Directors, Clinical Pharmacology Training Programs in the United States

(Webpage: Last update: July 2021)  


Addison Taylor, MD, PhD
Faculty - Division Chief 
Div of Hypertension & Clinical Pharmacology 
Baylor Coll of Medicine 
One Baylor Plaza, MS BCM 285
Houston, Texas 77030 
Telephone: (713) 798-4138
Website | Email: [email protected]


Jennifer Goldman, MD, MSCR, Director and Jonathan Wagner, DO, Fellowship Associate Director
Children's Mercy Hosp & Clinics, Children's Mercy Hosp Collaborative Fellowship Program in Pediatric Pharmacology
2401 Gillham Rd
Kansas City, MO 64108
Telephone: (816) 855-1759 or (816) 234-3061

Website | Email: [email protected]


John N. van den Anker, MD, PhD
Evan & Cindy Jones Endowed Chair in Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology & Vice Chair of Pediatrics for Experimental Therapeutics
Chief, Div of Clinical Pharmacology
Children’s National Hosp
111 Michigan Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20010
Professor of Pediatrics, Pharmacology & Physiology and Genomics & Precision Medicine
The George Washington Univ School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Washington, DC

Email: [email protected]

 

Lionel D. Lewis, MD, MA, MBBCH
Professor of Medicine/Pharmacology & Toxicology 
Medical Director, Dartmouth Clinical Trials Office 
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth & Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Ctr 
Section of Clinical Pharmacology, Dept of Medicine
322 West Borwell Bldg
Lebanon, NH 03756
Telephone: (603) 650-7811/8685 
Email: [email protected]


Todd C. Skaar, PhD
Interim Division Chief
Div of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana Univ School of Medicine
950 West Walnut St, Rm 402
Research Institute II (R2)
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Telephone: (317) 274-2810
Website Email: Cheryl Weatherholt, Program Manager, [email protected]


Craig Hendrix, MD 
Wellcome Professor & Director, Div of Clinical Pharmacology 
Johns Hopkins Univ School of Medicine
600 N Wolfe St, Osler 527
Baltimore, MD 21287-5554
Telephone: (410) 375-4418 
Website | E-mail: [email protected]


Kurt Varner, PhD 
Lederle Laboratories/David R. Bethune Professor of Pharmacology 
Head, Dept of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 
Louisiana State Univ Health Sciences Ctr 
533 Bolivar St 
New Orleans, LA 70112 
Telephone: (504) 568-4742 
Website | Email: [email protected]


Dave Kisor, BS, PharmD, FCP
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Director of Pharmacogenomics Education in Pharmacy Programs
Manchester Graduate Certificate in Pharmacogenomics (GC in PGx)
Manchester Univ
10627 Diebold Rd
Fort Wayne IN, 46845
Telephone: (260) 470-2747

Website | Email: [email protected]


Liewei Wang MD, PhD
Professor, Div of Clinical Pharmacology
Dept of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 
Mayo Clinic Rochester
200 First St, SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Telephone: (507) 284-5264

Website | Email: [email protected]


Mitch A. Phelps, PhD
Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology
Outcomes & Translational Sciences Affiliated Facility 
Ohio State Univ Medical Ctr Coll of Medicine
506 Riffe Bldg 
Columbus, OH 43210
Telephone: (614) 688-4370
Website | Email: [email protected]


Walter K. Kraft, MD 
Professor of Pharmacology, Medicine & Surgery
Director, Clinical Research Unit & Office of Human Research
Thomas Jefferson Univ / Children’s Hosp of Philadelphia
132 South Tenth St, 1170 Main Bldg 
Philadelphia, PA 19107 
Telephone: (215) 955-9077
Website | Email: [email protected]


David J. Greenblatt, MD
Louis Lasagna Endowed Professor
Director, Clinical Pharmacology Training Program and Director of Admissions, Master of Science Program in Pharmacology & Drug Development
Tufts Univ School of Medicine 
136 Harrison Ave 
Boston, MA 02111 
Telephone: (617) 636-6997 
Website | Email: [email protected]


Irwin Lucki, PhD
Professor & Chair, Pharmacology & Molecular Therapeutics
Dept of Pharmacology & Molecular Therapeutics
Uniformed Svcs Univ of the Health Sciences & Walter Reed Army Inst of Research
4301 Jones Bridge Rd
Bethesda, MD 20814-4799
Telephone: (301) 295-3248
Website | Email: [email protected]


Edward P. Acosta, PharmD
Professor, Director, Div of Clinical Pharmacology & Director, PK/PD Core
Dept of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Univ of Alabama Birmingham   
Volker Hall, Rm 140
1720 2nd Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35294
Telephone: (205) 934-4579
Website | Email: [email protected]


Jeremiah Momper, PharmD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Div of Pharmaceutical Sciences
UC San Diego & Pfizer Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology-Oncology
Univ of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0657
La Jolla, CA 92093
Telephone: (858) 822-0913
Website | Email: [email protected]


Esteban G. Buchard, MD, MPH

 Professor, Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, Co-director, Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship Program and Leslie Floren, PharmD, PhD, MA, DABCP, Adjunct Associate Professor, Bioengineering & Therapeutics Sciences and Co-director, Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship Program

Univ of California San Francisco Schools of Pharmacy & Medicine
Rock Hall, Mission Bay
1550 4th St, RH-584C
San Francisco, CA 94158
Telephone: (415) 514-9677 or (415) 514-3559
Fax: (415) 514-4365
Website | Email: [email protected] or [email protected]


Peter H. O'Donnell, MD 
Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology
Chair, Committee on Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacogenomics
Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacogenomics Training Program
Univ of Chicago Medicine
5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 2115
Chicago, IL 60637
Website | Email: [email protected]


Sonya Tang-Girdwood, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Univ of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Director, Div of Clinical Pharmacology 
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Ctr 
3333 Burnet Ave, MLC 6018 
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3026 
Telephone: (513) 636-5883
Division Website | Fellowship Website | Email: [email protected]


Peter Anderson, PharmD & Kristina Brooks, PharmD
Professor & Assistant Professor
Univ of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences
12850 E Montview Blvd
Aurora, CO  80045
Telephone:  (303) 724-6128
Website | Email:  [email protected] & [email protected]


Patrick Moriarty, MD, FACC, FACP
Director, Clinical Pharmacology
Univ of Kansas Medical Ctr 
4000 Cambridge St, MS 2024 
Kansas City, KS 66160 
Telephone: (913) 588-6841
Fax: (913) 588-4074 
Website | Email: [email protected]

  

Robert J. Straka, PharmD, FCCP
Professor & Head, Dept of Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology
Univ of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
7-115 Weaver-Densford Hall
308 Harvard St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Telephone: (612) 624-5663
Fax: (612) 625-3927
Website | Graduate Program Website | Email: [email protected]


Kim LR Brouwer, PharmD, PhD
Program Co-Director & Mentor
UNC-Duke Collaborative Clinical Pharmacology Postdoctoral Training Program
Pharmacotherapy & Experimental Therapeutics
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
100 L Beard Hall
CB# 7569
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7569
Telephone: (919) 962-7030
Website | Email: [email protected]


E. John Wherry, PhD 
Chair, Dept of Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics
Univ of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine 
352/829 Biomedical Research Building II/III
421 Curie Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160
Telephone: (215) 898-7819
Fax: (215) 573-6804
Website | Email: [email protected]


Kevin M. Watt, MD, PhD
Division Chief, Div of Clinical Pharmacology, Dept of Pediatrics
Univ of Utah School of Medicine
295 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Telephone: (801) 585-7587
Website | Email: [email protected]


Bjorn C. Knollmann, MD, PhD 
William Stokes Professor of Medicine & PharmacologyFellowship Director, Div of Clinical Pharmacology
Director, Vanderbilt Center for Arrhythmia Research & Therapeutics (VanCART)
Vanderbilt Univ School of Medicine 
Medical Research Bldg IV, Rm 1265
2215B Garland Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-0575 
Office: (615) 343-6493

 Website | Email: [email protected]