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College of Pharmacy: Fact Sheet FY 2006
Education and Outreach
- PharmD program offered via distance education; has allowed the College to more than double the student body to meet pharmacist shortage in Florida.
- For the Working Profession Pharm.D. (WPPD) program, the college employs an additional 58 part-time faculty to help teach students across the U.S.
- The WPPD program includes nearly 700 students across the U.S., Europe, South Korea and Brazil.
- Distance Education Masters Degree in Forensic Chemistry and Forensic Serology to over 215 students around the world.
- Clinical Pharmaceutical Scientist PharmD/PhD tract has been developed to train and attract clinical pharmacists into translational research as part of the NIH Roadmap Initiative.
Research
- $9.0M level of external funding revenues, of which $7.1M or 78.4% was generated from federal sources (NIH and USDA).
- Nationally renowned scientist, Dr. Bergeron, has two agents in Phase I and Phase II clinical trials designed to treat liver cancer (hepatoma) or heavy metal toxicity (iron overload).
- Pharmacogenomics emphasis is the research future of our Department of Pharmacy Practice.
- Research in Drug Delivery systems involving nanotechnology and non-vector gene delivery.
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Dean: William H. Riffee, PhD
Joined UF faculty
and appointed Dean:
June 1996
PO Box 100484
Gainesville, FL 32610
Phone: (352) 273-6312
Fax: (352) 273-6306
The College of Pharmacy received $7,883,334 in total NIH funding in FY2006 and is ranked 9th out of the
62 US Pharmacy schools and colleges which receive NIH funding.
| College of Pharmacy Actuals: |
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| Grants/Contracts | $9.4M | 29.4% |
| State Funding | $13.0M | 40.5% |
| DOCE/AEF/MISC | $9.7M | 30.1% |
| Students | 2,247 |
| PharmD. | 1,228 |
| M.S./Ph.D. | 242/86 |
| WPPD | 691 |
| Faculty (full-time) | 60 |
| Degree programs | 3 |
| Locations: Gainesville, Jacksonville, Orlando, St. Petersburg | |
| Operating Budget (FY05) | $32.1M |
| Research Funding (FY05) | $9.4M |
