G.Twemlow Adjunct Assistant Professor T.Karnauchow Fields of Research Pathology is a study of disease and the mechanisms leading to injury. It involves a wide range of biochemical, molecular, cellular and clinical approaches. Detailed information on faculty research interests is presented in a brochure which is available on request. Financial Assistance Graduate students are encouraged to apply for financial support in the form of fellowships and studentships from external granting agencies. Graduate research assistantships, funded from grants to staff members, and teaching assistantships, funded by the University, are also available.
Departmental policy ensures a minimum stipend support for graduate students.
The degree programs consist of course work, seminars, research, and thesis. Students need to take this seminar only once. Three hours maximum. This course will discuss questions in the basic science of Oncology, particularly relating to mechanisms of neoplastic transformation and tumor progression. Topics include pathology of cancer, epidemiology, cytogenetics, genetics, signal transduction, oncogenes, suppressor genes, mutator phenotype, metastasis and multi-drug resistance.