In addition, several faculty serve as officers and committee members of national and international societies as well as on review committees for funding agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association. The program in Physiology provides the student with a didactic training not only in Physiology but also in related areas. Our intent is to equip the student with an integrated understanding of physiology from the whole organ to the cellular and molecular level, in order to prepare students for teaching and research positions in the 21st century. All students are required to satisfactorily complete course work in physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology in the medical school curriculum during the first two years. The students rotate through three laboratories during their first year in order to become acquainted with various aspects of research.
Students begin dissertation research in the second year and also attend seminars and journal clubs.
The course work and dissertation research is usually completed within five years. Our graduates have obtained outstanding postdoctoral physiological positions and subsequent employment in universities and laboratories throughout the world. We are recruiting students trained in biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics or related disciplines to fill predoctoral positions beginning each August. A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. One year each of biology, physics, organic chemistry, and mathematics through calculus.