Research Programs

The University of Louisville's Pharmacology and Toxicology programs focus on cutting-edge research in drug actions, toxic agents and their effects on health.

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The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology engages in an extensive array of research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health and other government agencies and private industry in collaboration with numerous UofL Centers and Institutes.
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Drug Development

Cancer immunotherapy, antivirals and vaccines, nutraceuticals

With chemical bottles out of focus in the foreground, Nathan O'Leary works in protective eyewear in a laboratory at the…

Environmental Carcinogenesis

Metals, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Alcohol, and PFAS (forever chemicals)

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DNA Repair

Molecular mechanisms and targets for cancer therapy

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Cancer Biology

Tumor microenvironment, migration, invasion and metastasis

Karen Udoh (left) and Onu Udoh (right)

Pharmacogenomics

Genetic variation, xenobiotic metabolism, molecular epidemiology
 

Antonio Abreu Almauguer '22, Cuban immigrant and School of Nursing student

Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Early detection and treatment of cancer, infectious and neurodegenerative diseases