Welcome
Overview
The Department of Biomedical Sciences is truly multi-disciplinary and without walls, functioning in many ways like a center, and creating unique opportunities for collaborations in research and teaching.
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Mission:
To explore and advance scientific knowledge to understand human health and disease, and to educate the next generation of biomedical scientists.
The main focus and strengths of departmental research are in the cardiovascular, neuroscience, cancer, infectious disease and inflammation fields, although other areas of interest and activity exist. Our laboratories are funded by National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, American Heart Association and a variety of other agencies and sources. Please visit our investigators' web pages for more information regarding our research programs. Our PhD students matriculate through the Biomedical Science Graduate Program.
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
