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Mission
The mission of the Graduate School of Biomedical
Sciences is to develop scientists who will contribute
new knowledge in the biomedical disciplines through
creative research and scholarship.
History
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS)
had its origins as a Program in Biomedical Sciences
in the former Seton Hall College of Medicine and
Dentistry, which was established in 1956. The State
of New Jersey consolidated medical and dental education
in 1965, and the GSBS became a separate school of
the State's Health Sciences University in 1969,
when the University moved to new facilities in Newark.
The Piscataway Division joined GSBS in 1989, followed
by the Stratford Division in 1995. From a student
body of 10 on the Newark campus in 1969, the GSBS
has grown to a current enrollment of about 1,100 students
in its three Divisions.
The Foundation
of UMDNJ is a major supporter of the UMDNJ Graduate
School of Biomedical Sciences, as well as of other
educational and research activities of the University.
The Foundation was established in 1974 to encourage
private sector philanthropic giving to programs
at the University's eight schools and health related
facilities throughout the state.
Programs
The mission of the Graduate School of Biomedical
Sciences is to develop scientists who will contribute
new knowledge in the biomedical disciplines through
creative research and scholarship. The three Divisions
differ, however, in their research areas and programmatic
structure. The requirements for admission and completion
of the program are similar but are not identical.
The following description is an overview, and applicants
are referred to the individual Divisions' web sites
for more complete information.
The programs in the Newark
Division are based primarily within the basic
science departments of the New Jersey Medical School.
A nine-credit core course for all incoming doctoral
students will cover all aspects of the Biomedical
Sciences taught at this Division. The Newark Division
is part of the Graduate Center at Newark, a consortial
arrangement with Rutgers University Graduate School-Newark
and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). The
three schools are in close proximity and have numerous
joint programs.
The Piscataway
Division is located at the Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School on the campus of Rutgers University,
and there is a close interaction between the two
schools. They share recreational and housing facilities,
among other activities. The graduate programs in
Biomedical Sciences are run jointly with Rutgers
University and they draw their faculty from various
departments and units on the two campuses. There
is a core Molecular Biosciences program comprised
of the programs in Biochemistry & Molecular
Biology, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology,
and Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology. Graduate
programs in Physiology & Neurobiology and Biomedical
Engineering also are offered in the GSBS Piscataway
Division.
The Stratford
Division is located within the School of Osteopathic
Medicine. The Graduate Program in Molecular and
Cell Biology draws its faculty from the two Basic
Science departments, the Department of Cell Biology
and the Department of Molecular Biology. This unique
interdepartmental program has two curricular tracks,
one in Molecular Biology and one in Cell Biology,
which prepare students for the differing research
interests of the graduate faculty within each department.
Ten credits of core courses for all incoming doctoral
students provide a rigorous foundation in principles
of biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology.
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