Biomedical Sciences (Tropical Medicine), PhD

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Graduates with a PhD degree have pursued professional research, teaching, and administrative careers at various academic institutions, state and federal government agencies, international health agencies, and biotechnology companies.

Requirements

The tropical medicine PhD program requires course work as determined necessary by the student’s advisory committee, a qualifying examination, comprehensive examination, preparation of a written research proposal, dissertation, and a final oral examination/defense of dissertation. Students are encouraged to take course work covering a broad array of the disciplines involved in the field of tropical medicine, including course work offered by other academic departments as relevant to their area of concentration, such as diagnosis, molecular evolution, immunopathogenesis and vaccine development for SARS CoV-2 and COVID-19.