Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs in Biology and Medicine

Announcement

We are pleased to announce that two new interdisciplinary PhD training programs in Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology (GMCB) and in Systems Biology and Disease (SBD) have been approved by the University starting in the Fall of 2005. These programs were designed by faculty from many of the basic science departments at USC to address the fact that major advances in the biological and biomedical sciences frequently involve the integration of ideas and technology from diverse disciplines. Both interdisciplinary programs will expose and train students in a broader and more flexible manner than provided by the traditional departmental programs and will better prepare them for careers in modern biomedical research. Breadth of interests and training are major features of these interdisciplinary programs that will combine the wide and varied research strengths available in the faculty of the existing schools and departments at USC.

Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Program Director: Henry M. Sucov, PhD

Program description

GMCB Faculty members

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NIH Training Grant for GMCB

Systems Biology and Disease

Program Director: Alicia A. McDonough, PhD

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SBD Faculty members

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INTD 562 Course Syllabus (Fall 2005)

Admissions: Students enter the GMCB or SBD programs only after being accepted into a laboratory for graduate work, usually after completing research rotations during the PIBBS program, through the USC/Caltech MD/PhD program, or through a department based program.

Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neurosciences: Many of our faculty are also members of the interdisciplinary Neuroscience Graduate Program at USC.

For more information about the GMCB or SBD program

University of Southern California
1975 Zonal Avenue KAM-B16
Los Angeles, California 90089-9031
323-442-1475 (voice) 323-442-1199 (fax)
E-mail: intbio@usc.edu