PhD Program Course Catalog

Each semester, Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences offers a variety of courses for PhD candidates. Consult your training program advisor or our administration to ensure that the courses you choose are appropriate for your academic track.

For a full list of courses, please log in with your Kerberos ID and password to the Vilcek Student Community.

Spring 2024 PhD Courses

Advanced Epidemiologic Methods III (BMSC-GA 4530)

Advanced Immunology (BMSC-GA 2308)

Advanced Integrative Omics (BMSC-GA 4498)

Advanced MRI (BMSC-GA 4409)

Advanced Regression Modeling (BMSC-GA 4494)

Advanced Topics in Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (BMSC-GA 4485)

Analytical Techniques in Healthcare Delivery Science, (BMSC-GA 4517)

Applied Sequencing Informatics (BMSC-GA 4452)

Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Generative Intelligence and Data Science (BMSC-GA 4527)

Basic Mechanisms in Molecular Oncology and Tumor Immunology (BMSC-GA 2318)

Biotechnology Industry: Structure and Strategy (BMSC-GA 4522)

Clinical Decision Support (BMSC-GA 4483)

Consulting in Biomedical Informatics (BMSC-GA 4450)

Critical Thinking in Epidemiology (BMSC-GA 4502)

Deep Learning in Medicine (BMSC-GA 4493)

Ethics—Refresher (BMSC-GA 4478)

Evaluation Methods for Predictive Risk Models (BMSC-GA 4499)

Genetics and Genomics: From Peas to People (BMSC-GA 2213)

Grant Writing (BMSC-GA 1997)

Health Disparities and Health Equity in Community Health (BMSC-GA 4526)

Individual Development Plan for MD/PhD Students (BMSC-GA 4521)

Introduction to Single Cell Data Analysis (BMSC-GA 4531)

Ion Channels and Transporters (BMSC-GA 4515)

Mammalian Stem Cells in Disease and Regeneration (BMSC-GA 4413)

Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration (BMSC-GA 4461)

Methods and Applications for Systems and Synthetic Biology (BMSC-GA 4495)

Molecular Epidemiology at the Interface of Biology & Population Health (BMSC-GA 4501)

Molecular Virology (BMSC-GA 2210)

Neuroanatomy (BMSC-GA 4420)

Practical MRI (BMSC-GA 4427)

Protein Modifications in Cell Signaling (BMSC-GA 2016)

Proteomics Informatics (BMSC-GA 4437)

Systems and Motor Neuroscience (BMSC-GA 4462)

Techniques in Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics (BMSC-GA 4403)

Thinking Strategically About Your Scientific Career (Individual Development Plan) (BMSC-GA 3025)

Translating Epidemiologic Research for Population Health Impact (BMSC-GA 4518)

Spring 2024 Seminars, Readings, and Tutorials

Biostatistics Seminar and Journal Club (BMSC-GA 4492)

Cell Biology Works in Progress (BMSC-GA 4460)

Computational Biomedicine Seminar (BMSC-GA 4435)

Epidemiology Seminar and Journal Club (BMSC-GA 4491)

Seminar in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (BMSC-GA 3715)

Seminar in Biomedical Imaging (BMSC-GA 4416)

Seminar in Developmental Genetics (BMSC-GA 3404)

Seminar in Immunology (BMSC-GA 4441)

Seminar in Microbiology (BMSC-GA 3212)

Seminar in Pathology—Molecular Oncology and Tumor Immunology (BMSC-GA 3312)

Seminar in Stem Cell Biology (BMSC-GA 4425)

Tutorial in Biomedical Imaging (BMSC-GA 4418)

Tutorial in Developmental Genetics (BMSC-GA 2606)

Tutorial in Stem Cell Biology (BMSC-GA 4429)

Spring 2024 Research

Maintenance of Matriculation (MAINT-GA 4747)

Research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (BMSC-GA 3713)

Research in Biomedical Imaging (BMSC-GA 4417)

Research in Biostatistics (BMSC-GA 4489)

Research in Cell Biology (BMSC-GA 3008)

Research Computational Biomedicine (BMSC-GA 4436)

Research in Developmental Genetics (BMSC-GA 3403)

Research in Epidemiology (BMSC-GA 4488)

Research in Immunology (BMSC-GA 4442)

Research in Microbiology (BMSC-GA 3202)

Research in Neuroscience and Physiology (BMSC-GA 3502)

Research in Pathology (BMSC-GA 3302)

Research in Pharmacology (BMSC-GA 3402)

Research in Population Health (BMSC-GA 4514)

Research in Stem Cell Biology (BMSC-GA 4430)

Fall 2023 PhD Courses

Advanced Epidemiology Methods II (BMSC-GA 4496)

Beyond Choice: Emerging Complexities in Reproductive Health (BMSC-GA 4528)

Bioinformatics (BMSC-GA 2604)

Data Analysis and Biostatistics with R (BMSC-GA 4451)

Developmental and Stem Cell Systems (BMSC-GA 2610)

Drug Development in a New Era (BMSC-GA 4419)

Ethics: Scientific Integrity and the Responsible Conduct of Research (BMSC- GA 2000)

Fundamentals of MRI (BMSC-GA 4404)

Healthcare Delivery Science (BMSC-GA 4510)

Introduction to Cellular Neuroscience (BMSC-GA 2005)

Introduction to Economic Evaluation in Health and Medicine (BMSC-GA 4508)

Introduction to Health Informatics (BMSC-GA 4455)

Introduction to Immunology (BMSC-GA 2306)

Introduction to Research (BMSC-GA 4482)

Longitudinal Trajectory Modeling in Epidemiology and Clinical Research (BMSC-GA 4527

Machine Learning (BMSC-GA 4439)

Medical Imaging (BMSC-GA 4426)

Medical Microbiology (BMSC-GA 2202)

Methods in Quantitative Biology (BMSC-GA 4449)

Peer Review in the Life Sciences (BMSC-GA 4503)

Principles of Population Health Science (BMSC-GA 4511)

Rigor and Reproducibility (BMSC-GA 4473)

Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (BMSC-GA 4507)

Topics in Molecular Biology (BMSC-GA 2001)

Translating Cancer Discovery (BMSC-GA 4422)

Fall 2023 Seminars, Readings, and Tutorials

Biostatistics Seminar and Journal Club (BMSC-GA 4492)

Cell Biology Seminars (BMSC-GA 4458)

Cell Biology Works in Progress (BMSC-GA 4460)

Computational Biomedicine Seminar (BMSC-GA 4435)

Consortia Courses (GSAS-GA 2000)

Epidemiology Seminar and Journal Club (BMSC-GA 4491)

Readings in Neuroscience: Genetic Dissection of Circuits Underlying Behavior (BMSC-GA 4463

Seminar in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (BMSC-GA 3715)

Seminar in Biomedical Imaging (BMSC-GA 4416)

Seminar in Developmental Genetics (BMSC-GA 3404)

Seminar in Immunology (BMSC-GA 4441)

Seminar in Microbiology (BMSC-GA 3211)

Seminar in Pathology (BMSC-GA 3311)

Seminar in Stem Cell Biology (BMSC-GA 4425)

Tutorial in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (BMSC-GA 2511)