Both Ph.D. and M.S. degrees are awarded. Students will be able to participate in laboratory rotations with faculty mentors in any of the participating programs. After successful completion of the first year, students enter a research lab and complete their training in the Physiology Ph.D. program. Applications for the M.S. program are due April 1 and may be requested from the Department of Physiology. Prospective students may also wish to contact our current graduate students and alumni .
All students participate in the Physiology Student Seminar Series .
Additionally, there are cooperative research opportunities in the area of Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology in conjunction with the Department of Health and Sports Sciences at the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. The Department of Physiology holds seminars with the Departments of Cell Biology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, and the Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience. Location The Department is located in the Basic Medical Sciences Building of the Health Science Center, the Oklahoma City Campus of the University of Oklahoma. The campus is 5 minutes from downtown Oklahoma City and 20 miles north of the main university campus in Norman. The Health Sciences Center serves as Oklahoma's principal education facility for training biomedical scientists, physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, public health specialists, and a range of allied health professions.