Program Description
The University and the Health Sciences Center
A state-affiliated institution founded in 1844, Temple University is now one of the largest universities in the country. The Health Science Center includes the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy; the College of Allied Health Professions; and Temple University Hospital. It is located on Broad Street, five blocks from the North Philadelphia Amtrak Railroad Station and about 1-1/2 miles north of Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue, the site of the main campus of Temple University.
Programs of Study
The Temple University MD/PhD Program provides the opportunity to obtain expertise in clinical medicine and become broadly trained in modern basic science research at an institution known for excellence in teaching and research. The program is comprehensive, demanding, and challenging and thus attracts bright, highly motivated individuals drawn to a research career in academic medicine. Excellent research training in topical scientific problems is available with advisers in the School of Medicine Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. An area of concentration can be earned in one of the following five clusters:
- Cancer Biology and Genetics
- Infectious Disease and Immunity
- Molecular and Cellular Biosciences
- Neuroscience
- Organ Systems and Translational Medicine
In addition, the majority of the advisors are also associated with the School of Medicine research centers, including:
- Fels Cancer Institute for Personalized Medicine
- Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center
- Center for Substance Abuse Research
- Independence Blue Cross Cardiovascular Research Center
- Center for Neurovirology
- Shriners Hospitals Pediatric Research Center
- Center for Translational Medicine
- Center for Inflammation and Lung Research
- Center for Metabolic Disease Research
- Comprehensive NeuroAIDS Center
- Alzheimer's Center at Temple
- Lemole Center for Integrated Lymphatics and Vascular Research
The Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program provides rigorous scientific training within a concentration in one of the five cluster areas and a strong association with disease-based research centers. Research opportunities include, but are not limited to:
- Cellular differentiation and stem cells
- Cancer biology
- Molecular and biochemical microbiology and immunology
- Platelet biochemistry
- Neurovirology and AIDS
- Epigenetics
- Signal transduction
- Substance abuse research
- Cardiovascular disease
- Obesity and diabetes
- Thrombosis and pulmonary disease
- Neural repair and rehabilitation
- Autoimmune diseases
- Repair of the spinal cord, brain and peripheral nervous system
The seven/eight years of study are divided into three periods:
- Basic biomedical sciences (2 years)
- Graduate studies (3 or 4 years)
- Clinical rotations (2 years)