Using the techniques of cellular and molecular biology, graduates obtaining the Ph.D. degree in one of the participating departments will make important contributions to the understanding of disease mechanisms and rational approaches toward therapy. The UALR Applied Biosciences emphasis is an interdisciplinary research and academic program offering advanced degrees through the Departments of Applied Science and Biology. The program is coordinated with the developing biotechnology industry in the State of Arkansas and is aligned with related programs at the University of Arkansas. The graduate program in Biomedical Sciences offers graduate training leading to the Doctor of Philosophy or the Master of Science degree. The program in Biomedical sciences provides in-depth, multidisciplinary training to prepare scientists in comprehensive research at the integrative, organ, cellular, and molecular levels.
Departmental faculty represent a diversity of medical and related basic science disciplines.
They provide a rich environment for graduate study and a unique opportunity for training scientists in comprehensive interdisciplinary research. The University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is located within the Life Sciences Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Life Sciences Division, one of the research divisions operated at Oak Ridge by Martin-Marietta Energy Systems for the Department of Energy, is an acknowledged center of excellence in basic research in molecular biology, cancer biology, mutagenesis, biochemistry, structural biology, and cell biology. The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences has the unique and advantageous opportunity to utilize the talents and experience of the scientific staff as well as the enormous technical and methodological resources available at the National Laboratory. This program is responsible for organizing the training of these students in the first year of their graduate experience at Vanderbilt.