The pathology and cell biology section of the Department of Anatomy, Pathology and Cell Biology occupies the recently renovated second floor of Jefferson Alumni Hall, a spacious building where basic science departments are housed. Excellent research facilities are available in the department, including a magnetic resonance core facility with modern NMR and ESR spectrometers, a fluorescence microscopic imaging facility including both digital and laser-scanning confocal imaging microscope systems, and a complete electron microscopy facility. Financial Aid Financial aid is available in the form of University fellowships, teaching assistantships, and research fellowships supported by training grants and research grants. Also available to students who qualify are the Federal Perkins and Federal Stafford Student loan programs. The cost of living is comparable to that in other large mid-Atlantic and northeastern cities.
Many students live off-campus.
At present, the University enrolls about 2,500 students. The College of Graduate Studies enrolls about 630 students. There are currently 35 Ph.D. students in the Department of Anatomy, Pathology, and Cell Biology, of whom 15 are enrolled in the Pathology and Cell Biology Program. A low ratio of students to faculty members is maintained in order to encourage close interaction between the two groups. The majority of recent graduates of the Ph.D. program have gone on to postdoctoral research positions at prestigious universities or entered research departments in the pharmaceutical industry.