PhD degrees in epidemiology. It draws on knowledge and techniques from epidemiology as well as from a variety of disciplines within the general fields of medicine, biology, bio-statistics and the social sciences. For further information, please contact the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Research and Policy. The Program in Biophysics offers instruction and research opportunities leading to the PhD in biophysics. The program is administered by an inter-departmental Committee on Biophysics.
Students carry out their dissertation research with any appropriate research supervisor.
The major objective of the Biophysics Program is to train researchers to explore the wealth of amenable biological problems. Students are encouraged to become proficient in the use of more than one physical method, and to develop an understanding of the nature of the information derived from the different physical measurements and the relationship of this information to the solution of different biological problems. These are interdisciplinary training programs that provide tuition and stipends on a strictly limited and competing basis available to medical students who also wish to obtain a PhD in an area of basic science. To be eligible for federal stipends from these programs, candidates must be citizens or must hold a permanent resident's visa. Arrangements for combined degree programs must usually be made on an individual basis.