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 required courses: 6 credits
- Department advanced courses: 6 credits
- Electives or research: 20 credits
Department Basic Required Courses
- Experimental Design and Statistics (2 cr)
- Journal Club (2 cr)
- Professional Skills for Students in the Biomedical Sciences (2 cr)
Department Advanced and Elective Courses
Offered each year
- Teaching in Biomedical Science (recommended) (2 cr)
- Advanced Clinical Anatomy (2 cr)
- Biomedical Forensics (2 cr)
- Functional Bioimaging (2 cr)
- Methods of Functional Imaging of the Brain (2 cr)
- Introduction to the Neurobiology of Education (2 cr)
Offered once every two or three years
- Autism: Clinical and Neuroscience Perspectives (2 cr)
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (2 cr)
- Neural Development and Plasticity (2 cr)
- Neurobiology of Aging (2 cr)
- Neuroanatomical Basis of Neurologic Disease (2 cr)
- Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (2 cr)
- Neurobiology of the Visual System (2 cr)
Department Laboratory and Teaching Courses—Electives
- Directed Teaching in the Biomedical Sciences I and II (2–6 cr)
