Office of Graduate &
Posdoctoral Affairs
College of Medicine,
12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.,
MDC BOX 40
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: (813) 974-4148
FAX: (813) 974-4317
Ph. D. in Medical Science Overview
PhD applications are currently being accepted.
Collaboration among laboratory scientists of all disciplines is encouraged. The programs of study allow students to tailor their programs to individual needs and interests. Thanks to faculty research awards, students have a multitude of opportunities to participate in cutting-edge research projects. Medical Science Ph.D. graduates go on to become deeply involved in research sponsored by academic, industrial and government institutions. Candidates for the Ph.D. in Medical Science enter into an integrated program enabling them to major in one of the following concentrations:
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Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases The study of how the immune system functions properly to rid the body of foreign pathogens and how the immune system can go awry in autoimmunity. The process by which microbes interact with the host to cause disease is also a focus of this program. |
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Molecular Medicine The study of bacteriology, biochemistry, immunology, molecular biology and virology as it relates to human health and disease such as allergy and immune dysfunction, cancer, cardiovascular disorders, infectious diseases and inheritable defects. |
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Cardiovascular Disease |
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Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology The study of the nervous and cardiovascular systems and related disorders, including Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, cardiovascular disease and stroke, diabetes, and neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression and drug addiction |
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Neuroscience Areas of expertise include biochemistry and cellular and molecular neuroscience, neural systems and computational neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, neuroimmunology, and neuropsychopharmacology, among others. |
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Pathology & Cell Biology The study of cancer, reproductive pathobiology, neurological disease & injury and related diseases, including cancer biology, angiogenesis and morphogenesis, gene discovery, neurobiology, cell biology and new educational technologies. |
Students are free to study under the mentorship of graduate faculty conducting research in the following institutions:
- University of South Florida's College of Medicine
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
- James Haley Veteran's Hospital
- All Children's Hospital
- Tampa General Hospital
Franjesca Jackson (813) 974-2256