The Department of Pharmacology and Physiology is dedicated to teaching and research, as well as service and outreach for OSU and the community.

Faculty research interests include:

• Acetylcholine Pharmacology
• Depression and eating disorders
• Pain and substance abuse
• Estrogens and the central nervous system
• Morgellons Disease
• Neuroinflammation
• Neurosciences
• Opioid Pharmacology & Addiction
• Toxicology

These research efforts are enhanced by the students in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program.

Hugo Arias, Ph.D.
Clinical Professor of Pharmacology
OSU-Tahlequah Campus
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Randall L. Davis, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Pharmacology
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W. Kyle Simmons, Ph.D.
Director, OSU Biomedical Imaging Center
Professor of Pharmacology
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Alexis Jones, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Physiology
OSU-Tahlequah Campus
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David R. Wallace, Ph.D.
Chair & Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
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Randy S. Wymore, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Curricular Affairs
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
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Dusti Sloan, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor of Physiology
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Sheri Core, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Physiology
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Bart Ford, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology
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Swarup Mitra, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology
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View Dr. Mitra's Lab Profile

Staff

Kay Lynn Folmar
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Academic Assistant II

Kelly McCracken, MS
Department of Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Coordinator

Ann Jeffers
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Research Scientists III

Halla Hamdan
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Research Asst II

Audrey Metcalf
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Research Asst I

Emeritus Faculty

Loren G. Martin, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

Warren Finn, Ph.D.
Emeritus Associate Professor of Physiology

Thomas Curtis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology

Kathleen S. Curtis, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology

Bruce A. Benjamin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology

Al Rouch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology