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2022-23 PhD Students

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2022-23 M.S. Biomedical Sciences Students

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Postdoctoral Fellows & Instructors

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2023 SURE & UMEEDD Participants

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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 scientific inquiry, and promote an environment that embraces diversity and cultural differences.

Dean's Welcome

Welcome to the School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences, where our mission is to train the next generation of biomedical researchers and educators. The School of Graduate Studies offers 13 educational programs, and our active and diverse graduate community includes approximately 300 students and post-doctoral trainees.

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Latest News

Dr. Sydney Murphy, new dean of the School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences, is inspired by her ‘training pedigree.’

Murphy takes the reins as dean of Graduate School

Published on Monday, August 14, 2023

UMEEDD interns Austen Breland and Maggie Phillips, MSU seniors, have spent their summer researching ways to build a model that identifies when a chest tube can be successfully removed.

MSU interns work with mentors to design biomedical solutions

Published on Monday, July 24, 2023

Dr. Jason Griggs is winner of the International Association of Dental Researchers Wilmer Souder Award.

Griggs recognized for decades of dental materials research

Published on Monday, June 26, 2023

Granger poses for his final official portrait as associate vice chancellor for research and SGSHS dean, among other roles.

Granger retires after 33 years at UMMC

Published on Monday, June 26, 2023

"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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