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. (Research Profile)
Clinical Professor of Pharmacology
OSU-Tahlequah Campus

 

Randall L. Davis, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Associate Dean of  Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Pharmacology

 

W. Kyle Simmons, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Director, OSU Biomedical Imaging Center 

Professor of Pharmacology

 

Alexis Jones, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Clinical Associate Professor of Physiology
OSU-Tahlequah Campus

 

Craig W. Stevens, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Professor of Pharmacology

 

David R. Wallace, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Interim Chair & Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology

 

Randy S. Wymore, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Associate Dean of Curricular Affairs
Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Dusti Sloan, PhD (Research Profile)

Clinical Associate Professor of Physiology

 

Sheri Core, PhD (Research Profile)

Clinical Assistant Professor of Physiology

 

Bart Ford, PhD (Research Profile)

Associate Professor of Physiology

 

Craig T. Werner, PhD (Research Profile)

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

 

Swarup Mitra, PhD (Research Profile, Lab Profile)

Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology

 

Staff

Daniel Buck
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Research Assistant III

 

Liming Fan
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Senior Research Assistant II

 

Brandon Curry

Department of Pharmacology and Physiology

Senior Research Assistant II

 

Kay Lynn Folmar

Department of Pharmacology and Physiology

Academic Assistant II

 

Kelly McCracken, MS

Department of Pharmacology & Physiology

Research Coordinator

 

Betty Jo Westerfield
Department of Curricular Affairs
Academic Assistant IV

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