Indiana University
School of Medicine Graduate Programs
Posted 11.27.2007
We are excited to announce the arrival of our first class of doctoral students entering through the Indiana University School of Medicine BioMedical Gateway (IBMG) program. Outstanding students are recruited locally, nationally, and internationally for the IBMG Program. We have worked hard to recruit a bright and diverse group of students from around the world. Our students have attended universities as far away as Peking University and as close as Butler University.
A student's first year of study in the IBMG Program is built around a core curriculum leading to a choice of modular electives that match their interest, laboratory research rotations, and strong support and mentoring. Ultimately, this year of research exploration and laboratory rotations culminates in the student's choice to join one of hundreds of research labs affiliated with one of the ten biomedical science Ph.D. degree programs.
- Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Medical Neuroscience
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Cellular and Integrative Physiology
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Medical and Molecular Genetics
- Pharmacology
- Medical Biophysics and Biomolecular Imaging
- Toxicology
IBMG students remaining in good standing receive a competitive stipend (currently $23,500 annually), tuition and fee scholarship, and health insurance.
The IU School of Medicine also offers a competitive M.D./Ph.D. combined degree program to students whose goal is to become physician scientists. The program provides a student tailored academic plan that integrates state-of-the-art clinical medicine with cutting edge biomedical research. Our full scholarship package, streamlined curriculum, clinical and research mentors combined with programmatic activities that address career and personal development facilitate individualized training at the interface of the clinic and the bench. At a time when there is a national emphasis on translating basic research findings into useful applications in the clinic, graduates from this program will have a significant impact on the future health of the U.S. population.
Research-based (thesis) Master of Science degrees are also offered in 7 of the 10 Ph.D. disciplines. Further, the IU School of Medicine has a professionally accredited Pathologists' Assistant M.S. degree program [graduates are highly sought after], a professionally accredited M.S. degree program in Genetic Counseling [housed in one of the first, largest, and most renowned human genetics departments in the nation], and offers a M.S. degree in Biotechnology. A certificate program in Biotechnology also is available. The IU Biotechnology Training Program is part of the
As a graduate student in the IU School of Medicine, students have the opportunity to work with nearly 300 graduate faculty in 45 research centers and institutes and hundreds of world-class research laboratories. There are currently 255 Ph.D. students, 152 M.S. students, and 55 Combined Degree students enrolled in our graduate programs. We are extremely proud of the research accomplishments and career success of graduates from these programs: many have gone on to be leaders in academia and industry.
Many of the internationally recognized multidisciplinary research centers at the IU School of Medicine also participate in graduate education. We are home to an NCI designated Cancer Center, the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center, the only NIH funded viral vector production facilities for clinical grade therapeutics, and a Center of Excellence in Molecular Hematopoiesis. The School has received two substantial awards from the Lilly Endowment which has allowed for an expansion in genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, bioethics, and high resolution medical imaging.
Research laboratories at the IU School of Medicine have made key discoveries in basic science and in applications in medicine. Our faculty have developed successful therapies for cancers, including the testicular cancer treatment received by Lance Armstrong, and have pioneered procedures for banking stem cells that have significantly helped patients with leukemias, anemias, and other diseases. With the unique environment at the IU School of Medicine and the clinical association with the medical school, faculty and student collaborations as well as translational research are thriving on campus. Many new research buildings are under construction, extending the state-of-the art facilities in which graduate students will perform their research.
To see an overview of the IBMG Program, our M.D./Ph.D. program, as well as our summer research programs please visit http://grad.medicine.iu.edu/documents/GradDivision/Advisor%20Mailing.pdf.
Program descriptions and application information can also be accessed via: http://grad.medicine.iu.edu
If you would like further information about our programs, please contact Monica Henry at (317) 274-3441 or at mlhenry@iupui.edu.