The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy

Welcome Departmental Mission Department History Explore the rich history of one of the oldest and most successful graduate programs in Pharmacy Administration in the United States. Educational Programs The Department of Pharmacy Administration offers many educational opportunities for students looking to deepen their understanding of pharmaceutical marketing and management. Research The faculty and graduate students are engaged in a variety of research activities related to pharmaceutical marketing and management. Department Faculty and Staff Meet the faculty and staff that comprise the Department of Pharmacy Administration. Graduate Student Scholars Recruiting from across the nation and across the world. Center for Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management Through its aquisition of external funds, those associated with CPMM focus their efforts on research, teaching, and service in the areas of medication use outcomes, pharmacy entrepreneurship, and pharmaceutical marketing. City of Oxford The once small town is now a dynamic community, where students, families, and active retirees alike may avail themselves of any number of services and amenities each and every day.

Departmental Mission

The mission of the Department of Pharmacy Administration consists of the following teaching, research and service components.

Teaching
At the undergraduate level to create an environment where students can learn and apply the principles of management, marketing, economics, law, the social sciences and the communicative process such that each can enter and succeed in a professional career in one of the pharmaceutical sciences.

To create a graduate education environment (offering both Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees) that enables students to acquire the necessary abilities in the areas of management, marketing, and economics as they relate to pharmacy and health care; to enable them to function as independent researchers; and to sufficiently prepare them to successfully enter fields appropriate for such abilities.

Research
To create new knowledge in the areas of management, marketing, and economics as they relate to pharmacy and health care. To maintain a research program for faculty and graduate students that is consistent with and supportive of the teaching program both in terms of content and supplemental funding. To initiate and to collaborate in research conducted in the Center for Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management and the National Center for Natural Products Research.

Service
To provide leadership, assistance, information, and expertise to the school, the university, the academy, pharmacy and other health professions, and society.