Biomedical and Health Sciences - All Degree Programs

New Brunswick | Piscataway, NJ

Master's Degree Programs

Our Biomedical Sciences – M.S. Program is designed to meet the diverse needs of talented individuals who have an interest in pursuing a career in a health-related profession, especially medicine, or research. Students engage in rigorous coursework including Anatomy Lab and complete a Capstone Project under the guidance of a faculty mentor and approximately 70% of the graduates attend medical school. The Clinical and Translational Science – M.S. Program trains future team leaders who can design and oversee programs, facilitate and manage collaborations, and lead research teams in clinical and translational research to bring new drug therapies to market. 

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Ph.D. Programs

Our interdisciplinary Ph.D. Programs at Rutgers University can provide a breadth and depth of knowledge with opportunities to learn computation, teamwork, leadership, and communication skills through innovative professional development programs like iJOBS. Our students graduate in approximately 5.7 years with an average of 1.4 first author and three co-author publications. Approximately 50% of our graduates land jobs in the biopharma industry immediately after graduation and the other half chose to pursue postdoctoral or government positions.  

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M.D./Ph.D. Program

Our M.D./Ph.D. program is an institutional partnership between Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University-New Brunswick campus, and Princeton University. In addition to clinical and basic science proficiency, the M.D./Ph.D. program includes opportunities for professional development, global health work, and the study of health policy and management. Our goal is to ensure that graduates of the M.D./Ph.D. program at RWJMS are uniquely prepared to become leaders in biomedical research, academic medicine, and the prevention of disease.

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Certificate Programs

We offer three certificate programs in the School of Graduate Studies: Anatomy Instruction, Clinical and Translational Science, and Medical Physics.  

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News About Our Graduate Students

Zhenning Yang is first author on a paper in FASEB Journal, November 2024. “Liver-gut axis signaling regulates circadian energy metabolism in shift workers”.

Danny Wan is first author on a paper in bioRXiv: the preprint server for Biology, November 2024. “Chlamydia plasmid-encoded protein Pgp2 is a replication initiator with a unique β-hairpin necessary for iteron-binding and plasmid replication”.

Carolyn W. Kinkade is first author on a paper in Environmental Health, November 2024. “Urinary mycoestrogens and gestational weight gain in the UPSIDE pregnancy cohort”.

Jay V. Shah is first author on a paper in Advanced Nanobiomed Research, November 2024. “Shortwave-Infrared-Emitting Nanoprobes for CD8 Targeting and In Vivo Imaging of Cytotoxic T Cells in Breast Cancer”.

Esther Ko was awarded an American Health Association predoctoral fellowship, December 2024. 

Sara Potgieter was awarded an NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "ADAD1 and ribosome biogenesis in the post-meiotic male germ cell", September 2024.

Alexandra Logerfo was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "Mechanisms of BMP signaling driving tissue pattern in the intestine", July 2024.

Shradha Suresh was awarded a NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research Fellowship IL-6 as a therapeutic for treatment of TBI. March 2024

Brandon Vaglio was awarded a NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research Fellowship. Engineered Exosomes as a Therapeutic for Secondary Traumatic Brain Injury. March 2024

Seanna Kelly was awarded a NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research Fellowship. The role of immune response and glial subty[es on TBI-induced sleep changes.  March 2024

Srinivasa Gandhu was awarded a NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research Fellowship The role of cypin in regulating ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like post translational modifcations in recovery after TBI. March 2024

Chadni Patel, was awarded a NJ Commission on Cancer Research Fellowship Mentor: Peter Cole, MD Project: Investigating genetic susceptibility for chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment; Rutgers Cancer Institute, Aug 2023

Komal Mandleywala was awarded a NJ Commission on Cancer Research Fellowship , Mentor: Daniel Herranz Benito, PharmD, Ph.D. Project: Dissecting OTUD5 as a novel therapeutic target in leukemia; Rutgers University, Aug 2023

Kyle Nunn was awarded a NJ Commission on Cancer Research Fellowship Mentor was awarded a NJ Commission on Cancer Research Fellowship Yanxiang Jessie Guo, Ph.D. Project: Detailing KRAS/LKB1 co-mutated NSCLC metastatic dependency on host autophagy; Aug 2023  

Weronika Wasniowska, was awarded a NJ Commission on Cancer Research Fellowship Mentor: David I. Shreiber, Ph.D. Project: Leveraging production of reactive oxygen species in photodynamic therapy for development of a novel drug targeting strategy; Aug 2023

Hanna Caiola was awarded a NJ Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism predoctoral fellowship, "The role of MARK2 in neuronal hyperexcitability associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder", July 2024

Emma Schweitzer was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "Craving's role in biasing subjective value computation in food addiction", June 2024.

Francesca Lofaro was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "Elucidating How Menstrual Cycle Phase Influences Neurocognitive Processes Underlying Risk-Taking in Women with Opioid Use Disorder', June 2024.

Tess Felicia Kowalski was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "Investigating habitual behavior and dopamine dysregulation in Tourette syndrome", January 2024.

Emmanuel Alvarez was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "Characterizing the formation and maintenance of drug-biased beliefs in opioid use disorder", February 2024.

Branden Sanabria was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "The Role of Corticostriatal Microcircuitry in Sensorimotor Integration". 2023

Leela Biswas was awarded a Gridley​ McKim-Smith Women’s Health Fellowship, "Decoding Pregnancy Loss: Validating a Novel Genetic Biomarker of Poor Egg Quality", November, 2023

Sean Stratton was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "Creating Pb Risk Mitigation Using Source Apportionment in an EJ Community", August 2023.

Kade Power was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "Role of a NIMA-related kinase in neuronal microtubule stability and transport", August 2023.

Carolyn Kinkade was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "Exposure to Zearalenone and its Impact on Maternal and Fetal Health", August 2023.

Komal Mandleywala was awarded a NJ Commission on Cancer Research, July 2023. "Dissecting OTUD5 as a novel therapeutic target in leukemia".

Nusrath Yusuf was awarded an NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "The role of Tex15 in shaping stochastic olfactory receptor gene choice", August 2023

Chelsea Cary was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "Uteroplacental Vasculature and Fetal Growth after Plastic Particle Exposure", August 2023.

Zakiyah Henry was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "The Tissue-Specific Functionality of the Farnesoid X Receptor in NASH Development", August 2023

Irving Estevez was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Gilliam Fellowship, "RIPK3 Signaling Reduces Neuronal Sensitivity to Excitotoxic Cell Death Following Zika Virus Infection", Sept 2023

Chadni Patel was awarded a NJ Commission on Cancer Research, "Investigating genetic susceptibility for chemotherapy-induce cognitive impairment." July 2023

Luka Turkalj was awarded NJ Dept of Health Autism Predoctoral Fellowship, "Perturbation of Neuronal Proteostasis and Integrated Stress Response in Cc2d1a and Cc2d1a/Cc2d1b Loss of Function", June 2023

Mikayla Voglewede was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship, "Mechanism of Par3-mediated regulation of dendritic spine plasticity", April 2023.

Kyle Nunn was awarded a NJ Commission on Cancer Research, "Detailing KRAS/LKB1 co-mutated NSCLC metastatic dependency on host autophagy", March 2023

Xiao Su was awarded Autism Science Foundation, "Uncovering the cell-type specific synaptic mechanism of ASD-associated gene SETD1A loss-of-function in human neurons." March 2023

Christopher O'Brien was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship "Molecular and Neuroanatomical Processes of Opioid addiction".

Courtney McDermott was awarded a F99/K00 award "Examination of gut-microbiome-brain interactions in a novel gene x environment model of neurodevelopmental disorders.” September 2022

Gregory Marshall was awarded a NJ Commission on Cancer Research, "Hepatitis B Virus integrations in KMT2B drive Hepatocellular Carcinoma." July 2022

Michael Rallo was awarded a NJ Commission on Spinal Cord Injury, "The Role of Hedgehog Signaling as a Mediator of Diverse Reactive Gliosis Phenotypes Following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.” July 2022

Agata Krzyzanowska was awarded a NJ Commission on Cancer Research "Immunotherapy checkpoint inhibitor efficacy is dependent upon a functionally unique T cell subset". July 2022

Vaidhyanathan Mahaganapathy was awarded a $10k Collaborative Project grant from the Cancer Genomics Cloud at Seven Bridges Institute, May 2022. "Analysis of Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) in solid tumor microenvironment”.

Nydia Chang was awarded a NIH F31 predoctoral fellowship "Roles for astrocytic RIPK3 signaling in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis”. July 2022

Jake Lessing was awarded a NIH F30 predoctoal fellowship "Caesarean Delivery's Effect on the Early Life Microbiome and Neurodevelopment”. July 2022

Leela Biswas was awarded a NIH F30 predoctoral fellowship "Functional evaluation of kinesin gene variants associated with female subfertility and egg aneuploidy." August 2022 

Denise Robles was awarded a NJ Governor’s Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism (NJGCA) for her proposal entitled "Modeling Long-Range Connectivity Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorders using Cerebral Organoids." July 2022

Jake Siebert was awarded a NJCCR pre-doctoral fellowship for his project investigating optical nanoprobes as fluorescent reporters of tumor associated immune populations. July 2022

Robert Rosen was awarded a NJCCR pre-doctoral fellowship  for his project investigating Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy associated toxicities. July 2022

Alessandro Bortolami was awarded an NJ Governor’s Council on Autism pre-doctoral fellowship "A novel murine model to study potassium channel-related autism spectrum disorder”. July 2022

Kevinn Eddy was awarded the Bevier Fellowship for 2022-2023.

 

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Jan 15-17 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

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iJOBS Workshop: SciPhD Leadership and Business Skills for Scientists

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iJOBS Career Panel: Medical Writing in Regulatory Affairs

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Jan 28 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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iJOBS Seminar: New Immigration Pathway for Industry Jobs through Rutgers J-1 STEM Research Sponsorship Program

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iJOBS Seminar: Scholar Mentoring and Diversity Program for Biotechnology (SMDP)

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iJOBS Workshop: Transitioning from academic to industry and the cross functional teams involved in drug discovery

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iJOBS Seminar: Advice from an Immigration Attorney

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iJOBS and Erdos Institute Seminar: Data Science and AI in Drug Discovery by Brandon Higgs, PhD

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Dec 9 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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iJOBS Workshop: Clarify your mission by understanding your strengths

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Dec 4 10:00 am - 11:30 am

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iJOBS Virtual Site Visit: Johnson & Johnson

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Nov 25 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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iJOBS Workshop: Beyond the Thesis - Strategies for Standing Out in the Corporate World

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Nov 22 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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iJOBS Workshop: Developing an Effective Writing Process in Science

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Nov 21 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

RISE Information and Alumni Panel Session at Middlesex College

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Nov 16-17 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

2024 Rutgers at ABRCMS (Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists)

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Nov 15 12:00 pm

SEBS EOF RU Researching Symposium

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Nov 13 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Engaging a Quiet Classroom

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Nov 12 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Designing Research Posters in PowerPoint

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Nov 11 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

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iJOBS Career Panel: Medical Communications

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Nov 8 8:00 am - 3:30 pm

16th Annual GSLSAMP/NNJB2B Stem Research Confrence

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Nov 7 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

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iJOBS and Erdos Seminar: Business Development and Data Science with Tanya Borsuk

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