Director: Murray Korc
Faculty: Professors D. Bartlett, P. J. Beisswenger, M. Cole, R. W. Craig, R. A. Darnall, J. A. Daubenspeck, J. DeLeo, E. Dmitrovsky, A. C. Duhaime, A. R. Eastman, G. Fejes-Toth, M. J. Friedman, V. A. Galton, R. Granger, A. I. Green, W. R. Green, P. M. Guyre, J. W. Hamilton, L. P. Henderson, W. F. Hickey, G. L. Holmes, R. A. Kauppinen, M. Korc, J. Leiter, L. D. Lewis, R. Maue, T. W. McAllister, A. Naray-Fejes-Toth, E. E. Nattie, W. G. North, J. D. Pearlman, R. J. Powell, W. F. C. Rigby, B. D. Roebuck, D. L. St. Germain, M. Simons, M. B. Sporn, B. A. Stanton, H. M. Swartz, J. S. Taube, C. R. Wira, H. H. Yeh; Associate Professors Y. E. Cohen, J. DiRenzo, J. Hwa, W. Kelley, W. B. Kinlaw, C. H. Lowrey, R. P. Perez, D.J . Robbins, Y. Sanchez, N. W. Shworak, M. Spinella, H. A. Wishart; Assistant Professors D. J. Bucci, E. D. deMuinck, E. Duell, B. T. Harris, A. Horowitz, J. A. Kelly, A. F. Kisselev, S. Lee, E. Rzucidlo, R. V. Stan, C. Tomlinson, P. J. Whalen; Research Assistant Professors A. S. Andrew, K. A. Martin, M. J. Mulligan-Kehoe.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DOCTOR’S DEGREE (PH.D.)
To qualify for award of the Ph.D. degree, a student must fulfill the following requirements:
1. Satisfactory completion of the following required courses:
PEMM 101. Graduate Core Course in Experimental and Molecular Medicine I
PEMM 102. Graduate Core Course in Experimental and Molecular Medicine II
PEMM 103. Biostatistics
PEMM 124. Ethical Conduct of Research
Additional requirements by theme:
Cancer Biology and Molecular Therapeutics
PEMM 126. Cancer Biology
GENE 144. Oncogenomics
Two Electives
Molecular Pharmacology, Toxicology & Experimental Therapeutics
PEMM 129. Molecular Pharmacology
PEMM 131. Current Approaches in Experimental Therapeutics
Two electives
Neuroscience
NEWD 115. DMS Year 1 Neuroscience
Three electives
Systems Biology
PEMM 271. Advanced Biomedical Sciences
Three electives
Vascular Biology
PEMM 275. Vascular Biology
Three electives
2. PEMM 261, 262, 263. Attendance and participation in the Program’s weekly seminars and journal clubs.
3. Students must be enrolled in a research course every term; rotations in the early terms and thesis research credit thereafter.
PEMM 141, 142, 143. Research Rotations (three to be completed within 9 months)
PEMM 297, 298, 299. Thesis Research, a credit/no credit course for graduate students
4. PEMM 137. Qualifying Exam. (Satisfactory completion of a written and oral qualifying examination)
5. Satisfactory completion of a significant research project, and preparation of a thesis describing this research.
6. Successful defense of the thesis in an oral examination, and presentation of the work in a seminar.
For further information, see the Graduate Study Bulletin.