The PBS graduate program will provide the academic, research, and administrative resources necessary to meet the program goals:

• Give students breadth of knowledge in modern pharmaceutical and biomedical science disciplines and application to drug discovery and development.
• Give students depth of knowledge and technical training in their area of study.
• Develop a strong work ethic and time management skills in graduate students.
• Train students to conduct research with the highest ethical standards.
• Teach students to think critically and creatively to solve difficult scientific problems.
• Teach students to speak and write about their research clearly and convincingly and successfully compete for external research funding.
• Teach students to critically evaluate their own data and results in the scientific literature.
• Promote a rigorous academic and research environment in which students will add to the current knowledge in their fields.
• Train students to be independent scholars who will make original and important contributions to their fields.