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- Program Requirements
Course Work: Students in the “Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine” program will take a core course in the “Mechanisms of Human Disease” that is designed specifically for the Graduate Programs in Health and Disease and focuses on specific organ systems and diseases related to those organ systems. The course will cover basic Physiology, Pharmacology, Metabolism, Histology and Pathology of these organ systems, as well as the genetic, biochemical and cell biological basis for the diseases related to these organ systems. All students in the program are also required to tak the one year course in Advanced Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology. Students in the program should also take the course in Cancer Genetics. Other electives will be selected by students according to their interests.
In addition to their course work, first-year students must do three laboratory rotations, one each during the first semester, second semester, and the summer following the academic year. The rotations are designed to acquaint students with the techniques, problems, and literature of a variety of fields. They are long enough to allow the students to make reasonable progress on a project set up by the research mentors, while still taking a full load of courses. Although there is no teaching requirement, students have the opportunity to teach in the Histology course for medical and dental students.