PHRD-612: Pharmaceutical Sciences Research II

The Pharmaceutical Sciences Research elective is designed to provide students with the opportunity to engage in and learn about the process of scientific investigation. Students will work one on one with an investigator on a specific research project, providing them with the opportunity to read, evaluate and discuss primary literature pertinent to a specific research project, learn basic laboratory skills and protocols directed at addressing a specific research hypothesis/question and demonstrate their knowledge of background information about their project, data collected (if applicable) and the analysis of that data in both a written and oral format. The project is based on development of nutritionalo supplements. The students engaged in the project will work with various aspects of pharmaceutics include HPLC analytical method development and validation, forced degradation studies, isolation of compounds from raw materials, dissolution, disintegration, stability studies and various novel drug delivery strategies for improving bioavailability. (Variable 1 - 2 credits)