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After the Fall semester in the BSTP, you can complete any of the following PhD programs. Research areas and highlights are described in program websites. Some programs have multiple tracks with core and specific coursework.
Additional PhD programs at the School of Medicine do not participate in BSTP and offer direct admission including Bioethics, Biomedical Engineering, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Molecular Medicine.
Programs that participate in BSTP
Biochemistry PhD
Tracks: RNA Biology, Structural Biology & Biophysics
Genetics PhD
Tracks: Developmental Biology
Molecular Biology and Microbiology PhD
Neurosciences PhD
Tracks: Developmental Biology
Pathology PhD
Tracks: Cancer Biology, Experimental Pathology, Immunology,
Molecular and Cellular Basis of Disease
Pharmacology PhD
Tracks: Cancer Therapeutics, Molecular Pharmacology, Membrane Structural
Biology, Structural Biology & Biophysics, Translational Therapeutics
Physiology and Biophysics PhD
Tracks: Cell and Molecular Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biophysics,
Organ Systems Physiology, Structural Biology & Biophysics
