UAMS Pediatrics

Pediatric Pharmacology and Toxicology provides individualized drug therapy and treatment regimens. Twenty-four hour clinical services offered by Pharmacology and Toxicology include:

• An inpatient service that cares for children admitted to Arkansas Children’s Hospital with poisoning or overdoses
• A drug monitoring service that assists inpatient and outpatient clinical services with drug selection, dosing, and monitoring for therapeutic and toxic effects
• A nationwide consultation service for physicians with pharmacologic or toxicologic questions

The Pediatric Pharmacology Research Unit (PPRU) is one of 13 NIH-funded centers in the nation to investigate drug dosing information for children. Additional research interests in Pharmacology and Toxicology include improving pediatric drug labeling, acetaminophen hepatitis, and delayed hypersensitivity reactions.
 

Faculty Members:

• Aliza T. Brown
• Henry C. Farrar
• Laura P. James
• Amber R. Morgan
• Dean W. Roberts
• Thomas G. Wells

 
 
Additional web links:
 
Pediatric Pharmacology Research Unit