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Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Graduate Program
The
Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy in the School of Medicine at the
Medical College of Georgia offers a graduate program leading to a Ph.D.
degree. Our program provides training in the broad areas of developmental
biology, cell biology and neuroscience for students interested in pursuing
careers in research or teaching as faculty members in medical schools. The
program is sufficiently flexible, however, to accommodate training for
careers in clinical science departments, other health science professional
schools, or in private, government, and industrial research laboratories or
foundations.
Ph.D. students learn state-of-the-art research techniques and
modern approaches to fundamental biomedical questions while also developing
a sound knowledge of relevant classical disciplines of anatomy such as
histology, embryology, neuroscience or gross anatomy. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The deadline for
receiving applications to the biomedical science PhD program for fall
semester admission is January 15 though applications are accepted throughout
the year. Applications received after the deadline are
considered on a space-available basis.
In the first term, students are introduced to the
research of each
faculty member through a special course.
Laboratory rotations and basic science courses of general relevance to
research are prominent components of the first year. In the second year,
additional courses of special relevance are taken as agreed upon by the
student and his or her chosen thesis advisor. The third and following years
are devoted entirely to thesis research. The Ph.D. usually takes 4-5 years.
For a listing of Departmental Graduate Students, how to
contact other students and resources for students, please click on our
Graduate Students
link.
Below is a listing of training resources for Graduate
Students and Graduate Faculty:
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