MD/PhD in Anatomy & Neurobiology
Medical students who are interested in pursuing a combined MD/PhD degree usually begin the doctoral part of their program after completing 1.5 or 2 years of the School of Medicine curriculum. Thus they have already completed many of the courses required for the PhD in Anatomy & Neurobiology. After completing the doctoral program they return to the School of Medicine curriculum and receive the combined degree when their entire program is completed.
- Overview: 32-credit PhD program
- Department basic courses: 6 credits
- Department advanced courses: 6 credits
- Electives or research: 20 credits
Department Basic Courses Required: 6 credits
- Experimental Design and Statistics 2 credits
- Journal Club 2 credits
- Professional Skills for Students in the Biomedical Sciences 2 credits
Department Advanced Courses
Offered each year
- Teaching in Biomedical Science (recommended) 2 credits
- Advanced Clinical Anatomy 2 credits
- Biomedical Forensics 2 credits
- Functional Bioimaging 2 credits
Offered once every two or three years
- Autism: Clinical and Neuroscience Perspectives 2 credits
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2 credits
- Neural Development and Plasticity 2 credits
- Neurobiology of Aging 2 credits
- Neuroanatomical Basis of Neurologic Disease 2 credits
- Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 2 credits
- Neurobiology of the Visual System 2 credits
