PETER J WEST portrait
  • Research Associate Professor, Pharmacology And Toxicology
  • Research Assistant Professor, Pharmacology And Toxicology

Current Courses

Fall 2024

  • NEUSC 6245-001
    Neurophysiology Lab

Professional Organizations

  • American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). 01/2014 - present. Position : Member.
  • American Epilepsy Society (AES). 01/2003 - present. Position : Member.
  • Society for Neuroscience (SFN). 01/1998 - present. Position : Member.

Courses I Teach

  • PHTX 7221 - Graduate Pharmacology
    Instructor | 2020 - Present
  • NEUSC 6050 - Systems Neuroscience
    Instructor | 2019 - Present
  • PHARM 6250 - PHARM P2 Recitation
    Instructor | 2019 - Present
  • PHARM 6253 - Integrated Pharmacotherapeutics II
    Module Leader | 2017 - Present
  • NEUSC 6040 - Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
    Instructor | 2016 - Present
  • NEUSC 6060 - Neuroanatomy
    Instructor | 2015 - 2022
  • PHTX 2700 - Common Medicines
    Instructor | 2015 - 2017
  • PHTX 5211 - Pharmacology
    Instructor | 2014 - 2015
  • PHTX 7113 - Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Instructor | 2012 - Present
  • PHTX 6600 - Methods in Pharmacology
    Instructor | 2011 - 2012
  • NEUSC 6010 - Frontiers in Neuroscience
    Lecturer | 2012 - 2021
  • NEUSC 6245 - Neurophysiology Laboratory
    Instructor | 2004 - 2012
  • PHTX 7270 - Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology
    Instructor | 2004 - 2012

Teaching and Supervision

2012 - 2017  Ph.D. Supervisor
Greg Remigio, Neuroscience Program Graduate Student [MSL: Acadia Pharmaceuticals] 
2023 - Present 
Supervisor 
Jordan Muehlberger, Postbaccalaureate graduate student
2023 - Present  Supervisor 
Sarah Haslam, Research Assistant (HH R21)
2022 - Present  Supervisor 
Anna Everett, Research Assistant (HH R21)
2022 - Present  Supervisor 
Sonia Osuna, Undergraduate Researcher 
2022 Supervisor 
Rohit Singh, Volunteer High-School Summer Student
2022 Supervisor 
Skyla Ulrick, Volunteer High-School Summer Student
2021 - Present  Supervisor 
Jill Dahle, Research Assistant (HH R21)
2021 Supervisor 
Qwynn Landfield, Neuroscience Program Rotation Graduate Student 
2021 Supervisor 
Neve Rauscher, Volunteer High-School Summer Student 
2021 Supervisor 
Yvonne Kim, Volunteer High-School Summer Student 
2020 - Present 
Supervisor 
Samantha Pluta, PharmD P3 research student
2020 - Present 
Supervisor 
Paulina Liepinyte, PharmD P3 research student
2019 Supervisor  Carena Cornelssen, Neuroscience Program Rotation Graduate Student
2019 Supervisor 
Kaliana Veros, Neuroscience Program Rotation Graduate Student 
2019 Supervisor 
Manya Murali, Volunteer High-School Summer Student
2019 Supervisor 
Keegan Gilbert, Volunteer High-School Summer Student
2019 Supervisor 
Ashley Bates, Volunteer High-School Summer Student
2018 Supervisor 
Nguyen Pham, Neuroscience Program Rotation Graduate Student
2018 Supervisor 
Eliza Heufner, Volunteer High-School Summer Student
2018 Supervisor 
Jack Marshall, Volunteer High-School Summer Student
2017 - Present 
Supervisor  Tim Pruess, Research Technician, ADD Lab, University of Utah
2018 - Present  Supervisor 
Carlos Rueda, Research Technician, ADD Lab, University of Utah