Admissions
Combined MD/PHD Program
The MD/PhD Combined Degree Program is offered by the School of Medicine and the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences. This program is designed for, and open to, highly qualified individuals who are strongly motivated toward an education and a career in both medicine and research. The purpose of the program is to provide students with the opportunity to obtain advanced education and research training in one of the medical sciences while providing exposure to and training in clinical medicine. It is anticipated, but not required, that students will elect to carry out their PhD training and research in one of the basic (preclinical) medical sciences or in biomedical engineering; however, the program is designed to allow students considerable freedom of choice. The program produces graduates who are trained to rise to the challenges of the increased multi- and interdisciplinary facets of teaching and research in the medical sciences. Graduates of the program also enter competitive residency programs—their training prepares them to pursue productive careers in clinical research.
The program requires seven years of study leading to both the MD and PhD degrees, depending on the applicability of basic science courses in the School of Medicine curriculum to course requirements of the area in which study for the PhD is undertaken.
- The following Departments/Programs are available for MD/PhD students:
- Anatomy & Neurobiology
- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Biochemistry
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Neuroscience
- Biophysics
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Genetics & Genomics
- Immunology
- Medical Nutrition Sciences
- Microbiology
- Molecular Medicine
- Oral Biology
- Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
- Physiology
