Graduate School Bulletin

Degree Requirements

Students must be in academic good standing, preferably entering their second or third year in one of our PhD-granting programs and pursuing a dissertation project in translational research. A clinical co-mentor is required.

Course work:
- HBP 511: Pathobiology
- HBH 550: Statistics in the Life Sciences
- HBH/MCR 549: Module: Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Medical Research
- HPH 566: Clinical Trials

- MCR 684: Writing a Research Proposal (or equivalent qualifier/scientific writing course)
- MCR 692: Research in Progress (or equivalent research course in their PhD program)
- MST 501: Selected Topics in Translational Research

- MST 502: Monthly Clinical Seminar Series
- SBMS Lunch Presentations (Once a month)
- Clinical Exposure (in consultation with clinical mentor)
- Grand Rounds (in consultation with clinical mentor)
- Annual Translational Medicine Symposium

** The students are encouraged to undertake  a multi-year clinical exposure with their co-mentor that is relevant to their research project.