Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
About the Department
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
- Cardiovascular Regulation
- Depression and eating disorders
- Pain and substance abuse
- Estrogens and the central nervous system
- Morgellons Disease
- Neuroinflammation
- Neurosciences
- Opioid Pharmacology
- Renal Function
- Toxicology
These research efforts are enhanced by the students in the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program.
Academics
Faculty in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology teach courses in the School
of Biomedical Sciences and the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Faculty
Hugo Arias, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Clinical Professor of Pharmacology
OSU-Tahlequah Campus
Bruce A. Benjamin, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Vice Provost for Graduate Programs
Associate Professor of Physiology
Kathleen S. Curtis, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Interim Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Professor of Physiology
Thomas Curtis, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Associate Professor of Physiology
Randall L. Davis, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Associate Dean of Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Pharmacology
W. Kyle Simmons, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Associate Professor of Physiology
Director, OSU Biomedical Imaging Center
Ying He, PhD (Research Profile)
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Alexis Jones, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
OSU-Tahlequah Campus
Alexander Rouch, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Associate Professor of Physiology
Craig W. Stevens, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
Professor of Pharmacology
David R. Wallace, Ph.D. (Research Profile)
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
Bart Ford, PhD (Research Profile)
Associate Professor of Physiology
Staff
Daniel Buck
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Research Assistant III
Liming Fan
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Senior Research Assistant II
Kelly McCracken, MS
Department of Pharmacology & Physiology
Research Coordinator
Carol Roades, BS
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Academic Assistant II
Betty Jo Westerfield
Department of Curricular Affairs
Academic Assistant IV
Emeritus Faculty
George M. Brenner, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology
Loren G. Martin, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
Warren Finn, Ph.D.
Emeritus Associate Professor of Physiology
School of Biomedical Sciences
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