Earn a master's degree in molecular and cellular pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The four-year program includes coursework in basic pathology research, pathophysiology and pharmacology of disease, molecular basis of disease, biology of disease and functional genomics. During the length of the program, all students participate in laboratory rotations, attend weekly seminars, work on a minimum of four journal clubs, do grant research, and write a thesis paper. Students get to practice real-world scenarios with equipment such as x-ray crystallography, high resolution imaging, DNA sequencing, microarrays, flow cytometry and peptide synthesis.
Applicants must have graduate entrance exam test scores, three letters of recommendation and a bachelor's degree in a field of science.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
901 19th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35294-2180
205-934-2445
uab.edu
The Yale School of Medicine offers a Ph.D. program in experimental pathology, focusing on researching disease mechanisms. Coursework includes topics such as pathological basis of human disease, autopsy pathology, anatomic pathology, clinical and pathologic correlates in renal disease, molecular mechanisms of disease and biological mechanisms of reaction to injury. The program takes four to seven years, with the last years of schooling dedicated to thesis research and preparation. Thesis projects are presented and defended to a group of faculty personnel before graduation.
Applicants must enroll in Yale's pharmacological sciences and molecular medicine program, which requires undergraduate study in physics, biology and chemistry. Yale also prefers students to take specialty graduate record exam tests in cell and molecular biology or biochemistry.
Yale School of Medicine
Department of Pathology
PO Box 208023
New Haven, CT 06520
203-785-6721
yalepath.org
Students in the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Pathology study for a combined MD/PhD program of four to seven years. Topics of study include biostatistics, general pathology, mammalian physiology, molecular biology and computer science. All students submit original research to journals and present research findings at a convention, and they research, create and defend a thesis prior to graduation. Resources available to students include labs for the study of aging, cancer, cytogenics, paleopathology and molecular diagnostics.
Program applicants must have a minimum of a bachelor's degree; Virginia Commonwealth prefers a degree in chemistry or biological sciences plus work experience in the field. Students also require a minimum grade point average of 3.0, three letters of recommendation and GRE or MCAT scores.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Department of Pathology
PO Box 980662
1101 E. Marshall Street
Richmond, VA 23298-0662
804-828-9746
vcu.edu