
College of Pharmacy
headshot of Erica Levitt Erica S Levitt
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
headshot of Richard Auchus Richard Auchus
James A Shayman and Andrea S Kevrick Professor of Translational Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Pharmacology
Manoj Puthenveedu Manoj Puthenveedu
Professor of Pharmacology
headshot of Carole Parent Carole Parent
Raymond W Ruddon Collegiate Professor of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute
headshot of Dave Jones David K Jones
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
headshot of Lori Isom Lori L Isom, PhD
Maurice H Seevers Collegiate Professor of Pharmacology
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Neurology
headshot of Paul Jenkins Paul M Jenkins
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Director Academic Program and Associate Chair for Education
Department of Pharmacology
headshot of Greg Tall Gregory G Tall
Professor of Pharmacology
headshot of Will Birdsong Will Birdsong
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Michael Holinstat Michael A Holinstat
Program Director
Pharmacology
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Surgery
Jess Anand Jess Anand
Research Assistant Professor
Pharmacology
labcoat Frank Kwarcinski
Research Investigator
Pharmacology
headshot of Yukun Yuan Yukun Yuan
Associate Research Scientist
Pharmacology
user headshot of Haoming-Zhang Haoming Zhang
Research Associate Professor
Pharmacology
headshot of Adam Courtney Adam H Courtney
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology