Each student participating in the Program in Cell and Molecular Biology must satisfy the course requirements and qualifying examinations established by the student's basic science department and the program. The following courses are required. All the required courses except for GMS CM 785, 786 (which will be taken during the second year) form the first-year Core Curriculum (total of 20 credits).

Elective courses must be chosen from the following list:

Each student is expected to fulfill the seminar requirements of the specific basic science department in which he or she is enrolled.

Research

All students register for research credits using the research course numbers for the basic science department in which they are enrolled. The precise number of research credits depends on the student's needs and background.

Additional PhD Requirements

Karen N. Allen PhD, Assistant Professor of Physiology

Jan K. Blusztajn PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Psychiatry

Victoria Bolotina PhD, Assistant Research Professor of Physiology and Medicine

Norman D. Boyd PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Peter Brecher PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Research Professor of Biophysics and Medicine

Selwyn A. Broitman PhD, Assistant Dean for Admissions; Professor of Microbiology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Goldman School of Dental Medicine

Stuart R. Chipkin MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Research Professor of Physiology

Iih-Nan (George) Chou PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Miyoung Chun PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Richard A. Cohen MD, Professor of Medicine and Associate Research Professor of Physiology

Barbara E. Corkey PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry

Ronald B. Corley PhD, Chairman and Professor of Microbiology

M. Carter Cornwall PhD, Professor of Physiology

Alvin Essig MD, Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Research Professor of Medicine

David H. Farb PhD, Chairman and Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Stephen R. Farmer PhD, Professor of Biochemistry

Richard E. Fine PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Research Professor of Neurology

Susan H. Fisher PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology

Judith A. Foster PhD, Professor of Biochemistry

Carl Franzblau PhD, Associate Dean and Professor, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences; Chairman, Department of Biochemistry

J. Fernando Garcia-Diaz Licenciado en Ciencias, Doctor en Ciencias, Associate Professor of Physiology

Terrell T. Gibbs PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Hwai-Chen Gou PhD, Assistant Professor of Biophysics

James A. Hamilton PhD, Professor of Biophysics and Associate Research Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry

James Head PhD, Professor of Physiology

Haya Herscovitz PhD, Instructor of Biophysics

Michael Holick MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Physiology

Tohru Ikuta MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Kevin Jarrell PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Robin Johnson PhD, Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry

Gregor Jones PhD, Assistant Professor of Physiology

Herbert Kagan PhD, Professor of Biochemistry

Benjamin Kaminer MB, Bch, Chairman and Professor of Physiology

Konstantin Kandror PhD, Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry

Eva Kashket PhD, Professor of Microbiology

Neil Kowall MD, Associate Professor of Neurology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

David M. Larson PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

William J. Lehman PhD, Professor of Physiology

Simon Levy PhD, Associate Professor of Physiology

Joseph Loscalzo MD, PhD, Director of the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute; Professor of Medicine and Research Professor of Biochemistry

Hector Alberto Lucero LicBiochem, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physiology

C. James McKnight PhD, Assistant Professor of Biophysics

Edward F. MacNichol Jr. PhD, Professor of Physiology

Richard Mandel PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Robert B. Moreland PhD, Assistant Professor of Urology and Physiology

Mary Johanna Murnane MPhil, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry

John R. Murphy PhD, Research Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Biochemistry

Enrico Nasi PhD, Associate Professor of Physiology

Matthew Nugent PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Ophthalmology

Paul F. Pilch PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Research Professor of Biophysics

Katya Ravid DSc/PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Rahul Ray PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Research Professor of Physiology

Thomas L. Rothstein PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Microbiology

Neil B. Ruderman MD, DPhil, Professor of Medicine and Physiology

Shelley J. Russek PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Hugues J. P. Ryser MD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and Biochemistry; Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Community Medicine and Public Health (Environmental Health), School of Public Health

Judith Dana Saide PhD, Associate Professor of Physiology

Julie H. Sandell PhD, Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology

Barbara Seaton PhD, Associate Professor of Physiology

Jacqueline Sharon MPhil, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Michael A. Shia PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry

Sania Shuja PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Elizabeth R. Simons PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Research Professor of Biophysics

Donald M. Small MD, Chairman, Department of Biophysics; Professor of Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Medicine

Barbara Smith PhD, Professor of Biochemistry

Gail E. Sonenshein PhD, Professor of Biochemistry

Raymond E. Stephens PhD, Professor of Physiology

Phillip J. Stone PhD, Professor of Biochemistry

Karen Symes PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry

Guillermo Taccioli PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology

Douglas L. Tillotson PhD, Associate Professor of Physiology

Keith Tornheim PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry

Paul A. Toselli MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry

Philip C. Trackman PhD, Assistant Research Professor of Biochemistry; Assistant Professor of Periodontology and Oral Biology

Abdulmaged M. Traish PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry

Vickery Trinkaus-Randall PhD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry

Robert F. Troxler PhD, Professor of Biochemistry

Gregory Viglianti PhD, Assistant Professor of Microbiology

Mary T. Walsh PhD, Assistant Professor of Biophysics and Research Instructor of Biochemistry

Glen B. Zamansky PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology

Vassilis I. Zannis PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine

Zhi-Xiong Jim Xiao PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Raphael A. Zoeller PhD, Associate Professor of Biophysics and Assistant Research Professor of Medicine