Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine
Herbert T. Cohen, M.D., Program Director |
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Paul F. Pilch, Ph.D., Associate Director |
The Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine is an interdepartmental program based in the Department of Medicine. The curriculum consists of a year of basic science courses in the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences followed by a second year of electives and an innovative Molecular Medicine Core Curriculum. The Core Curriculum includes courses in the Genetics and Epidemiology of Disease, Cancer Biology, Immunity and Infection, and Organ System Diseases, and a course entitled Molecules to Molecular Therapeutics: The Translation of Molecular Observations to Clinical Implementation. During these years and the intervening summer, students carry out laboratory rotations. After a qualifying examination, candidates carry out dissertation research in the Department of Medicine or affiliated laboratories at the medical school. Candidates also participate in Journal Club and the annual Evans Medicine Research Days.
Students can matriculate into the Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine after completing a bachelor’s degree programs or through the combined M.D.-Ph.D. program at Boston University School of Medicine. In addition, M.D.s who desire to pursue rigorous scientific training in preparation for a career in academic medicine and research are encouraged to apply. Students admitted to the program are offered full tuition support and a stipend for the from the Department until they identify a dissertation laboratory. Stipend levels are set by the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences.
The Department of Medicine occupies modern research laboratories on the Boston University Medical Center campus in the Center for Advanced Biomedical Research and the Evans Biomedical Research Center. These buildings provide state-of-the-art research space in an open, spacious environment that is fully supported by research core facilities for computing, animals and transgenic mice, sequencing, microarrays, and others.
The Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and its graduate programs in Division of Medical Sciences, as well as the Boston University Medical Center-affiliated hospitals, are based in Boston’s historic South End, approximately 1 mile south of the center of Boston in a vibrantly renewed urban community. With three medical schools and many major universities, Boston is a rich and interactive biomedical community and also a center of the biotechnology industry. The Boston University undergraduate campus is near the Charles River in the Kenmore Square area. Boston is a cosmopolitan city with a rich academic and intellectual environment and panoply of cultural, recreational, and sports activities.
Boston University is a private institution founded in 1839. It is among the top twenty institutions in the country in NIH-derived research support. The faculty of the Evans Department of Medicine of the Boston University School of Medicine conducts research programs in basic biomedical sciences, translational medicine, and clinical outcomes and epidemiology.
Application to the Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine is through the Boston University School of Medicine Division of Graduate Medical Sciences. Applicants should forward an undergraduate transcript, a medical school transcript (post-MD candidates only), and GRE, MCAT, or TEOFL scores, as applicable. After review of the application, a personal interview with members of the program is required. Admission to the program is based upon objective evidence of academic excellence, research background and interest, and the interviews.
