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The Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PCF) offers Master’s and Doctoral degrees in the academic track, aimed at teaching and research in Pharmaceutical Sciences. It also provides opportunities for Postdoctoral Fellowships and individual course enrollments for non-degree students.

The PCF focuses its concentration on "Biologically Active Natural and Synthetic Products," reflecting the program's interdisciplinarity and enabling research across multiple branches of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Currently, the PCF features three research lines involving faculty researchers from diverse backgrounds:

  • a) Pharmaceutical Supplies: Prospection of active ingredients using traditional and in silico techniques. Obtaining pharmaceutical supplies of synthetic, biotechnological, biological, or natural origin. Characterization of supplies through physical, physicochemical, and chemical analysis. Feasibility and application studies.

  • b) Medicines, Cosmetics, and Food: Development, production, and characterization (physical, physicochemical, and chemical) of prototypes and finished products, including medications, food products, cosmetics, and nutraceuticals. Application and feasibility studies.

  • c) Biological Activity of Natural and Synthetic Products: Biological, pharmacological, biochemical, microbiological, safety, and efficacy analyses using in silico, in vitro, ex-vivo, and in vivo techniques, including clinical trials of drugs, medicines, cosmetics, nutricosmetics, hygiene and cleaning products, nutraceuticals, and food. Standardization of experimental models (in vivo and in vitro) for biological analysis of natural and synthetic products.

The PCF encompasses research in the development and production of pharmaceutical supplies, product development (medicines, cosmetics, and food), and the biological evaluation of their effects. This path facilitates the study of chemical properties of natural and synthetic products, macromolecule characterization, physicochemical processes, efficacy evaluation, pharmaceutical processes, quality control, biopharmaceutics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacokinetics, among others.

The quality of research at PCF stems from the excellent scientific and academic background of its faculty, the quality of institutional infrastructure, and student dedication—resulting in the program’s Score 5 evaluation (CAPES 2021-2024 Quadrennium).

Thus, the PCF provides graduate students with deep engagement in teaching and research, preparing alumni for academic and research careers in various fields of Pharmaceutical Sciences, including higher education institutions, research institutes, industry, and international placements.

Faculty and Advisors

1. Pharmaceutical Supplies

Focus: Prospection, acquisition, and characterization of active substances (synthetic, natural, or biotechnological).

  • Andréa Diniz (adiniz@uem.br)

  • Arildo José Braz de Oliveira (ajboliveira@uem.br)

  • Danielly Chierrito de Oliveira Tolentino (dcotolentino@uem.br)

  • Fernanda Andreia Rosa (farosa@uem.br)

  • Flávio Augusto Vicente Seixas (favseixas@uem.br)

  • Graciette Matioli (gmatioli@uem.br)

  • Joanda Paolla Raimundo e Silva (jprsilva2@uem.br)

  • João Carlos Palazzo de Mello (mello@uem.br)

  • Marcos Luciano Bruschi (mlbruschi@uem.br)

  • Marli Miriam de Souza Lima (mmslima@uem.br)

  • Regina Aparecida Correia Gonçalves (racgoncalves@uem.br)

2. Medicines, Cosmetics, and Food

Focus: Development, pharmaceutical technology, and quality control of finished products.

  • Benedito Prado Dias Filho (bpdfilho@uem.br)

  • Danielly Chierrito de Oliveira Tolentino (dcotolentino@uem.br)

  • Fernanda Belincanta Borghi Pangoni (fbbpangoni2@uem.br)

  • Graciette Matioli (gmatioli@uem.br)

  • Jéssica Bassi da Silva de Canini (jbsilva5@uem.br)

  • João Carlos Palazzo de Mello (mello@uem.br)

  • Marcos Luciano Bruschi (mlbruschi@uem.br)

  • Marli Miriam de Souza Lima (mmslima@uem.br)

  • Thalita Zago Oliveira (tzoliveira@uem.br)

  • Vagner Roberto Batistela (vrbatistela@uem.br)

3. Biological Activity of Natural and Synthetic Products

Focus: Safety, efficacy, pharmacology, and mechanisms of action assays (in vitro and in vivo).

  • Ana Paula Margioto Teston (apmteston@uem.br)

  • Andréa Diniz (adiniz@uem.br)

  • Arildo José Braz de Oliveira (ajboliveira@uem.br)

  • Benedito Prado Dias Filho (bpdfilho@uem.br)

  • Celso Vataru Nakamura (cvnakamura@uem.br)

  • Danielle Lazarin Bidóia (dlbidoia2@uem.br)

  • Danielly Chierrito de Oliveira Tolentino (dcotolentino@uem.br)

  • Diego Cardozo Mascarenhas (dcmascarenhas@uem.br)

  • Fernanda Andreia Rosa (farosa@uem.br)

  • Flávio Augusto Vicente Seixas (favseixas@uem.br)

  • Francielle Pelegrin Garcia (fpgarcia@uem.br)

  • Humberto Milani (hmilani@uem.br)

  • Jacqueline Nelisis Zanoni (jnzanoni@uem.br)

  • Jéssica Bassi da Silva de Canini (jbsilva5@uem.br)

  • Joanda Paolla Raimundo e Silva (jprsilva2@uem.br)

  • João Carlos Palazzo de Mello (mello@uem.br)

  • Juliana Vanessa Colombo Martins Perles (jvcmperles@uem.br)

  • Lívia Bracht (lbracht@uem.br)

  • Regina Aparecida Correia Gonçalves (racgoncalves@uem.br)

  • Roberto Kenji Nakamura Cuman (rkncuman@uem.br)

  • Rúbia Maria Monteiro Weffort de Oliveira (rmmwoliveira@uem.br)

  • Silvana Regina de Melo (srmelo@uem.br)

  • Sueli de Oliveira Silva Lautenschlager (lautenschlager@uem.br)

  • Tânia Ueda Nakamura (tunakamura@uem.br)

  • Vagner Roberto Batistela (vrbatistela@uem.br)