pharmacy phd jobs

Jobs for Pharm.D. vs. Ph.D. — What’s the Difference?

Written by Kelly Jeroski

April 20, 2023

Here’s something you might not know about pharmacists — pharmaceutical professionals can choose to focus their career on either patient care or research. In fact, there’s a different degree for each path.

A Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) prepares students to become Pharmacists focused on patient care, while a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) prepares students for careers in academia or research and development.

Both patient-care and research positions within pharmacy are similar in that students receive formal training and education in common subjects such as drug development, drug delivery, and medicine chemistry, but their career paths and opportunities differ in several ways.

Let’s talk about the difference between patient-care and research within the field of pharmacy.

The Patient-Care Track vs. the Research Track

The Pharm.D. track is a four-year program — ending with Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) rotations and two personal and professional development courses. Once patient-care focused pharmacists enter the workforce, job opportunities after Pharm.D. focus on an individual’s treatment options when it comes to prescription pharmaceuticals. Pharmacists typically work as providers at pharmacies or hospitals throughout their career, and it is possible to advance into management positions.

The research track of pharmacology (Ph.D.) on the other hand, often extends beyond four years and ends in an extensive research project. Pharmacology researchers, generally, work on molecular targeting, drug design, and drug delivery in developing new approaches to treat disease. Research professionals may operate as researchers at universities, hospitals, private corporations, or laboratories. Many choose to work as professors within universities in addition to research work, but they do not serve as health care providers.

How to Become a Pharmacist — Types of Pharmacy Degrees

Doctor of pharmacy.

The Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) includes a mix of classroom instruction and real-world experience to provide students with the skills to excel in pharmacy. The school targets active learning in at least 30 percent of each student's educational track. This cooperative learning model ensures that graduates have the communication skills and practical experiences to pass licensing exams and achieve pharmacist career path.

What Do Pharmacists Learn?

The program works closely with the College of Medicine to foster a team-oriented approach to pharmacy and medicine. The College of Pharmacy has two departments: pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy practice.

Ph.D. Programs

Students interested in research have a number of opportunities related to biomedical sciences. Graduate students receive a mix of classroom instruction and real-world research experience by working alongside faculty.

Pharmacology is the research side of the Pharm.D. program. Students in this area may develop expertise in molecular targeting, drug design, and drug delivery in specific response to disease. The program uses a combination of classroom instruction, laboratory work, and the opportunity to work alongside faculty at NEOMED and Kent State University. Prior to starting a Ph.D. program, most students will need to earn a master’s degree after their four-year degree. Some programs may integrate the master’s and Ph.D. degrees where one builds upon the other.

Comparing the Job Markets for Pharm.D. vs. Ph.D.

Pharmacists.

In 2019, the median pharmacist salary was $128,090. For pharmacists, the number of hospital jobs is expected to grow by 4 percent by 2028. Pharmacists take prescriptions from medical doctors and administer medications to patients. They are also qualified to ask questions and provide information regarding the medicines they prescribe. The majority of pharmacists work in pharmacies within retail stores or medical facilities although the field is evolving with more and more recent graduates electing to work in clinical settings. There are even niche sectors of medicine different types of pharmacists can specialize in with a year or two of residency after graduation. 

Working as a pharmacist requires a Doctor of Pharmacy, known as a Pharm.D., which is a four-year degree. They are also required to pass two exams related to licenses.

Medical Researchers

Medical researchers (M.S. and Ph.D.) earned a median annual salary of $88,790 in 2019, and the field is expected to grow by 6 percent, which is a bit faster than the national average. Most researchers work full time in either a laboratory or a general office environment. These positions are responsible for the study of medical conditions and the development of treatments and medicines.

Working in this field usually requires a Ph.D., but many candidates are able to obtain rewarding positions based on experience or other academic accomplishments. For example, some medical researchers also have a medical degree in addition to a medical research background.

Jumpstart Your Health Care Career at NEOMED — Connect With Us!

Take the next step toward an exciting career in the medical field — we can help you get started.

If you need help deciding which of the above career paths is best for you, we invite you to schedule a career consultation with us. In order to do so, contact the College of Pharmacy at [email protected] or schedule a meeting . Best of luck!

Want to learn more about health care careers after NEOMED? Download our resource, "Getting a Job as a Medical Professional with Your Health Care Degree".

About the author

Kelly jeroski.

Assistant Director of Admission

More Articles

What can you do with a pharmacy degree, what do you learn in pharmacy school here are 6 surprising things, 4 tips for your pharmacy school interview.

Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD Recruitment

This page was designed to introduce you to our School virtually and serve as a landing for information regarding our events. We hope you’ll get a feel for everything our School has to offer: from the community that will support you throughout your PhD training to the unmatched educational, professional, and research opportunities we provide. Applicants who receive an offer of admission will be invited to Chapel Hill for an in-person visit February 29- March 2 during which they will join us for the 2024 Research & Graduate Education Retreat featuring presentations from our current students and trainees.

Throughout this site, you’ll find lots of important information. Under each tab, you’ll discover links to documents, sections of our website, and videos created by members of our community. You’ll find schedules for the events under the “Agenda” tab. We are looking forward to you joining us for these activities!

Again, we’re grateful for your consideration of our program and are looking forward to meeting you, sharing our excitement for drug development and policy, and convincing you to join the Eshelman School of Pharmacy for your PhD training. If you have questions about any of the items on this site, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Will Taylor .

Welcome to the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy!

• Student Life
• Our Diversity
• Program Information
• Student Research Talks
• Research and Scholarship
• Global Opportunities
• Stipend and Benefits

Schedule of Events

Thursday, February 29 th    

Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Volunteers drive candidates from RDU Airport to the Carolina Inn, and student hosts meet them there to take them to Divisional Activities  

• Divisional Activities to be communicated by each division

Hosts escort candidates back to the Carolina Inn  

Friday, March 1 st  

7:50am: Hosts escort candidates to breakfast  

8:00am: Breakfast & Welcome (tbd) Beard Hall  

• Dean Michael Jarstfer (Assistant Dean and Director of Graduate Studies)  

9:00-11:00am: Divisional Tours with Hosts  

Hosts escort candidates back to the Carolina Inn and then to the Friday Center  

11:30am Travel by FCX to Friday Center  

12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch at the Friday Center  

1:45-5:00pm: UNC PharmSci Research Retreat (Friday Center)  

6:30-9pm (food starts at 7:15pm): Banquet (Carolina Inn)  

9pm: Postprandial Bar Research (Franklin Street)  

Hosts and GSO Volunteers escort candidates back to the Carolina Inn  

Saturday, March 2 nd   

Apartment Tours 8-11am  

Hosts do tours, GSO Volunteers drive back to airport  

Our Campuses

UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy offers a dual campus model with campuses in Chapel Hill and Asheville . One school, two campuses, same degree.

Most students live in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, or Durham, though some students choose to live in Cary, Raleigh, or other nearby cities. About 70% of students live in an apartment, and the rest live in townhouses, houses, or on-campus housing. Overall, there is about an even split between those that live with roommates or partners and those that live on their own.

As the vast majority of students (92%) rent their home, many students invest in renter’s insurance to protect against unforeseen circumstances. The price will vary depending on the type of property and location, but students often find the yearly cost affordable. Renter’s insurance can cover events like theft, fires, floods, and accidents.

Transportation

Most of our students ride the bus to campus. Chapel Hill Transit offers free buses to campus from Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Park-and-Ride lots. Check out more information on the  UNC Transit  website to see where bus lines run in our area.

Some students ride a bike to campus. In fact, UNC has been recognized as a silver-level bicycle-friendly university. Learn more about registering your bike and the rewards for cyclists on the  UNC Bike  website.

Only about 4% of students park in an on-campus parking lot. There is a lottery system for student on-campus parking which will start accepting registrations in late June. Unless there is a special need, most of our students do not sign up for on-campus parking because it is expensive and we have a great bus system that you can ride for free. However, if you wanted to consider on-campus parking please make sure to read through the lottery system and parking zones on the  student parking website .

Weeknight Parking

UNC requires that anyone parking in an on-campus lot after 5pm on weeknights must either a) have a valid parking permit, or b)  register their car  for weeknight parking.

Organizational Diversity and Inclusion

The School’s vision is grounded in our aspiration to be a diverse and inclusive community of people to accelerate new thinking and ideas in education, research, and practice that have a positive impact on human health worldwide. We envision a school that reflects, in all its dimensions, the population it serves.

Our Mission

The Office of Organizational Diversity and Inclusion ‘s mission is to leverage diversity and inclusion in the School’s infrastructure to produce meaningful and sustainable change to create a school culture where all are appreciated for who they are and to develop principled leaders that are primed and positioned to solve real-world problems and care for the world. You can read our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Plan here .

At the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, we are preparing the next generation of scientists, clinicians, and practitioners to discover innovative solutions to the world’s most challenging health care issues. In this guide, you’ll learn about:

• Our  four academic divisions that provide PhD training and that correspond to a stage in the drug-development cycle
• Our highly  collaborative approach to research and scholarship
• Career information and opportunities for pharmaceutical scientists
• Step-by-step guide  to getting started on earning your PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences

CBMC Curriculum

CBMC 807: Molecular Foundations in Chemical Biology Prerequisites: Students are expected to have a solid understanding of introductory organic chemistry as taught at the undergraduate level.

This course provides a review of important concepts in organic chemistry as they apply to biological research. Topics include a review of intermolecular interactions as they apply to biological structures and function, a discussion of how small molecules interact with their targets, an overview of synthetic methods that relate particularly to drug molecules, and basic strategies of drug design.

CBMC 805: Molecular Modeling Prerequisites: None

This course provides a general introduction to the field of Molecular Modeling while providing relevant applications of theory to both academic and industrial research endeavors.

PHRS 801: Common Core in Pharmaceutical Sciences Prerequisites: None.

This course provides an interdisciplinary environment for students from each of the four Divisional PhD programs in UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Students will learn about and develop skills in topics related to the responsible conduct of research, pharmaceutical development, professional development, and independent development.

PHRS 899: Seminars in Chemical Biology Students must register for PHRS 899 each semester of their graduate program. However, only 4 credits of PHRS 899 (2 credits for MS) may count toward the requirement for the PhD degree.  Seminars are conducted jointly with the Division of Chemical Biology and Bioorganic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry. Attendance at all Division seminars is mandatory and two unexcused absences will result in a grade of F. As an additional component of the seminar requirements of the graduate curriculum, attendance by all students is required during a student’s Doctoral Defense. These Defense seminars are held outside of the normal seminar series.

Each student is required to present a seminar in PHRS 899 either in the student’s third year or in the beginning of his/her fourth year and will be considered in assigning the grade in PHRS 899. In this seminar, the student critically reviews the area pertinent to his/her thesis topic making sure that s/he discusses studies that include his/her group’s contributions and those of other laboratories and includes a description of the student’s ongoing studies that add to this body of research. Faculty members will evaluate the student seminar. Students receiving an overall failing evaluation on the presentation will receive an “incomplete” grade in PHRS 899 for that semester and must consult with the seminar coordinator before giving a make-up seminar at a later date.  Additionally, students receiving “incomplete” grades may be advised to seek further training in presentations. In those cases where the student’s research contains intellectual property (IP) and where disclosure risks the IP, a student can provide a comprehensive review of a different subject in medicinal chemistry. Permission to do so will require the approval of the thesis adviser and the seminar coordinator. Each seminar topic, title, summary, and research article must be approved by the student’s research adviser and seminar coordinator.  A student presenter should send the title of their seminar talk to the Graduate Program Coordinator upon request.

PHRS 991: Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Research Rotations) During the first two semesters, the student conducts three ~10-week research rotation projects, each under the supervision of a different faculty member. These rotation projects are considered as course work for PHRS 991. Students select rotations from any of the CBMC Faculty. With the approval of the DDGS, students may also perform rotation projects with faculty outside the labs of the CBMC Faculty, especially when the rotation will provide training in an area that is outside of the expertise of the CBMC Faculty.

To select an adviser for each research rotation, the student should interview members of the CBMC faculty about possible projects. Prior to each rotation, the student will turn in a RESEARCH ROTATION LAB SELECTION FORM (Appendix A) to the Graduate Program Coordinator. Over the course of the first year, each student is encouraged to schedule individual interviews with all members of the CBMC faculty. Although varied slightly from year to year, the rotations usually start in late August and end in late April in the next year.

Students admitted in the fall semesters can begin their rotations the summer before. In that scenario, the student must contact the Graduate Program Coordinator at least four weeks prior to the start of the rotation. The summer rotation will be considered as one of their three required rotations. A waiver for one research rotation may be granted if a student has previously completed substantial independent research. Students seeking such a waiver must petition the DDGS, and provide information (e.g. reports, manuscripts, grant proposals, and/or letters from research advisers) about their previous research. If a student has obtained a specific fellowship to work with a CBMC faculty member, then research rotations may be optional.

During lab rotations, students are expected to work in the laboratory at least 20 hours per week. Students are fully integrated into the laboratory during their rotation projects and are involved in lab meetings and journal clubs. At the beginning and end of each rotation, the rotation adviser and student review a written or oral statement of expectations for the student’s performance in the laboratory. These discussions provide the student with the advisers’ expectations and critical comments on areas of excellence and weakness. Guidelines for the research rotations are described in the PHRS 991 syllabus.

At the end of each rotation, students will submit a written report using the Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences – Student Evaluation Form (Appendix B) to the Graduate Program Coordinator. Students will also present the results of their rotation projects to their Student Advisory Committee (SAC). The SAC committee, in consultation with the rotation adviser, will provide a brief summary and evaluation and submit a grade to the Graduate Program Coordinator and the DDGS to be entered at the end of the semester. After the third rotation, students will present the work of their rotation in the CBMC End of Year Mini-Symposium.

  The DDGS serves as the temporary advisor for the first-year students who enroll in PHRS 991. The SAC committee provides additional mentoring and consists of three CBMC faculty. The SAC is formed at the beginning of the first semester based on a student’s request and the availability of faculty members.

CHEM 701  (Introduction to Laboratory Safety) Prerequisites: first-year graduate student status or permission of instructor

This course provides an overview of safety rules and regulations, guidance in safe laboratory practice, and creates a culture of laboratory safety.

CBMC 804A: Biochemical Foundations of Chemical Biology . Prerequisites: CHEM 466, BIOC 505, 601, or PHCO 643; or permission of instructors.

This course covers core biochemical and molecular biology techniques, concepts, and tools used to conduct research at the interface of chemistry and biology. Topics include enzymology, characterization of drug-target interactions, mechanism-based inhibitor design, assay design and development, targeting kinases and GPCRs, biopharmaceuticals, gene therapy, nucleic-acid binding agents, information-based drugs, chemical tools to study epigenetics, harnessing biosynthetic pathways for chemical diversity, and other recent advances and techniques in drug discovery.

CBMC 804B: Foundations of Chemical Biology Journal Club . Prerequisites: Enrollment in CBMC 804A.

This course is a series of presentations by students that run in concert with CBMC 804A.

Biology Core Course Each student has the option to choose one 3- or 4-credit hour course on campus that is focused on biological systems or techniques.  A good starting point to find such a course is the BBSP website. Some examples include PHCO701 (Introduction to Molecular Pharmacology), BIOC706 (Biochemistry of Human Disease), GNET631 ( Advanced Molecular Biology), CBIO643 (Cell Structure and Function) and CBIO893 (Advanced Cell Biology).

PHRS 802: Drug Development and Professional Skills Development Prerequisites: None.

This course provides an interdisciplinary environment for students from each of the four Divisional PhD programs in UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Students will learn about the general process of drug development and develop associated professional skills.

Elective Course: Students have the option to take one elective course of their interest. There is no requirement on the number of credit hours of the course. Students typically choose a course that provides specific skills and knowledge their thesis work needs.

PHRS 994: Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Thesis Research) The students begin to register 3 credit hours PHRS 994 each semester once they have chosen the thesis adviser. Guidelines for the thesis research are described in the PHRS 994 syllabus.

DPMP Curriculum

This DPMP Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences track has an emphasis in pharmacoengineering, an emerging discipline that integrates engineering methods with pharmaceutical sciences. Pharmacoengineers apply the latest experimental approaches from life sciences, chemistry, and physics in conjunction with theoretical and quantitative methods from engineering, mathematics, and computer science to solve problems in medicine and drug therapies.

We believe in the importance of in-depth training of students both in pharmaceutical sciences and modern engineering, mathematics, and computer science, as well as in the conduct of original research leading to the doctoral dissertation. Thus, we have designed the curriculum to offer rigorous and comprehensive training in the key principles of pharmaceutical sciences and engineering yet maintain a high degree of flexibility for students to tailor the coursework to their specific interests suitable to their research projects.

The program is among the first of its kind in the country and is a joint effort between the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy’s Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics and the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University.

Students work at the interface of engineering and pharmaceutical sciences to develop safer and more effective medicine and medical technologies. It provides students not only with a strong knowledge base in both pharmaceutical sciences and engineering, but also a highly interdisciplinary research experience. Students have the flexibility to work with any of more than two dozen outstanding faculty members with expertise in a variety of fields within pharmacy and engineering.

Math/Applied Math Electives

Engineering electives.

Other courses can fulfill these electives upon petition by the student and approval by the director of graduate studies or the student’s Ph.D. advisory committee.

DPET Curriculum

For students admitted in even years (e.g. 2024):

• Core Courses for Students (Clinician and Non-Clinician Track)

For students admitted in odd years (e.g. 2025):

DPOP Curriculum

Pharmaceutical policy and economics concentration.

The Pharmaceutical Policy and Economics concentration prepares students to learn about pharmaceutical policy in the US and abroad and analyze the impact of such policy. Students learn how to select the optimal study design to answer a research question and, through research rotations and practica, gain skills in primary data collection and secondary data analysis. Students in this concentration can tailor their coursework to develop expertise in the methodologies and content of greatest interest to them.

REQUIRED COURSEWORK FOR PHARMACEUTICAL POLICY AND ECONOMICS CONCENTRATION

(* denotes that course is required for all DPOP PhD students)

STATISTICS COURSES

Students are required to take a minimum of 9 credit hours of statistical coursework. A number of departments offer statistical courses. Students are encouraged to review the following statistical series and select the series that is of greatest interest to them. Different departments teach using different statistical software programs, so students should consider this when selecting a statistical series.  

Recommended Statistics Sequence Courses:

• HPM 881 . Linear Regression Models (3 credits). Permission of instructor required (with exception of HPM PhD students). Prerequisite: BIOS 600 or equivalent background in probability theory/statistics for students lacking the prerequisite. Required preparation, matrix algebra, derivatives, logs/exponentials, and Stata. This course is an introduction to linear regression models. Topics include least squares regression, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation, and hypothesis testing.
• HPM 882 . Advanced Methodology for Health Policy and Management Research

  (3 credits). Prerequisite: HPM 881, or permission of the instructor. Research methodology as applied to understanding problems in health care delivery. Topics include simultaneous equation models, factor analysis, limited dependent variables, and an introduction to event history analysis.

• HPM 883 . Analysis of Categorical Data (3 credits) Prerequisite: HPM 881 and HPM 882 or equivalent. This course is an introduction to the analysis of categorical data using maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) and other non-linear techniques and specification tests. Topics covered include models in which the dependent variable is not continuous, including logit, probit, censored data, two-part, and count models.
• ECON 700 . Basic Quantitative Techniques (3 credits) Topics from linear algebra, calculus, linear and nonlinear programming, and the theory of difference and differential equations with applications to economics. (Summer)
• ECON 770 . Introduction to Econometric Theory (3 credits) Probability theory, expectation, conditional expectation, modes of convergence, limit and interchange theorems, and the asymptotics of maximum likelihood, generalized method of moments and efficient method of moments. (Fall)
• ECON 771 . Econometrics (3 credits) Standard first year course in econometric theory and methods. Topics include least squares and maximum likelihood, asymptotic theory, classic inference, GMM, seemingly unrelated regression, endogeneity bias, and multi-stage least squares. (Spring)
• ECON 870 . Advanced Econometrics (3 credits) ECON 870 constitutes a one-semester treatment of the fundamental theory of econometrics. Topics covered include asymptotic distribution theory, linear and nonlinear models, specification testing techniques, and simultaneous equations models. Prerequisites: ECON 770, 771, and MATH 547.

Alternative Statistics Sequence Courses:

Biostatistics

• BIOS 600 . Principles of Statistical Inference (3 credits). Required preparation, knowledge of basic descriptive statistics. Major topics include elementary probability theory, probability distributions, estimation, tests of hypotheses, chi-square procedures, regression, and correlation.
• BIOS 545 . Principles of Experimental Analysis (3 credits). Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Required preparation, basic familiarity with statistical software (preferably SAS able to do multiple linear regression) and introductory biostatistics, such as BIOS 600. Continuation of BIOS 600. Analysis of experimental and observational data, including multiple regression and analysis of variance and covariance.
• BIOS 665 . Analysis of Categorical Data (3 credits). Prerequisites, BIOS 545, 550, and 662; or permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Introduction to the analysis of categorized data: rates, ratios, and proportions; relative risk and odds ratio; Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel procedure; survivorship and life table methods; linear models for categorical data. Applications in demography, epidemiology, and medicine.

SOCIOLOGY (Uses Stata)

• SOCI 708 . Statistics for Sociologists (4 credits) Provides an introduction to probability theory, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and the algebra of expectations. Emphasis is on elements useful to research sociologists, including bivariate regression and correlation.
• SOCI 709 . Linear Regression Models (4 credits) The course presents regression analysis and related techniques. The major topics are the assumptions of the regression model, dummy variables and interaction terms, outlier diagnostics, multicollinearity, specification error, heteroscedasticity and autocorrelation. The final section introduces path analysis, recursive models, and nonrecursive systems.
• SOCI 711 . Analysis of Categorical Data (3 credits) Perquisite, permission of the instructor. Introduction to techniques and programs for analyzing categorical variables and nonlinear models. Special attention is given to decomposition of complex contingency tables, discriminant function analysis, Markov chains, and nonmetric multidimensional scaling.
• SOCI 717 . Structural Equations with Latent Variables (3 credits) Prerequisite, SOCI 708 or permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. This course examines models sometimes referred to as LISREL models. Topics include path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, measurement error, model identification, nonrecursive models, and multiple indicators.
• SOCI 718 . Longitudinal and Multilevel Data Analysis (3 credits) Prerequisite SOCI 709 or 711. This course provides an introduction to event history analysis or survival analysis, random effects and fixed effects models for longitudinal data, multilevel models for linear and discrete multilevel data, and growth curve models.

Education (Uses SPSS)

• EDUC 710 . Statistical Analysis of Educational Data I (4 credits). Studies descriptive and inferential statistics for educational research, including an introduction to fundamentals of research design and computer data analysis. (Fall & Summer)
• EDUC 784 . Statistical Analysis of Educational Data II (4 credits). Prerequisite, EDUC 710 or permission of the instructor. A linear model approach to the analysis of data collected in educational settings. Topics include multiple regression, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance, using computer packages. (Spring & Summer)
• EDUC 884 . Statistical Analysis of Educational Data III (3 credits). An extension of the general linear model to analysis of educational data with multiple dependent variables, with computer applications. (Fall & Summer)
• EDUC 888 . Introduction to Structural Modeling (3 credits). Introduces structural equation modeling with both observed and latent variables. Applications include confirmatory factor analysis, multiple group analyses, longitudinal analyses and multitrait-multimethod models. (Spring)

Social Work

• SOWO 916 . Structural Equation Modeling (3 credits). In this course, students will learn fundamental concepts and skills to conduct structural equation modeling and will learn how to apply these techniques to social work research.
• SOWO 917 . Longitudinal and Multilevel Analysis (3 credits) This course introduces statistical frameworks, analytical tools, and social behavioral applications of three types of models: event history analysis, hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), and growth curve analysis.
• SOWO 918 . Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models (3credits) Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. This course introduces statistical frameworks, analytical tools, and social behavioral applications of OLS regression model, weighted least-square regression, logistic regression models, and generalized linear models.

ELECTIVE COURSES

Strongly Recommended: Additional methods training that can count toward the 9-credit elective requirement. We highly recommend students in the pharmaceutical policy and economics concentration take advanced methods courses beyond the requirements listed above. Students should consult regularly with their advisor to select from many available options . A number of graduate level elective courses that are relevant are offered at UNC. We list several below but encourage students to review course offerings each semester to find courses that match their research and career interests.

Health Policy and Management

• HPM 715 . Health Economics for Policy and Management (3 credits). Provides training in the theory of health economics and applies this theory to important issues in health policy and management.
• HPM 757 . Health Reform: Political Dynamics and Policy Dilemmas (3 credits) . This course focuses on the political and policy dynamics of health care reform.
• HPM 758 . Underserved Populations and Health Reform   (3 credits) . Students will gain an understanding of how the changes in the health care market affect care for underserved populations and will develop strategies to ensure that the needs of these populations are met.
• HPM 759 . Health Policy Development and Advocacy for Health Leaders (2 credits).  Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). The course will familiarize students with the history of health reform in the US, explore issues in health policy, analyze the impact of health politics on policymaking.
• HPM 762 . Quality of Care (3 credits).  The quality of health care in the US has garnered significant attention. This course will examine: (1) the current state of the quality of care in the US; (2) approaches to assess quality of care, and (3) strategies that have been implemented or proposed to improve the quality of care.
• HPM 772. Techniques for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care (3 credits). This course provides an investigation of the theory, methods, and application of economic evaluation to health care. Topics include methods used to structure an economic evaluation, measure and summarize health outcomes and estimate their value to patients or to the public, and identify resources used and estimate their costs. Prerequisite, EPID 600 .
• HPM 785  Advanced Decision Modeling (3). This course covers advanced decision modeling methods in health care, including probabilistic sensitivity and value of information analysis, economic evaluation using clinical trial data, and discrete event simulation and agent-based/system dynamics modeling techniques. The course teaches analytical techniques and interpretation as well as and state-of-the-art best practices. Prequisite: HPM 772.
• HPM 815 . Graduate Health Economics Seminar (1 credit). Permission of the instructor. Discussion of recent papers in health economics. Students must have solid knowledge of graduate microeconomics theory and econometrics.

Public Policy

• PLCY 716 . Politics and Public Policy Theory (3 credits). Students build a theoretical foundation about the politics of policymaking. We examine the governmental institutions and actors that make policy decisions, incentive structures, and influences that shape these decisions as well as the macro-environment within which policy demands arise and policy decisions are made.
• PLCY 788 . Advanced Economic Analysis for Public Policy I (3 credits). This course introduces microeconomic theory using multivariate calculus and constrained optimization. Topics covered include consumer theory, producer theory, market equilibrium, taxes, and market power. Applied public policy examples are incorporated.
• PLCY 789 . Advanced Economic Analysis for Public Policy II (3 credits). This course provides further applications of economic theory to public policy including risk and uncertainty, information economics, general equilibrium and welfare policy, externalities, public goods and taxation, and game theory. Prerequisite, PLCY 788.
• ECON 698. Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: Capstone Course (3 credits) Permission of the department. This capstone course advances PHIL 384, focusing on such theoretical and philosophical issues as the analysis of rights or distributive justice and the institutional implications of moral forms.
• ECON 810. Game Theory I (3 credits) Noncooperative games in strategic and extensive form, with perfect and imperfect information. Other topics from: information economics, mechanism design, auctions, repeated games, bargaining, bounded rationality, learning, evolutionary games, cooperative games.
• ECON 840. Advanced Finance: Expenditure (3 credits) Analysis of market failure and reasons for public spending, cost-benefit analysis and program budgeting, public decision making, redistribution and fiscal equity, intergovernmental transfers.
• ECON 850. Health Economics (3 credits). Measurement and modeling of the demand for medical care, the demand for and supply of health insurance, and the incorporation of health, medical care, and health insurance in determining both short and long run labor supply. Prerequisites: ECON 710 (Advanced Microeconomic Theory) and 771 (Econometrics); permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites.
• ECON 851. Health Economics for Developing Countries (3 credits). Major topics are: how health and development are related, the demand for health services, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, and methods for financing health care in developing, resource-constrained nations. Prerequisites: ECON 710 (Advanced Microeconomic Theory) and 771 (Econometrics); permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites.
• ECON 873. Microeconometrics (3 credits). Limited dependent variable models such as binary outcome models, multinomial outcome models, and censored and truncated outcome models. Count data models. Duration models. Panel data analysis. Prerequisite: ECON 870.
• ECON 880. Labor Economics I (3 credits). Analysis of short- and long-run aspects of supply and demand of labor, including empirical analysis of labor force behavior of males, females, blacks, and whites. Microeconomic effects of marriage, fertility, mobility on labor supply, and macroeconomic effects of unemployment on inflation. Prerequisite: ECON 710; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite.
• ECON 881. Labor Economics II (3 credits). This course covers a range of topics in labor economics, with a unifying theme of understanding how economics informs policies for alleviating inequality. Topics include social interactions, education, early childhood intervention, and discrimination.

Pharmaco-Epidemiology Concentration

The pharmaco-epidemiology concentration prepares students to interpret and apply state-of-the-art epidemiologic approaches to study utilization and comparative effectiveness/safety of healthcare interventions using a variety of complex data sources (e.g., administrative healthcare claims, electronic health records, and registries). Students in this concentration can tailor their coursework to develop expertise in the methodologies of greatest interest to them, focused on quantitative methods, including predictive analytics and causal inference.

Through completion of the required course work listed below, students who complete the PhD in DPOP with a concentration in pharmaco-epidemiology will also fulfill the requirements for a Minor in Epidemiology from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Prior to enrollment in your first semester of classes, you will coordinate with your advisor to formally declare your intention to minor, which you can opt out of at a later time if desired.

REQUIRED COURSEWORK FOR PHARMACO-EPIDEMIOLOGY CONCENTRATION

BIOSTATISTICS COURSES

Students in the pharmaco-epidemiology concentration are required to take a minimum of 6 credit hours in biostatistics classes. In addition to the formal biostatistics requirement detailed below, students should consult with their advisor to develop a specific plan for advanced methods training.

In your 1 st semester, there are two recommended options (choose one only):

• BIOS 600 . Principles of Statistical Inference (3 credits). Major topics include elementary probability theory, probability distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, chi-square procedures, regression, and correlation.
• BIOS 662 . Intermediate Statistical Methods (4 credits). Principles of study design, descriptive statistics, and sampling from finite and infinite populations, with particular attention to inferences about location and scale for one, two, or k sample situations. Both distribution-free and parametric approaches are considered. Gaussian, binomial, and Poisson models, one-way and two-way contingency tables, as well as related measures of association, are treated.

In your 2nd semester, there is one recommended biostatistics course:

• BIOS 545 . Principles of Statistical Inference (3 credits). Continuation of BIOS 600; the analysis of experimental and observational data, including multiple regression, and analysis of variance and covariance.

Starting in your 3rd semester, you should work with your advisor to select additional methods courses that best align with your interest and training needs. The section below on elective courses can serve as a useful starting point for some of those decisions.

Strongly Recommended: Additional methods training that can count toward the 9-credit elective requirement. We highly recommend students in the pharmaco-epidemiology concentration take advanced methods courses beyond the requirements listed above. Students should consult regularly with their advisor to select from many available options . Recommended additional methods courses include (but are not limited to):

• DPOP/EPID 766 . Epidemiologic Research Using Healthcare Databases (3 credits). This course focuses on how healthcare utilization data are generated and how to use databases to identify study populations and conduct epidemiologic studies of utilization patterns and comparative effectiveness/safety of prescription drugs and healthcare services. A major component of this course is an independent (or small group) project using IBM Watson Marketscan claims data.
• EPID 718 . Analytic Methods in Observational Epidemiology (3 credits). This course covers general epi concepts and applications, including logistic regression, binomial regression, model building strategy, additive and multiplicative interaction, and graphical exploration of data.
• EPID 722 . Epidemiologic Analysis of Time-to-Event Data (4 credits). This course covers epidemiologic analysis of time-to-event data and emphasizes weighing threats to the accuracy of inferences.

Other recommended electives for students in the pharmaco-epidemiology concentration. A number of graduate level elective courses that are relevant to the pharmaco-epidemiology concentration are offered at UNC. We list several below but encourage students to review course offerings each semester to find courses that are of greatest interest to them. A long list is provided below, but it is not exhaustive; you can work with your advisor to help select optimal courses for your trajectory.

• EPID 719. Readings in Epidemiologic Methods. (1 credit)
• EPID 731. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (1)
• EPID 733. Clinical Trials in Epidemiology (3)
• EPID 735. Cardiovascular Epidemiology (3)
• EPID 742. Biomarkers in Population-Based Research (2)
• EPID 743. Genetic Epidemiology: Methods and Applications (3)
• EPID 750. Fundamentals of Public Health Surveillance (3)
• EPID 751. Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases (3)
• EPID 753. Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases at the Level of the Community (3)
• EPID 754. Advanced Methods in Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3)
• EPID 755. Introduction to Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3)
• EPID 756. Control of Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries (3)
• EPID 757. Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries (3)
• EPID 760. Vaccine Epidemiology (3-4)
• EPID 764. Hospital Epidemiology (1-2)
• EPID 770. Cancer Epidemiology and Pathogenesis (3)
• EPID 771. Cancer Epidemiology: Survivorship and Outcomes (3)
• EPID 772. Cancer Prevention and Control Seminar (3)
• EPID 775. Advanced Cancer Epidemiology: Classic and Contemporary Controversies in Cancer Causation (2)
• EPID 785. Environmental Epidemiology (3)
• EPID 786. Community-Driven Epidemiology and Environmental Justice (2)
• EPID 787. Advanced Environmental Epidemiology (3)
• EPID 790. Intervention Epidemiology (2)
• EPID 795. Introduction to Public Health Informatics (1)
• EPID 813. Nutritional Epidemiology (3)
• EPID 814. Obesity Epidemiology (3)
• EPID 826. Introduction to Social Epidemiology (3)
• EPID 827. Social Epidemiology: Design and Interpretation (2)
• EPID 851. Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology (3)
• EPID 853. Advanced Topics in Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology (2)

Although it may not be used toward the elective requirement, DPOP students in the pharmaco-epidemiology concentration are strongly encouraged to attend EPID 893, the Pharmacoepidemiology Seminar . Offered every semester, this is a weekly seminar to explore current problems in pharmacoepidemiology and share research in a friendly but formal environment. Students may enroll in this 1-credit seminar as many times as they wish, but enrollment is not required in order to attend the seminar.

Social and Behavioral Concentration

The Social Behavioral concentration prepares students to apply social behavioral theory in the design and evaluation of health interventions as well as in the study of multilevel factors that affect health behaviors and outcomes. Students learn how to ask impactful questions, select optimal study designs and research methods to answer those questions, and disseminate their research findings to diverse audiences. Through research rotations and practica, students gain skills in primary data collection and secondary data analysis. Students in this concentration can tailor their coursework to develop expertise in the methodologies of greatest interest to them, including quantitative and qualitative methods.

REQUIRED COURSEWORK FOR SOCIAL BEHAVORIAL CONCENTRATION

Students are required to take a minimum of 9 credit hours of statistical coursework. A number of departments offer statistical courses. Students are encouraged to review the following statistical series and select the series that is of greatest interest to them. Different departments teach using different statistical software programs, so students should consider this when selecting a statistical series.

• SOCI 717 . Structural Equations with Latent Variables (3 credits) Prerequisite,  SOCI 708 or permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. This course examines models sometimes referred to as LISREL models. Topics include path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, measurement error, model identification, nonrecursive models, and multiple indicators.
• SOCI 718 . Longitudinal and Multilevel Data Analysis (3 credits) Prerequisite  SOCI 709 or  711 . This course provides an introduction to event history analysis or survival analysis, random effects and fixed effects models for longitudinal data, multilevel models for linear and discrete multilevel data, and growth curve models.
• EDUC 710 . Statistical Analysis of Educational Data I (4 credits). Studies descriptive and inferential statistics for educational research, including an introduction to fundamentals of research design and computer data analysis.
• EDUC 784 . Statistical Analysis of Educational Data II (4 credits). Prerequisite, EDUC 710 or permission of the instructor. A linear model approach to the analysis of data collected in educational settings. Topics include multiple regression, analysis of variance, and analysis of covariance, using computer packages.
• EDUC 884 . Statistical Analysis of Educational Data III (3 credits). An extension of the general linear model to analysis of educational data with multiple dependent variables, with computer applications.
• EDUC 888 . Introduction to Structural Modeling (3 credits). Introduces structural equation modeling with both observed and latent variables. Applications include confirmatory factor analysis, multiple group analyses, longitudinal analyses and multitrait-multimethod models.

SOCIAL WORK

• SOWO 917 . Longitudinal and Multilevel Analysis (3 credits). This course introduces statistical frameworks, analytical tools, and social behavioral applications of three types of models: event history analysis, hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), and growth curve analysis.
• SOWO 918 . Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models (3 credits) Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. This course introduces statistical frameworks, analytical tools, and social behavioral applications of OLS regression model, weighted least-square regression, logistic regression models, and generalized linear models.

HEALTH POLICY

• HPM 881 . Linear Regression Models (3 credits). Permission of instructor required (with exception of HPM PhD students). Prerequisite: BIOS 600 or equivalent background in probability theory/statistics for students lacking the prerequisite. Required preparation, matrix algebra, derivatives, logs/exponentials, and Stata. This course is an introduction to linear regression models. Topics include least squares regression, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation, and hypothesis testing. Students wishing to enroll in the HPM 881-883 sequence are strongly encouraged to enroll in HPM 880 (Mathematical and Statistical Tutorial) in the preceding fall semester .
• H PM 882 . Advanced Methodology for Health Policy and Management Research (3 credits ). Prerequisite: HPM 881, or permission of the instructor. Research methodology as applied to understanding problems in health care delivery. Topics include simultaneous equation models, factor analysis, limited dependent variables, and an introduction to event history analysis.

BIOSTATISTICS

Strongly Recommended: Additional methods training that can count toward the 9-credit elective requirement. We highly recommend students in the social behavioral concentration take advanced methods courses beyond the requirements listed above. Students should consult regularly with their advisor to select from many available options . A number of graduate level elective courses that are relevant to the social behavioral concentration are offered at UNC. We list several below but encourage students to review course offerings each semester to find courses that are of greatest interest to them.

Health Behavior

• HBEH 753 . Qualitative Research Methods (3 credits)
• HBEH 754 . Advanced Qualitative Research Methods in Health Behavior and Health Research (3 credits)
• HBEH 756 . Social and Peer Support in Health: An Ecological and Global Perspective (3 credits)
• HBEH 795 . E-Health (3 credits)
• SOWO 921 . Qualitative Research Methods. (3 credits)
• SOWO 922 . Advanced Topics in Causal Inference: Propensity Score and Related Models.

  (3 credits)

SOWO 923 . Systemic Reviews and Introduction to Meta-Analysis. (3 credits)

• NURS 962 . Conducting Systematic Reviews and Writing Specific Aims. (4 credits)
• NURS 976 . Issues in Sampling and Design. (3 credits)
• NURS 977 . Qualitative Approaches to Knowledge Development. (3 credits)
• NURS 979 . Qualitative Analysis. (3 credits)
• SOCI 761 . Questionnaire Design. (3 credits)
• SOCI 762 . Case Studies in Surveys. (3 credits)
• SOCI 863 . Sociology of Health, Illness, and Healing. (3 credits)

EPIDEMIOLOGY

• EPID 825 . SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH: THEORY, METHOD, AND INTERVENTION

(3 credits)

• HPM 758 . Underserved Populations and Health Reform (3 credits)
• HPM 830 . Translational Health Disparities: Research, Practice & Policy (3 credits)

CareerWell Graduate Certificate in Leadership, Innovation and Management

Emphasizes innovation and commercialization as well as workplace leadership and management principles.

Eshelman Institute for Innovation

A catalyst converting the power of raw ideas to high impact solutions that transform education, research, and health care in North Carolina and around the world.

Graduate Student Center

A central space where graduate and professional students from all disciplines and departments on campus can come together to create a stronger community among all graduate and professional students and provide a well-rounded Carolina experience.

Graduate Training Program in Translational Medicine

Augments the usual student-research PI team with a clinical co-mentor who helps guide the student’s research and immerses the student in clinical experiences, vocabulary, and the overall culture of clinical research through experiential learning and didactic education.

Office of Student Affairs

Provides student-centered services and experiences and fosters student growth through coaching, mentoring, career development, professional development, co-curricular engagement, and experiential education programs and activities.

Training Initiatives in Biomedical and Biological Sciences (TIBBS)

Helps students prepare for the next steps after graduation, develop non-bench skills, learn about careers, experience a career they are considering, get one-on-one career coaching, expand your teaching expertise, explore translational medicine, socialize with other graduate students.

Faculty Interviews  

Interviews with Division Faculty are designed for you to share your background and preparation for scientific research and to learn more about our own faculty research interests and projects. These interviews are one of the primary ways we assess candidates and a great way for candidates to see the varieties of projects they can work on, techniques they can learn, and the impact they can have as PhD students here.  

Fellowships our Students Have Received:

• AFPE Pre-Doctoral
• AHRQ R36 Dissertation Grant
• ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Resident Practice-Based Research Grant
• Ford Foundation

PharmAlliance

Graduate students engage students, faculty, and other scientists from UCL and Monash through PharmAlliance. PharmAlliance is a strategic partnership between three global leaders: UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Monash University Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and UCL School of Pharmacy at University College London. Graduate students have several opportunities to participate in PharmAlliance including the annual PharmAlliance E-Symposium and competing for grants to travel to UCL or Monash to conduct research.

Students are supported to attend GPEN, the Globalization of Pharmaceutics Education Network. GPEN, Inc. was created for the sole purpose of fostering and facilitating international scientific exchange in the pharmaceutical sciences.

Language on Student Financial Support

Graduate students in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy are supported by fellowships and research assistantships that provide an annual stipend of $35,000 plus tuition, fees, and health insurance. The School strongly encourages students to compete for external awards and fellowships. Receipt of such awards brings prestige and economic benefits to the student, to their dissertation advisor, to our Program, and to the School. In addition to any direct financial benefits awardees receive from their external awards, students are also eligible for an awarded bonus provided by the School: if the stipend of the external award exceeds the School’s standard student stipend, the awardee may keep the higher amount. Students who obtain external funding for their support are eligible to receive a supplemental bonus for each year of the award of 15% of the external award (up to $3,000) from the Office of Research & Graduate Education.

If you have any questions, please contact Will Taylor .

Receive job alerts that match your preferences.

16 PhD jobs in Pharmacy & Pharmacology

Find PhD jobs in Pharmacy & Pharmacology here. To have new jobs sent to you the day they're posted, sign up for job alerts.

• PhD positions in Medicine (64)

Other subfields

• PhD positions in Biomedicine (27)
• PhD positions in Immunology (13)
• PhD positions in Clinical Sciences (11)
• PhD positions in Pathology (11)
• PhD positions in Medical Imaging (9)

Search results (16)

PhD student - Pharmaceutical Process Engineering (27091)

   →  Apply before 15/04/2024 (DD/MM/YYYY) 23:59 (Brussels Time)   →  Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences     →  Department: FW02 - Farmaceutische Analyse   →  Occupancy rate: 100%   →  Number of positions: 1       →  Type of employment: Contract o...

Towards an innovative strategy to bioprint a tooth

The succesful candidate will conduct PhD research under the supervision of Prof. Heidi Declercq (KU Leuven) and Prof. Annelies Bronckaers (UHasselt). You will play an active role in the research te...

Doctoral fellow - Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health

Last application date May 31, 2024 00:00Department DI04 - Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public HealthContract Limited durationDegree Master's degree in engineering (bioscience engineering, civil engineering (chemistry), ...

Upcoming PhD positions at the IMPRS for Molecular Organ Biology in Autumn 2024

Thanks to all the academics who submitted their application!The application deadline has passed and the selection process started. More information for the new call-out will come up during this Autumn 2024. Stay tuned!PhD Studies in the Heart of E...

Doctoral Candidate positions HORIZON-MSCA-Doctoral Network PROSTAMET

Project PROSTAMET is an immersive Doctoral Network (DN), that through the set-up of a unique comprehensive and modular translational pipeline aims to expose high achieving doctoral candidates to th...

26 funded positions within doctoral pilots at Åbo Akademi University

Åbo Akademi University opens applications for a total of 26 funded doctoral researcher-positions for three years, starting on August 1 2024 (13 positions) and January 1 2025 (13 positions, will be opened for application in autumn 2024).Deadline fo...

2024 New Year Famous Universities and Enterprises PhDs Recruitment and Cooperation Video Matchmaking Meeting

1、 Event Introduction In the Chinese New Year of 2024, Juqi Consulting collaborated with the Famous universities and enterprises club to organize global PhDs visits to well-known Chinese enterprises and universities, coordinating job recruitment a...

PhD position in Neuropharmacology

The Neuropharmacology research group at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences seeks applications for an open PhD position. The Neuropharmacology group, led by Prof. Linda Simmler, investigates ...

17 fully funded PhD positions in Chemistry

The Vienna Doctoral School in Chemistry offers 17 fully funded PhD positions to be filled between early summer and the end of 2024The University of Vienna, Faculty of Chemistry, is home to the Vienna Doctoral School in Chemistry (DoSChem). DoSChem...

Full-time research and teaching position in phytotherapy studied by metabolomics

Teaching and research activities with a view to defending a doctoral thesis (PhD) with a maximum 6-year contract.In research, she.he will have to undertake a PhD thesis. The PhD research will concern the development of an intelligent and sustainab...

Full-time research and teaching position in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences

A full-time assistant mandate is granted for an initial term of 2 years, renewable after advice from the competent bodies for 2 other periods of 2 years maximum. The objective of this mandate being to conduct and finalize a doctoral thesis, the ta...

PhD on Quality of Care in inflammatory bowel disorders

The IBD Group at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven, Belgium) is looking for a highly motivated PhD student to further investigate and improve the Quality of Care in patients with inflammatory bow...

Vacancy for a highly motivated PhD Researcher: “Exploring novel approaches to gas chromatography for pharmaceutical analysis”

For a collaborative project between Janssen Pharmaceutica and the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), focusing on the investigation of novel approaches to gas chromatography for pharmaceutical analys...

PhD: studying neurodegeneration using iPSC and xenotransplantation models

The research groups within the Center for Molecular Medicine are at the forefront of investigating neurodegenerative disorders, with a focus on Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy. Our ...

2-4 Doctoral Researcher Positions in the Quantum Doctoral (QDoc) Pilot programme

 The Quantum Doctoral (QDoc) pilot programme, the University of Turku, Finland, is inviting applications for 2-4 fixed-term doctoral researcher positions. Two of the positions starts on 1 August 20...

Early Stage Researcher - PhD Student (m/f/d) SB24-0037

The University for Continuing Education Krems specializes in part-time academic continuing education. As a public university for continuing education, it works with its expertise in teaching and research to overcome societal challenges and tailors...

Jobs by field

• Machine Learning 200
• Artificial Intelligence 182
• Electrical Engineering 176
• Programming Languages 139
• Molecular Biology 119
• Materials Chemistry 107
• Engineering Physics 106
• Electronics 100
• Cell Biology 99
• Algorithms 99

Jobs by type

• Postdoc 326
• Assistant / Associate Professor 201
• Professor 119
• Research assistant 108
• Researcher 106
• Lecturer / Senior Lecturer 93
• Tenure Track 70
• Engineer 57
• Management / Leadership 53

Jobs by country

• Belgium 291
• Netherlands 194
• Switzerland 106
• Germany 105
• Luxembourg 57

Jobs by employer

• Mohammed VI Polytechnic Unive... 88
• KU Leuven 88
• Ghent University 74
• Eindhoven University of Techn... 64
• University of Twente 56
• University of Luxembourg 55
• ETH Zürich 53
• KTH Royal Institute of Techno... 51
• Wenzhou-Kean University 35

This website uses cookies

Moscow police chief, who oversaw University of Idaho killings case, to retire and run for sheriff

The man who guided the Moscow Police Department through the University of Idaho killings and the national spotlight that accompanied them is retiring this spring to run for Latah County sheriff.

Police Chief James Fry, 54, will retire May 1 after three decades with the department, including the last eight years as chief, to focus on his bid for sheriff. The primary election is May, and the general election is November.

Fry said he still wants to be involved in law enforcement, still has energy and wants a new challenge.

“Although it’s similar, it’s still new and I think it will be a good challenge,” Fry said. “And if I don’t get elected for some reason, then I will go look for something else.”

Sheriff Richie Skiles said he learned Wednesday of Fry’s intention to run against him. Skiles will seek a third term in November.

He said Fry did a good job as police chief and wished him the best in his retirement.

Fry started as a reserve officer in 1993 and was hired as a patrol officer in 1995. He rose through the ranks before becoming chief in 2016.

Fry graduated from the University of Idaho with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice, according to a city of Moscow news release.

He graduated in 2019 from a 10-week training course at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Fry told the Moscow-Pullman Daily News at the time the opportunity is presented to 1% of law enforcement personnel in the U.S.

In November 2022, Fry was thrust into the national limelight after four UI students – Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin – were stabbed to death at the women’s rental home just off the university’s campus.

Fry provided updates on the case at news conferences packed with national and local media and was watched across the country. He and his department, which has over 30 officers, faced criticism by some who said Fry did not provide enough information, and that his department was not equipped to handle a quadruple homicide investigation.

Seven weeks after the killings, police arrested Washington State University graduate student Bryan Kohberger in Pennsylvania.

Fry said the stress that accompanied the Kohberger case played “somewhat of a role” in his decision to retire.

“We moved through that whole process even though it was stressful; we got the job done and we did it right,” Fry said of the homicides investigation. “So, no matter how people think of me, the ultimate thing is we held the integrity of the case at the highest level just like we still are today until it’s completed.”

Moscow Mayor Art Bettge said the harsh criticism Fry and his department received nationally weighed on Fry.

“The chief had to take a lot of that stress on himself because he had to keep the rest of the force focused and working on the case and solving the case,” Bettge said.

The narrative changed drastically when Kohberger was arrested, he said.

“Suddenly, Moscow police and Chief Fry are looking like geniuses,” Bettge said. “That had to be gratifying, but the stress leading up to it had to be blood-pressure raising and just horrific to endure.”

Bettge said Fry handled the chaos as professionally as anyone could have.

“I would say he handled that very professional in the face of some very negative headwinds that went on, and that’s the acme of a professional, is your ability to do your job regardless of what’s been thrown at you by outside entities and people who don’t know the full story,” Bettge said.

Bettge described Fry as a “nice, quiet leader.”

“He preferred to be a little more on the quiet side and just lead by example and make the hard decisions as necessary, but it wasn’t about him,” Bettge said of Fry’s tenure as chief.

Fry lives in Troy, Idaho, with his wife of 32 years, Julie. They have four grown children. Julie Fry was elected as the Latah County Clerk in 2022.

Fry and Bettge said they’re proud of the community policing philosophy Fry has helped maintain where protecting and serving residents trumps enforcement.

“We really do work hard with the community and try to build relationships with the community, and I think that has been fostered over the years,” Fry said.

Bettge said, “Community policing was an ideal to which the chief held himself to a high standard, and that percolated throughout the department and has left us with a police department that the citizens of Moscow respect and appreciate what they do.”

Fry said law enforcement changed in several ways in his 30 years.

Moscow police has seen changes of its own during Fry’s tenure as chief. The department got a new police station, brought in its first drug dog and implemented body cameras on officers in the last few years.

The city will start the process for the selection and appointment of the next police chief over the next few weeks, the city said. Bettge said the goal is to hire a new chief by the time Fry retires. Fry said he expects he’ll be involved in the hiring process.

Fry said he wants to be remembered as a chief who did his job to the best of his ability, worked hard to build relationships in the community and made the city safer and better for everyone.

“It’s been a great honor to actually be able to serve this community and work with the officers that we have,” Fry said. “We have a phenomenal group of men and women who do a great job, and I’m very proud of the fact I got to be a part of that.”

5 good questions to ask about Medicare Advantage Plans

Some seniors aren’t sure where to start when choosing a Medicare health plan.