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2021-22 PhD Students

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2022 SURE Program Participants

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2019-20 M.S. Biomedical Sciences Students

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2022 Postdoctoral Fellows & Instructors

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School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences

Welcome to the School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences. Our mission is to train highly qualified researchers who will make significant contributions to the scientific literature, to train the next generation of biomedical scientists, health care professionals, and educators, foster the spirit of scientific inquiry, and promote an environment that embraces diversity and cultural differences.

In the News

Dr. Joey Granger, associate vice chancellor for research and dean of the SGSHS, stands with Dr. Kim Hoover after presenting her with the Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award.

Dr. Kim Hoover: Graduate Studies Distinguished Alumna of the Year

Published on Monday, November 7, 2022

SURE student Maggie Stanford performs research involving the effect of the drug Prozac on the brain.

Students find out if they’re SURE about research careers

Published on Monday, July 18, 2022

School of Medicine graduates Hunter Altman, left, and Adam Goodman fist bump prior to commencement.

Photo Gallery: Graduates smile after reaching educational milestone

Published on Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Wearing the colors of their fields of study, UMMC graduates await the start of ceremonies Friday.

UMMC celebrates 959 May 2022 graduates across six health sciences schools

Published on Friday, May 27, 2022

Jamarius Waller will graduate from the SGSHS and SOM this May with an MD and a PhD. This summer, he starts residency at Emory University's internal medicine-research track.

#UMMCGrad2022: Double-doctor has heart for science, medicine, service

Published on Monday, April 25, 2022

Dean's Welcome

We are proud of our campus and the rich history that has formed UMMC. In the School for Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences, we are also proud of our people. More than 200 graduate faculty members are involved in a range of cutting-edge biomedical research supported by extramural grants totaling over $60 million.

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"Not only does UMMC have a very renowned Physiology program, but our chair of the department is Dr. John Hall; he wrote the Medical Physiology textbook along with Dr. Arthur Guyton. So, those two names are associated with the department alone, and they are titans in our field. This program is very demanding; however, the faculty in my department are extremely supportive - it feels like a community."

— Osvaldo "Ozzy" Rivera-Gonzalez, PhD in Physiology and Biophysics

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