Molecular Medicine Ph.D. Program

The Molecular Medicine Ph.D. Program is a unique collaborative graduate training opportunity that integrates medical knowledge into graduate training. The goal of this program is to produce scientists trained in translational research - basic or applied research relevant to human health and disease that can lead to new understanding of disease, clinical and diagnostic tools, medications, and therapies.

This program is is funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute "Med Into Grad" initiative and is consistent with National Institutes of Health Roadmap directives.

Students train rigorously to apply basic science discoveries to human health and to the causes and treatments of human disease. The mastery of competencies necessary to translate scientific observations from the research bench to clinical care is the focus of this Ph.D. program. Graduates will be well prepared to collaborate with physicians and for the challenge of using molecular and cellular biology to advance human health.