This department is unique in that faculty share departmental space with residents and students thus allowing ready access and exchange of information. Back to top. The MicroMed facility, the first in this country, offers an opportunity to study the frontiers of ultrastructure investigation using the intermediate voltage electron microscope and high-resolution scanning microscope. The arteriosclerosis research program offers student and graduate opportunities for research in investigations ranging from molecular biology of lipoprotein to human arterial disease. Medical students can work with faculty in applying results of subspecialty pathology investigations to patient care problems.
Students have access to files containing large numbers of case studies of the clinical problem.
Back to top. The department ranks fourth in the nation this year in NIH research funding which includes significant research into the neurobiology of alcohol and drug abuse, cardiovascular hypertension areas, perinatal biology and neuroscience issues related to neurotransmission, Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy and brain aging. In addition, the department holds a center grant from NIDA for investigation of the neurobiology of drug abuse. Back to top. One of the best things about third year is that you can take responsibility as a primary care giver.