Ph.D. in Biomedical Science: Biomedical Scholars Enrichment Track

We have entered an era of unprecedented progress in the understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie human disease. Our current status is the culmination of numerous conceptual and technological breakthroughs that have occurred over the past 50 years. These advances can now be applied directly to the understanding of the pathogenesis of specific human diseases. These developments have fostered a need for basic scientists who are better able to understand the implications of reductionist molecular and cellular biological models in the overall context of human biology and disease.

Accordingly, in the 1998-99 academic year we inaugurated a new exciting enrichment program for selected students designated the Biomedical Scholars Track. This program is designed to broaden the academic experience of a few highly motivated students who wish to become better equipped to identify research problems with direct relevance to human disease. The program also provides training and experience in teaching subjects normally taught in medical and dental schools. Tutorials with faculty members in a variety of subjects including microbial pathogenesis, oncology, vascular biology, immunology and neuroscience form the core of the enrichment experiences. Students complete all regular requirements for the Ph.D. in addition to participating in the enrichment experiences.

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