Graduate Studies in Basic Health Sciences

Graduate studies leading to the PhD degree in basic health sciences are offered in the fields of anatomical sciences, molecular microbiology, cellular and molecular pathology, molecular and cellular pharmacology, physiology and biophysics, or population health and clinical outcomes research. The Department of Oral Biology and Pathology also offers a Master’s of Science degree in Basic Health Sciences.

Basic health sciences departments of the School of Medicine also collaborate with the Division of Biological Sciences and other academic units to operate graduate study programs in various areas of the biological sciences, such as molecular biology and biochemistry, cellular and developmental biology, genetics, and neurobiology and behavior. Many of these programs are part of the tri-institutional consortium that includes Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory, and students have the opportunity to work with the faculty at these institutions in addition to the Stony Brook University faculty.

Each graduate studies program is guided by its own director and executive committee and establishes its own entrance standards and degree requirements, described in detail in the Graduate Catalog. Inquiries regarding graduate admission to a specific department should be addressed to the director of the department’s graduate program. Please see ADMISSIONS in this Catalogfor more information.