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Doctoral

Medicine (MD)/PhD

Drexel University The College of Medicine 92 courses 79 total credits

About This Program

The Physician Scientist MD/PhD program allows students to integrate their medical education with intense research training by selecting a training mentor from one of the PhD programs. Once a research training mentor is selected, the student will be enrolled in the mentor's academically affiliated PhD program. MD/PhD students learn the fundamental clinical aspects of medicine and receive advanced training in a specific field of research. Physicians with extensive research training are uniquely positioned to advance medical care and to teach at the cutting edge of medical discovery.

Degree Requirements

Total Credits 79 credits

Required Courses

Advanced Electives

Code Course Title Credits
BIOC 520S Macromolecular Structure & Function 3
BIOC 522S Biochemistry of Drug Discovery & Design 4
BIOC 603S Advanced Topics in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1.5
CBIO 510S Cancer Biology 3
CBIO 512S Advanced Cancer Biology 2
MCBG 506S Advanced Cell Biology 2
MIIM 555S Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis 3
MIIM 604S Special Topics in Virology 3
MIIM 630S Advanced Molecular Biology 2
NEUR 609S Graduate Neuroscience II 2
PHGY 503S Graduate Physiology 4
PHRM 512S Graduate Pharmacology 3
PHRM 525S Drug Discovery and Development I 3
MIIM 528S Structural Bioinformatics 2
MIIM 607S Immunology II 3
MIIM 613S Emerging Infectious Diseases 2
MIIM 615S Experimental Therapeutics 2
MIIM 625S Advanced Molecular Virology 3
BIOC 508S Experimental Approaches to Biochemical Problems 3
BIOC 511S Communication for Researchers 2
BIOC 521S Introduction to Biochemical Data 2
MCBG 514S Cell Cycle and Apoptosis 2
MIIM 508S Immunology I 3
NEUR 508S Graduate Neuroscience I 2
NEUR 511S Advanced Cellular and Developmental Neuroscience 1
NEUR 512S Advanced Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience 1.5
PHRM 507S Prin of Neuropharmacology 3
PHRM 526S Drug Discovery and Development II 3
PHRM 602S Research Methods in Pharmacology 2
NEUR 634S Motor Systems 4
MIIM 521S Biotechniques I: Molecular and Genomic Methods 2
PHRM 518S New Frontiers in Therapy 1
PHRM 519S Methods in Biomedical Research 2
MLAS 536S Animal Models for Biomedical Research 1
Total Advanced Electives 4 credits

General Electives

Code Course Title Credits
BIOC 502S Biochemistry 1st Lab Rotation 4
BIOC 503S Biochemistry 2nd Lab Rotation 4
BIOC 504S Biochemistry 3rd Lab Rotation 4
IDPT 501S Biostatistics I 2
IDPT 507S Teaching Practicum I 1-4
IDPT 508S Teaching Practicum II 1-4
IDPT 509S Teaching Practicum III 1-4
MIIM 504S Microbiology and Immunology 1st Rotation 4
MIIM 505S Microbiology and Immunology 2nd Rotation 4
MIIM 506S Microbiology and Immunology 3rd Rotation 4
MCBG 501S MCBG 1st Lab Rotation 4
MCBG 502S MCBG 2nd Lab Rotation 4
MCBG 503S MCBG 3rd Lab Rotation 4
MCBG 506S Advanced Cell Biology 2
NEUR 501S Neuroscience 1st Lab Rotation 4
NEUR 502S Neuroscience 2nd Lab Rotation 4
NEUR 503S Neuroscience 3rd Lab Rotation 4
NEUR 508S Graduate Neuroscience I 2
PHRM 507S Prin of Neuropharmacology 3
CR 500S Epidemiology 3
CR 513S Business Processes and Contemporary Concerns in Pharmaceutical R & D 3
CR 514S World Wide Regulatory Submissions 3
CR 515S Intro to Clinical Trials 3
CR 520S Applications of Clinical Research Biostatistics 3
CR 525S Scientific Writing and Medical Literature 3
CR 535S Current Federal Regulatory Issues in Biomedical Research 3
CR 545S Pharmaceutical Law 3
CR 550S Leadership Skills 3
CR 555S Compliance & Monitoring Issues 3
CR 570S Principles and Practice of Pharmacovigilance 3
CR 600S Designing the Clinical Trial 3
CR 609S Innovative Product Development 3
CR 612S Fundamentals of Compliance 3
CR 614S Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology 3
CR 617S Informatics in Pharm Res & Development 3
CR 620S Regulatory, Scientific and Social Issues Affecting Biotech Research 3
CR 625S Health Policy and Economics 3
CR 635S Strategic Planning 3
NEUR 500S Statistics for Neuro/Pharm Research 2
PHRM 503S Pharm & Phys 1st Lab Rotation 4
PHRM 504S Pharm & Phys 2nd Lab Rotation 4
PHRM 505S Pharm & Phys 3rd Lab Rotation 4

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