D. Program since its inception in 1982, committing significant resources and faculty effort. Unlike most other medical schools in the United States, the Brown Medical School is not a geographically separate school, but is combined with the Program in Biology within a single organizational unit, the Division of Biology and Medicine. Preclinical courses in the School of Medicine are taught on the campus of Brown University by the combined faculty of biology and medicine while the final two years of clinical training take place in hospitals in Providence affiliated with the Brown Medical School. Most of the faculty in the eleven clinical departments are located in one of the eight affiliated hospitals, all of which are within a few miles of the Brown campus. D. students are encouraged to explore the widest range of research topics before deciding on an advisor and a Ph.D. concentration.
Students typically do one or two research lab rotations before entering the graduate school years.
Participating Graduate Programs Program Synopsis Artificial Organs, Biomaterials, and Cellular Technology Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Health Services Research Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology Neuroscience Pathobiology Click on the bullet above to see more information about a particular graduate program. This page was last updated April 2001.