TY - JOUR T1 - Academic Pharmacologists: Confronting New Challenges in Educational Programs of Graduate and Health Care Professionals JF - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics JO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther SP - 441 LP - 443 DO - 10.1124/jpet.103.050237 VL - 309 IS - 2 AU - Edward D. French Y1 - 2004/05/01 UR - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/309/2/441.abstract N2 - Pharmacologists belong to a special fraternity, one whose members love to study drugs, even though we may have highly individualized viewpoints about what aspect of drug action delights our intellectual curiosities. Still it is this passion to understand everything about a drug that drives our need to uncover the essence of a chemical's effect on living cells and tissues, and ultimately how it exerts its therapeutic benefits. In this sense, pharmacology is a discipline key to the health sciences in that it bridges basic and clinical endeavors, as well as between professional practices. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ER -