Many health problems occur in pregnancy that can significantly impact the health of both women and their unborn children.
These conditions require drug therapy but the pharmacology of most medications used in pregnancy is poorly characterized. This compromises effective and individualized treatment.
Pharmacogenomics is the study of the role of inheritance in individual variation in drug response. Some drugs work well in some patient populations and not as well in others.
Studying the genetic basis of patient response to therapeutics allows drug developers to more effectively design therapeutic treatments.
The Division of Clinical Pharmacology is located within a rich and diverse research environment and one of the largest clinical environments in the country within the Indiana University Department of Medicine.
Our division has a clinical and research focus on individualized response to drug therapy.
