Calendar 2006–07

114 Part 3 • Department Profiles and Programmes of Studies Department of Pharmacology Tel.: 2609 6820 Fax.: 2603 5139 E-mail: pharmacology@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.pharmacology.cuhk.edu.hk The department teaches the basic mechanisms of action and therapeutic uses of drugs to medical and pharmacy students. From 2005, a course on Principles of Drug Action is offered to students of the Faculty of Science. Research activities include the characterization of prostaglandin receptors, cell-signalling mechanisms, and the development of selective ligands; mechanisms of anti-asthmatic and anti-emetic drugs; drug action on the heart using patch-clamp techniques; the roles of neuropeptides in inflammation; isolation and testing of active principles from Chinese medicinal herbs; drug metabolism and detection using monoclonal antibody assays. There are on- going projects in collaboration with bioscience departments in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, mainland China, Japan, and the UK, and with several pharmaceutical companies. School of Pharmacy Tel.: 2609 6860 Fax.: 2603 5295 E-mail: pharmacy@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.pharmacy.cuhk.edu.hk The only such school in Hong Kong, the School of Pharmacy offers a degree programme that aims at providing quality, relevant, and comprehensive training in pharmacy and cultivating in students a strong sense of professional ethics so that they can apply the highest standards of professional care when serving the general public. Research activities centre around pharmaceutical sciences and pharmacy practice, and cover topics such as pharmacognosy, traditional Chinese medicine, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics (pharmacogenomics), biopharmaceutics, drug formulation, drug stability, medicinal chemistry, pharmacoeconomics and various areas in therapeutics (e.g. infectious diseases, metabolic diseases, gastrointestinal disorders, and cardiovascular diseases). Department of Physiology Tel.: 2609 6882/6818 Fax.: 2603 5022 E-mail: physiology@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.psi.cuhk.edu.hk The department teaches physiology, the science of how the body functions, to medical, nursing, pharmacy, Chinese medicine, and human biology students. Teaching is carried out in the form of lectures, interactive tutorials, practicals, and demonstrations. Courses are arranged according to organ systems and aim at providing students with a working knowledge of physiology and its principles. Wherever possible, integration across systems and the use of small-group teaching are emphasized. The department also