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Pathobiology Track

Track Leader: Dr. Thomas Kelly

KellyThomasJ@uams.edu

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Curriculum

Year 1 Fall (12 credit hours)

GPIBS Core Curriculum

Year 1 Spring (12 credit hours)

1 credit hour GPIBS Seminar (IBSD 5102)
1 credit hour Scientific Communication and Ethics II (PCOL 5119)
3 credit hours General Physiology (PHYO 5103)
3 credit hours Histology and Laboratory Screening (PATH 5150)
3 credit hours Biostatistics (BIOS 5013) or Biometrical methods
1 credit hour Research

Each summer until graduation

1 credit hour Research

Year 2 Fall (10 -12 credit hours)

1 credit hour GPIBS Seminar (IBSD 5102)
1 credit hour Scientific Communication and Ethics III (PCOL 5120)
3 credit hours Pathologic Basis of Disease (PATH 5101)
3-6 credit hours Electives*
2-4 credit hours Research

Year 2 Spring (10-11 credit hours)

1 credit hour GPIBS Seminar (IBSD 5102)
1 credit hour Scientific Communications and Ethics IV (PCOL 5121)
3-6 credit hours Electives*
5-6 credit hours Research

*Electives are chosen at the discretion of the mentor and the student’s advisory committee. Possible courses include but are not limited to:
Cancer Biology (BIOC 6103), Basic Biology of Aging (PHYO 6102), Immunology (MBIM 5101), Molecular Epidemiology (EPID 6335), Cellular Endocrinology (PHYO 5104), Human Development (NBDS 5124), Molecular Cell Biology (PHYO 6103), Systems Therapeutics (PCOL 6101), Introduction to Oncology (INTX 5082-old number), Cancer Epidemiology (EPID 5332), Epi of Chronic Diseases (EPID 5326), and Basic Neuroscience (NBDS 5106)

Year 2 Summer

Candidacy Exam (research proposal submitted to committee followed by oral defense)

Years 3- Until Degree Completion

Students will enroll in 1 credit hour Seminar (IBSD 5102) for each of the remaining semesters and 9 credit hours of Dissertation Research (until reach 18) and/or Research.

Students must meet with their advisory committee semiannually, demonstrate continuous progress, and successfully defend their research project in written and oral format prior to completion of the degree.

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