Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Toxicology
The Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Toxicology is a graduating Department of the Pharmaceutical Faculty, which provides training for students in the specialty 226 “Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy”. In 2014, the Department of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Toxicological Chemistry separated as a graduating Department of the Pharmaceutical Faculty and since 2021 has been called “Medicinal Chemistry and Toxicology”.
The main task of the Department is to significantly improve the quality of teaching through the use of innovative methods and technologies for the implementation of scientific research in the fields of medicines analysis, biochemical research methods, toxicological chemistry and pedagogical research and the formation of an effective system of control and evaluation of students’ knowledge.
The Department provides teaching students of 1-5 courses of full-time, evening and part-time forms of education 6 mandatory disciplines, such as “Organic Chemistry”, “Biological Chemistry”, “Pharmaceutical Chemistry”, “Medicinal Toxicology”, “Standardization of Medicines” and “Manufacturing practice in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and standardization of medicines”, as well as 6 elective disciplines, including “Functional Biochemistry”, “Pharmaceutical aspects of substance use disorders”, “Toxicological and Forensic Chemistry”, “Theoretical foundations of synthesis and the relationship between the structure and action of medicines”, “Basics of pharmacokinetic modelling in silico“, “Drug quality control practical training”.
Among the scientific and pedagogical staff of the Department there are highly qualified teachers, including 3 doctors and 15 candidates of sciences, who have significant experience both in teaching and in research activities.
Scientific interests of the Department include synthesis and pharmacological assessment of biological activity of new compounds in silico and in vivo; development and improvement of methods of laboratory analysis of medicines and dietary supplements; study of biochemistry and pathobiochemistry of molecular mechanisms of damage to biomembranes and therapeutic and prophylactic use of bioantioxidants; educational and methodological support, reform of higher pharmaceutical education, introduction of modern educational technologies taking into account the specifics of teaching Organic, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Chemistry for students of the Pharmaceutical Faculty.
The Department actively cooperates with leading scientific institutions and pharmaceutical enterprises such as: The State Expert Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, The State Service of Medicines and Drug Control of Ukraine, Central Laboratory for Quality Control of Medicines and Medical Products (Kyiv), Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of NAS of Ukraine, State Institution “Marzieiev Institute of Public Health of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”, V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry (IBOPC) of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, “Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”, which contributes to the quality training of future specialists in the pharmaceutical industry.
Head of the Department, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honorary Scientist and Technician of Ukraine NIZHENKOVSKA IRYNA VOLODYMYRIVNA
The Department is located at the address: Yevhena Chykalenka Street, 22, 4th floor.
Contacts of the Department:
e-mail: pharm.chemistry@nmu.ua
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pharmchem.nmu
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