Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
Centers
Centers at the School of Pharmacy provide public education, conduct research, and link clinical and academic activities to help strengthen the public health infrastructure across the State of Maryland. While their areas of expertise vary, their common goal is to help provide quality health care and training to improve the health of the citizens of the State and across the Nation.
Center on Drugs and Public Policy
This Center conducts research on major drug policy issues, organizes conferences and workshops and serve as a consultant on drug issues to organizations in the public and private sectors.
Center for Drug Safety
This Center guides and inspires research and scholarship in pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, in order to improve public health.
Office of Substance Abuse Studies
The mission of the Office of Substance Abuse Studies (OSAS) at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy is to improve programs of substance abuse treatment and prevention and to explore the intersection of substance abuse and pharmacy practice in our society. For over twenty years OSAS has been providing education, research, and service programs in the field of substance abuse for health professionals and the community at large. The OSAS sponsors the Student Committee on Drug Abuse Education and its quarterly newsletter PharmAlert.
Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging
The Center serves as the focal point of education and outreach programs about the social and psychological aspects of drug use among the elderly and administers the Elder-Health Program for pharmacy students and retired pharmacists.
Pharmaceutical Research Computing
Our objective is to maintain a computer system to meet the data warehousing and analysis needs of the Department faculty, graduate students, and other researchers in need of data research. PRC is a self-supporting center and all revenues are generated from data services provided to academic research.