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The multidisciplinary training of this program prepares students for research careers in the biomedical sciences. The core course work and lab rotations provide students with a broad background; advanced training is individualized depending on the student’s interests. Fields of study focus on the molecular, cellular or organismal basis of human diseases, including cancer biology, cardiovascular physiology, endocrinology, infectious disease, neurobiology and reproduction.
The goal of this program is the development of graduates who will pursue careers as independent investigators with an appreciation for both basic and clinical aspects of biomedical research.
Sample Curriculum
First-Year Core Curriculum
- Fall Semester: Medical Molecular and Cell Biology, Research Techniques, Introduction to the Laboratory, Advanced Cell Biology, Lab Rotation 1, Introduction to Research Literature, Research Ethics
- Spring Semester: Medical Biochemistry, Essentials of Physiology, Lab Rotation 2, Lab Rotation 3, Biomedical Sciences Seminar
- Summer Session: Bioinformatics, Advanced Electives and Research
Second Year
- Fall Semester: Advanced Electives, Biomedical Sciences Seminar, Research
- Spring Semester: Statistics, Advanced Electives, Biomedical Sciences Seminar, Research
- Summer Session: Research
Third and Subsequent Years
This part of the curriculum consists of original dissertation research, writing of the dissertation, and the oral defense of the dissertation.
- Fall Semesters: Research. Biomedical Sciences Seminar
- Spring Semesters: Biomedical Sciences Seminar, Research
- Summer Semesters: Research
Advanced Electives: This listing is a sample of advanced electives that may be chosen. Additional electives are developed based on the interests of students.
- Advanced Molecular and Cellular Techniques
- Advanced Endocrinology
- Animal Virology
- Cardiovascular and Metabolic Function and Dysfunction
- Concepts in Research Design
- Endocrine and Reproductive Physiology
- Genomics and Microarray Technology
- Human Anatomy
- Human Physiology
- Mammalian Reproduction
- Medical Histology
- Medical Microbiology
- Medical Neuroscience
- Molecular and Cellular Immunology
- Neurobiology of Sleep
- Neuropharmacology
- The Ovary
- Pharmacology
- Proteomics
- Radiation Biology
- Synaptic Function and Molecular Biology
- Tumor Biology
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