About the Discipline
Pharmacology is the study of drugs and how they interact with our body.
Drugs may be used to improve health and quality of life, as medicines to treat and prevent diseases or, as a research tool, to further explore body functions.
Pharmacology is both an experimental and clinical science that deals with all types of drugs - medicinal and recreational, legal and illegal, synthetic and naturally occurring, therapeutically beneficial medicines and potentially toxic substances. It is an interdisciplinary field that bridges Physiology, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Neuroscience, Mathematics, Statistics and Medicine.
Consulting & Contracting
The Discipline has a wide variety of expertise in areas ranging from whole organism pharmacology to molecular pharmacology and toxicology. Organisations wishing to use the Discipline's expertise in consulting or contract research and testing should go to the research pages for details of Discipline research strengths, and then contact the researchers.
Contact Adelaide Research & Innovation (ARI), the commercial development company of the University to find out more.
