MD/PhD Curriculum*

The MD/PhD Program (Medical Scientist Training Program) provides the initial (pre-doctoral) training for a career in academic medicine. It is designed to provide highly qualified students with the in-depth, high-caliber research training and medical education needed by academicians of the future. Most students who pursue the MD/PhD track complete the first two years of basic science education, followed by several years of graduate study, followed by a set of clinical requirements for the third and fourth years of medical school (see “MD Curriculum”). While in their first and second years of the medical school curriculum, MD/PhD students are also required to attend special journal clubs and graduate seminars to strengthen their understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying disease and to develop scientific reasoning. During the summers, students conduct basic research rotations.

Graduate study and research training for the PhD degree are available in the Emory Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Emory/Georgia Institute of Technology Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the Rollins School of Public Health.

DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES PROGRAMS OF STUDY

(offered through the Emory Graduate School of Arts and Sciences)

■ Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology
■ Genetics and Molecular Biology
■ Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis
■ Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
■ Neuroscience
■ Nutrition and Health Sciences
■ Molecular and Systems Pharmacology
■ Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution

Additional programs are available through Georgia Institute of Technology and the Rollins School of Public Health. For more information about the MD/PhD programs of study, please contact:

Mary Horton, MPH, MA
MD/PhD Administrative Program Director
Phone: 404.727.6977
Email: mdphd@emory.edu
Website: http://med.emory.edu/education/MDPHD/

*Please note that curriculum revision is an ongoing process and changes may be made at any time.