Meet our faculty

VCU's Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology faculty members are nationally and internationally renowned scholars in the fields of neuroscience, cancer and toxicology. This excellence is reflected in high-quality publications in leading journals and leadership roles in scientific societies.

Galya Abdrakhmanova, Ph.D.
Mario D. Aceto, Ph.D.
Hamid Akbarali, Ph.D.
Robert L. Balster, Ph.D.
Matthew L. Banks, Ph.D.
Patrick M. Beardsley, Ph.D.
Jill C. Bettinger, Ph.D.
Darlene H. Brunzell, Ph.D.
M. Imad Damaj, Ph.D.
Andrew G. Davies, Ph.D.
William L. Dewey, Ph.D.
Nazira El-Hage, Ph.D.
David A. Gewirtz, Ph.D.
Louis S. Harris, Ph.D.
Kurt F. Hauser, Ph.D.
Edward J.N. Ishac, Ph.D.
Ningjun Li, M.D.
Pin-Lan Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Aron H. Lichtman, Ph.D.
Michael F. Miles, M.D., Ph.D.
Richard G. Moran, Ph.D.
S. Stevens Negus, Ph.D.
Katherine L. Nicholson, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Lawrence F. Povirk, Ph.D.
Joseph K. Ritter, Ph.D.
Susan E. Robinson, Ph.D.
Gracious R. Ross, Ph.D.
Stephen T. Sawyer, Ph.D.
Dana E. Selley, Ph.D.
Keith L. Shelton, Ph.D.
Laura J. Sim-Selley, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Eustis Turf, Ph.D.
Sandra P. Welch, Ph.D.
Kimber L. White Jr., Ph.D.
Fan Zhang, Ph.D.
Yang Zhang, Ph.D.