The Dual-Degree Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is offered to current students with strong academic ability and achievement who seek careers in biological or biomedical science. Students can earn both Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in approximately 6 years.
Current students in the dual-degree program will be introduced to research in the School of Medicine and are assured of a place in the graduate program after 2.5 to 3 calendar years of undergraduate study provided they complete the coursework.
Undergraduates will have the opportunity to work with top-level research scientists in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and also in clinical laboratories with scientists that are associated with the department. They will conduct intensive laboratory work in the areas of biochemistry, molecular biology, or nutritional biochemistry starting as early as their first-year year. By spring of their junior year, students will prepare an undergraduate thesis as preparation for their entry into graduate school. At that time they will start taking graduate courses and continue to do research with a graduate faculty member.
Dr. Thomas K. Harris
Director, Undergraduate and Medical Education
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Gautier Building, Room 111
305-243-3358
tkharris@miami.edu
Dr. Sapna Deo
Director, Graduate Studies and Molecular Medicine Pathway
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Gautier Building, Room 239DB
305-243-4421
sdeo@med.miami.edu
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