The Principles of Pharmacology course began in 1998 to address the lack of formal training available in clinical pharmacology. The weekly lecture series, conducted by NIH, targets physicians, pharmacists and other scientists in training. Most medical schools do not offer a formal course in this discipline.

The course covers the pharmacologic aspects of contemporary drug development and use in therapeutics. It is taught by faculty members from NIH, the FDA, the pharmaceutical industry and academic institutions across the United States.

Principles of Clinical Pharmacology helps trainees prepare for the certification exam of the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology and guides the development of clinical pharmacology training programs throughout the country. The course also assists scientists working on translational research and experimental therapeutics, so that new drugs can move to the clinical phases of evaluation and development while adhering to sound principles of clinical pharmacology.

Since the course began, more than 4,000 people have enrolled in the program and more than 1,200 have earned certificates of participation. It is offered both on the NIH campus and to trainees at many other sites across the country and around the world, from Fort Detrick in Maryland and the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan to the Inha University College of Medicine in South Korea, who participated via teleconference.

For further detail and information on these and all scholarship and fellowship opportunities at NIH, please visit:  http://www.training.nih.gov/ 

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