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The advancement of medical knowledge depends on the training of intellectually stimulated, innovative scientists who will serve as leaders of biomedical research in the future. The goal of UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is to give outstanding students the opportunity and the encouragement to investigate rigorously and to solve significant problems creatively in the biological, physical, and behavioral sciences.
To attain excellence in science, today’s graduate students also must master the art of communication; therefore, students in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences have many opportunities to express their ideas orally and in writing to others within the scientific community.
The Graduate School has two Divisions: Basic Science and Clinical Science. These Divisions include the following specific areas of graduate studies: Biological Chemistry; Biomedical Engineering; Cancer Biology; Cell and Molecular Biology; Clinical Psychology; Genetics, Development and Disease; Health Informatics; Immunology; Molecular Biophysics; Molecular Microbiology; Neuroscience; and Organic Chemistry. The Graduate School is continually developing new programs, described on the Graduate School website.
Although enrolled in a specific program area, a graduate student is not restricted to courses in that area. Exposure to a wide variety of academic disciplines is necessary to prepare the student for rapidly changing emphases in biomedical sciences. Graduate students at the Medical Center gain a wide perspective of contemporary biomedical science through interdisciplinary courses, seminars, and informal discussions involving students and faculty from all four component schools – UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UT Southwestern Medical School, UT Southwestern School of Health Professions, and the Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health.
The opportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to obtain advanced training in the laboratories of faculty members doing cutting-edge research fosters an ability to make significant contributions to the advancement of our understanding of the basis of disease processes that are the targets of contemporary medical research.