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Participating Doctoral Programs
The College of Medicine M.D./Ph.D. program enables students to tailor their educational experiences by selecting from a host of exciting research projects and medical specialties at UK. Our M.D./Ph.D. students are able to choose from more than 250 faculty in nine departments or centers including the following.
Anatomy and Neurobiology
Director of Graduate Studies: Doug Gould, Ph.D.
An energetic faculty and flexible curriculum are directed toward giving the graduate competitive research and teaching credentials. Research in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology is focused on the study of the nervous system. State-of-the-art approaches to the structure and function of neural, neuroendocrine and reproductive systems represent particular strengths of the department.
Biomedical Engineering
Director of Graduate Studies: Abhijit R. Patwardhan , Ph.D.
The Graduate Center for Biomedical Engineering emphasizes the application of engineering principles to the areas of medicine and biology. The Ph.D. program covers the broad aspects of mechanics, fluids, mass transfer, signal processing, system analysis, materials, and laboratory experimentation and implementation. Course work and research activities stress the practical application to specific areas in rehabilitation, engineering, neuroscience, sports medicine, cardiorespiratory, physiology, orthopaedic implant design, medical instrumentation, diagnosis and image processing.
Gerontology
Director of Graduate Studies: John Watkins, Ph.D.
The Graduate Center for Gerontology recognizes the diverse ways of exploring aging and older persons. It seeks to develop in students a truly integrative and holistic way of thinking that engages the continuums of cell to society, and theory to practice. Such a perspective serves as foundation for focused student research within a flexible curriculum that allows specialization within a broad array of gerontological fields ranging from the biomedical to social and behavioral sciences. Faculty research interests include: Alzheimer’s disease (neurology, epidemiology, and care environments); retirement decision-making (financial, housing, mobility and health decisions); public policy (guardianship, elder abuse and long-term care); health behaviors (epidemiology, diet and exercise and disease perceptions); aging and environment (home, long-term care, place attachment and life course dynamics).
Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Director of Graduate Studies: Brian Stevenson, Ph.D.
There are more than 30 faculty in the Microbiology graduate program with research activities focused in six areas: molecular biology, immunology, tumor biology, cell biology, microbial pathogenesis and virology. The training program is flexible and blends an appropriate mixture of didactic courses, seminars, research and independent study for each student. Emphasis is placed on training students to become successful independent researchers and our laboratories provide excellent training opportunities in state-of-the-art research in basic science and medically related areas.
Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology
Director of Graduate Studies: Robert W. Hadley, Ph.D.
The graduate program emphasizes training in state-of-the-art laboratory methods in Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology. Opportunities are available to work with enthusiastic faculty in intriguing research fields such as Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis and lipoprotein metabolism, brain aging and neurodegeneration, cancer, cardiac hypertrophy, hypertension, ion channels, myocardial ischemia, and regulation of gene expression by hormones, growth factors and transcription factors.
Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Director of Graduate Studies: Kevin Sarge, Ph.D.
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry is composed of faculty dedicated to the elucidation of fundamental mechanisms of living organisms with special strengths in molecular structure, transcription, signal transduction, membrane biogenesis and function, cell division and development with applications to aging, heart disease, cancer, infectious diseases, and diabetes. As biochemistry is a core scientific component of all modern biomedical science, the training obtained in this department gives the student a flexibility that enhances competitiveness in many fields.
Nutritional Sciences
Director of Graduate Studies: Reto Asmis , Ph.D.
The multidisciplinary Ph.D. program in Nutritional Sciences emphasizes disease prevention and nutritional intervention in the treatment of disease. The diverse research areas of the 60 faculty members in the program combine nutrition with AIDS, alcoholism, cancer, cardiovascular disease, immune function and obesity.
Physiology
Director of Graduate Studies: G. Steven Estus, Ph.D.
Our faculty investigate mechanisms of physiological function and dysfunction at the molecular, cellular, organ system and behavioral levels. We have outstanding opportunities for research and training in neural, cardiovascular, endocrine, respiratory, muscle and renal physiology. Examples of efforts of recent M.D./Ph.D. students include significant contributions in the clinically relevant areas of aging, atherosclerosis, stroke and spinal cord injury.
Toxicology
Director of Graduate Studies: Zhigang Wang , Ph.D.
The Graduate Center for Toxicology prepares scientists for careers in toxicology, with strength in DNA repair and cancer, role of oxidative stress in toxic injury, metabolism and transport of toxicants, neurotoxicology and immunotoxicology. Several faculty are physician scientists who translate their basic research interests into appropriate therapeutic modalities.
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