Research Facilities Research training facilities are located primarily in the Biomedical Science Tower and the South Biomedical Science Tower. There are excellent animal facilities, including a primate laboratory that houses approximately 300 rhesus monkeys, cold rooms for preparative work, surgical suites, and a pathogen-free facility capable of supporting immunosuppressed and transgenic mice. The main library of the medical center is the Maurice and Laura Falk Library of the Health Sciences. This library receives more than 2,600 periodicals and has approximately 220,000 volumes. In addition, students have access to seven specialized libraries in the medical center.
All graduate students receive a scholarship for their first two years of study.
Students are supported in subsequent years by training grants or through individual faculty research funds. All graduate students receive a scholarship for their first two years of study. Students are supported in subsequent years by training grants or through individual faculty research funds. Most graduate students find housing in residential areas in the vicinity of the School of Medicine. Many students share larger apartments to minimize housing costs.