Graduate Program

The Pharmacology and Toxicology faculty participate in a new graduate program offered at Dartmouth Medical School and Dartmouth College. The Program in Experimental and Molecular Medicine (PEMM) is a degree granting program which encompasses five broad disciplines ("themes"):

• Cancer Biology & Molecular Therapeutics
• Molecular Pharmacology, Toxicology & Experimental Therapeutics
• Neuroscience
• Systems Biology
• Vascular Biology

This new graduate program seeks to train the next generation of scientists and physician-scientists to engage in genomic, proteomic, cellular and systems biology for the purpose of translating this knowledge into disease treatment and prevention.

Research carried out by faculty and trainees in this program will use the most advanced experimental approaches to understand the pathophysiology of disease and to develop new diagnostics and therapies.

Students will have the opportunity to be mentored by faculty within both the basic and clinical sciences. Research topics will be investigated with a variety of experimental models that include:

• Biochemical
• Cellular
• Tissue or organ systems
• Genetically altered animals

The research will employ a broad range of biochemical, biological and molecular techniques, and will interface with related disciplines such as biostatistics, bioinformatics, structural biology and chemistry. All students will be given thorough instruction in the fundamentals of cell biology, molecular biology, physiology and pathophysiology, pharmacology and human genetics. In addition, there will be special courses on designing, implementing and analyzing clinical trials. Thus, this program is expected to provide students with a broad-based understanding of key biomedical problems and to develop their ability to carry out creative biomedical research.

To apply using our Online Application Form, fill out the information requested and submit the form.