Could someone please expand on what the basic functions of a pharmacist as a clinical pharmacologist in the pharmaceutical industry are;and what are the basic skills required to work in this area (like math, organizaional skills, etc.)? Thanks

If you are at the forefront of pharmacological research in industry, then involves animals. If assessing which med to use for a particular pt, then attention to detail, good knowledge of side effects essential. I think the area which may utilise a clinical pharmacolgist would be clinical trials.
johnep

Clinical trials for sure. Interpretation of animal PK/PD data and applying that in early phase (I and II) human trials that are looking mostly at safety/tolerability and a little crude efficacy.

In terms of day to day tasks, it is so varied but if you just look up some job descriptions (google is your friend) you will get a crude idea. After that, if it interests you and you want to find out more, you might want to try contacting a company or a specific pharmD via email that has that job title. I did that and have had some really informative phone conversations result from it.

Also, not sure why this was posted in the NCPA sub-forum