The Department of Pharmacoscience cultivates well-rounded, highly ethical graduates who have a deep understanding of pharmaceutical science, from basic to specialized knowledge, as well as education in a diverse range of related areas, like drug discovery, with the goal of producing researchers, technical experts and others capable of solving problems in ways that meet the diverse needs of society. In addition to Drug Discovery Science and Pharmaceutical Life Sciences, another key major in the Department of Pharmacoscience is Medicinal Science, which focuses on such topics as drug toxicity and environmental impact.
List of Research Areas and Faculty Members
| Major | Name | Title | Research Area |
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| Drug Discovery Science | AOKI Shin | Professor | Bio-related chemistry, Chemical pharmacy |
| UCHIRO Hiromi | Professor | Chemical pharmaceutical science, Drug development chemistry |
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| GOTO Satoru | Professor | Physical pharmaceutical science | |
| YAMASHITA Chikamasa | Professor | Physical pharmaceutical science | |
| WADA Takeshi | Professor | Chemical pharmaceutical science | |
| YOKOYAMA Hideshi | Associate Professor | Physical Biochemistry | |
| MORI-YASUMOTO Kanami | Junior Associate Professor | Natural products chemistry | |
| Pharmaceutical Life Sciences | AKIMOTO Kazunori | Professor | Cancer science |
| UCHIUMI Fumiaki | Professor | Biological system pharmaceutical | |
| HAYAKAWA Yoichi | Professor | Drug development chemistry | |
| Higami Yoshikazu | Professor | Environmental physiology (includes sports medecine/nutritional physiology) |
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| HAYATA Tadayoshi | Associate Professor | Developmental biology Orthopaedic surgery Functional basic dentistry | |
| HARADA Yohsuke | Associate Professor | Cellular and molecular immunology | |
| Medicinal Science | HORIGUCHI Itsuko | Professor | Public health |
| MIYAZAKI Satoru | Professor | Applied genome Science | |
| SHIMADA Shuji | Associate Professor | Clinical pharmaceutical science | |
| SUZUKI Tatsunori | Associate Professor | Sports science | |
| KAWANO Yohei | Junior Associate Professor | Pharmacotherapeutics | |
| FUJIE Tomoya | Junior Associate Professor | Environmental and hygienic pharmacy |