Graduate Training

The Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine offers a graduate program in Experimental Pathology. Application to this program is through the School of Biological Sciences, which offers a multidisciplinary graduate program under the general heading of Cellular and Molecular Biosciences (CMB). Members of the Pathology faculty participate in this program. The program includes one year of intensive academic instruction in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology and an opportunity to rotate through two or more research laboratories. In addition, students may select a specific area of interest from ten separate areas of academic study. One of the ten areas of study, or tracks, is Experimental Pathology. This track emphasizes experimental approaches to better understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms of disease. Affiliation with tracks applies to the first two years of graduate study. After the first year, students interested in Experimental Pathology join the laboratories of faculty within the department or the laboratories of affiliated faculty. Following successful completion of the curriculum and research leading to a dissertation thesis, students receive a Ph.D. in the Biological Sciences with a concentration in Experimental Pathology.