Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Graduate Study
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine offers advanced training in disease pathogenisis through the graduate program in pathobiology and the MD/PhD program. Department faculty are also leading contributors to graduate education in the life sciences at Brown.
Graduate Study
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine offers advanced training in disease pathogenisis through the graduate program in pathobiology and the MD/PhD program. Department faculty are also leading contributors to graduate education in the life sciences at Brown.
Graduate Courses
| Course Code | Course Title and Description | Course Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 1820 | Environmental Health and Disease Humans live, work, and play in complex chemical environments. BIOL1820 examines how environmental exposures impact health and contribute to disease. We will discuss contamination in the context of colonialism and capitalism as well as critically assess the ways society shapes science as a discipline. | Jessica Plavicki, PhD View areas of research |
| BIOL 2860 | Molecular Mechanisms of Disesase Dr. Bartnikas’ goal for this class is to teach first-year graduate students what he wishes he would have been taught and what he wished he would have known as a first-year graduate student. This will be accomplished by studying several human diseases and designing experiments to better understand their mechanistic and molecular basis. | Thomas Bartnikas, MD, PhD |
| BIOL 2865 | Toxicology This course will introduce the principal biological processes that determine an organism’s response to a toxicant, including absorption, distribution through a biological system, metabolism, elimination, and effects at the site(s) of action. | Daniel Spade, PhD |
Affiliated Graduate Programs
The Pathobiology Graduate Program is an interdisciplinary educational and research training program established by the Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology. The objective of this program is to use the tools of cell biology, biochemistry, and molecular biology to study basic mechanisms of disease. This program has three tracks: immunology and host defense, environmental pathology, and cancer biology.
The Therapeutic Sciences Graduate Program offers advanced training appropriate for academic and research careers in the fields of biology and medical sciences with a focus on determining disease mechanisms and drug actions, and developing novel therapies.
Therapeutic Sciences Graduate Program
Graduate study in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, & Biochemistry Program provides a student-centered and collaborative learning environment that is at once grounded in the fundamentals of molecular biology and focused on the frontiers of scientific discovery.
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, & Biochemistry Graduate Program