Focusing on drug metabolism, transport, distribution and absorption to deliver the right medicine to the right patient at the right time.
Collegiality, collaboration, and intellectual professionalism.
The Department of Pharmaceutics works to promote the efficacy and safety of therapeutics through inclusive teaching and transformative research in the drug delivery and disposition sciences. Through work that span from molecular, cell- and organ-based studies in humans and animals and mathematical modeling and simulation techniques, our research and teaching focus on understanding the processes that determine the exposure and pharmacological response to drugs. We focus on physiological and disease processes, genetics and environmental impacts that alter metabolism, transport, distribution and absorption of drugs. The highly collegial Department faculty, students, post-doctoral fellows and staff pursue these multidisciplinary and translational goals through collaboration within the School of Pharmacy, University of Washington campus and national and international institutions.
Latest Department News
Tim Tsang Named Among the UW’s Husky 100 for 2026
Department of Pharmaceutics Postdoctoral Scholar Tim Tsang has been named to the University of Washington’s 2026 Husky 100, an annual recognition honoring 100 undergraduate, graduate and professional students from across the UW Bothell, Seattle and…
For families facing DRPLA, UW research is helping illuminate a possible path forward
Melissa Barker-Haliski’s work at the UW School of Pharmacy is exploring whether emerging gene therapy approaches for DRPLA could help reduce seizures and improve daily life for patients and families. For families living with…
