UM Pharmacy School: We're #7
Posted: Feb 26, 2010 3:23 PM
Updated: Feb 26, 2010 8:23 PM
MISSOULA - The University of Montana's pharmacy school ranks seventh for earning grants and contracts from the National Institutes of Health, marking the eighth year in a row UM ranked in the top 10.
According to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the Skaggs School of Pharmacy ranked in $11.2 million in NIH funds in 2009.
"We have been ranked in the top 10 since 2003," said Dave Forbes, dean of the College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences, which houses the pharmacy school. "I think this ranking shows we have world-class researchers here in Montana doing great work to advance the frontiers of science."
When individual faculty members are considered, UM also ranks No. 7 nationally for garnering NIH research funds. The pharmacy school has the equivalent of 30 full-time Ph.D. faculty members who successfully competed for an average of $374,000 apiece in 2009.
"Two of UM's top-three funded scientists are in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy," said Vernon Grund, associate dean for research and graduate education. "They are Dr. Andrij Holian, who directs UM's Center for Environmental Health Sciences, and Dr. Michael Kavanaugh, who directs UM's Center for Structural and Functional Neuroscience.
The University of California-San Francisco, was ranked No. 1 on the list for earning NIH funding last year with $28 million.
