Hello, I have a BS degree (mathemetics) in college and anybody can
tell me the path to be a pharmacology? I have no ideat what i should
start first.
thanks
RC
BilZ0r - 14 Oct 2004 03:37 GMT
> Hello, I have a BS degree (mathemetics) in college and anybody can
> tell me the path to be a pharmacology? I have no ideat what i should
> start first.
> thanks
> RC
You want to be a research pharmacologist? Well I hear in the states, most
people do an undergraduate degree in biology/physiology; then a post
graduate degree pharmacology.
In europe and the rest of the world, most medical schools have pharmacology
departments where you can do an undergraduate degree in pharmacology. Then
you can go on and do a PhD.
Then you can go on and get a research position in a pharmaceutical firm, or
do some post-doctorate studies, and go down the achedemic road.
Gregory Poon - 14 Oct 2004 05:00 GMT
You could start over, and redo an undergraduate degree in pharmacology
Or, assuming you are very good at building models, programming, and
statistics, you can try your hands at being a graduate student in a research
group that does molecular pharmacology -- they love guys (or gals) like you
who can do hardcore math, since most pharmacology curricula don't teach any
math. You'll still pick up the pharmacology from taking undergrad
pharmacology courses (as a graduate student, probably doing extra
assignments).
If I were you, I'd look into the second option. To me that's far more
interesting.
> Hello, I have a BS degree (mathemetics) in college and anybody can
> tell me the path to be a pharmacology? I have no ideat what i should
> start first.
> thanks
> RC
Dudhorse - 19 Oct 2004 08:15 GMT
> Hello, I have a BS degree (mathemetics) in college and anybody can
> tell me the path to be a pharmacology? I have no ideat what i should
> start first.
> thanks
> RC
... around here in the so-called Research Triangle area of North Carolina
pharmaceutical companies are always in dire need and are willing to pay top
dollar for statisticians with a medical/bio-chemical or pharmacology
background.