Welcome to the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. With more than 40 faculty members and a department that ranks ninth in NIH funding for pharmacology and toxicology programs, the department offers a rich and highly interdisciplinary environment for research, teaching and graduate program mission.

Since 1953, more than 220 scholars have earned their doctoral degrees from our department, making it one of the oldest and largest graduate programs of pharmacology and toxicology in the country. Nationally recognized for research in alcohol and drug abuse, cancer pharmacology and environmental toxicology, VCU’s Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology places the highest priority on training graduate students in diverse areas of study in a stimulating and interactive atmosphere.

I’ve been with the university for almost 30 years and can honestly say that my colleagues and I are united in our goal to provide quality
pharmacology and toxicology teaching, training
and research to our students.

William L. Dewey, Ph.D.    E-mail: wdewey@vcu.edu
Department seminar schedule
Dr. Billy R. Martin passed away June 8th, 2008