Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences - UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX

Highly Ranked Education

Award-winning Research
Collaborative Environment
Faculty Mentorship
Professional Development

Research that Drives Innovation View Research Labs

Breakthrough Prize for cGAS Discovery

Deepak Nijhawan, M.D., Ph.D.,winner of the Seldin-Smith Award — Seldin-Smith Award from ASCI for Cancer Treatment Target

Helen Hobbs, M.D. — Institut de France Grand Prix for Way to Reduce Cholesterol

Claudio Morales-Perez — Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award for Mapping Nicotine Addiction

Tiffany Reese, Ph.D. — Pew Scholar Award for Fetal Immune Programming

Benjamin Tu, Ph.D. — Blavatnik Award Finalist for Chromatin Methylation’s New Role

Discovery Happens When You Transcend Disciplines View Research Labs

Science and Medicine Combine for Discovery

Student in lab looking at a sample in a vial — Cross Disciplinary Lab Environment

Professor making a point with an example — Accelerating Discovery from Bench to Bedside

Students in lab coats walking in a lab — Cutting Edge Disease Research

Students walking and laughing in the hallway — Rewarding Scientific Conversations

Students discussing a poster on the bulletin board — Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

Mentorship Beyond the Bench View Research Labs

Work Alongside Distinguished Faculty

Professor and student talking together — Leaders in the Field

Two female students talking in the lab — Engaging Scientific Discussions

Two male students reviewing scholarly papers — Faculty Office Doors are Always Open

Faculty review brochure with two students — Accessibility of Expert Faculty

Faculty overseeing student in the lab — 1-on-1 Guidance

Our Goal is Your Success View Research Labs

Navigating Career Development is a Top Priority

Smiling students in graduation garb — Graduation Day

Lecturer presenting in front of screen — Career-Related Seminars

Word cloud of school names including UCSF, Harvard, UC San Diego, Duke, Penn, Stanford, MIT, and many others — Postdocs Go on to Prestigious Institutions

Word cloud of career types including Research in Industry, Principal Investigator, Business of Science, Research in Academia, Science Writing, Teach in Academia, and many others — Wide Range of Career Outcomes

Two people reviewing and discussing documents in a classroom — Guidance from Experts in the Field

High Impact Research

Our students work alongside distinguished faculty and leading researchers on some of the most impactful medical conditions of our time including:

Aging/Alzheimer's

Cancer/Biomarkers

Cancer/Stem Cells

Cardiology/Regeneration

Cholesterol

Diabetes

Innate Immunity

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State-of-the-Art Facilities

Analytical Ultracentrifugation

Biostatistics

Clinical & Translational Research Center

Computational Biology/Bioinformatics

Cryo-EM & Electron Microscopy

Cyclotron and Radiochemistry

DNA Genotyping

DNA Microarray

DNA Sequencing - Next-Generation & Sanger

Flow Cytometry

Genomics & Microarray

High-Throughput Screening

Human Genetics Clinical Laboratory

Kidney Research

Live Cell Imaging

Molecular and Cellular Imaging

Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping

Mouse MRI

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Pathology

Preclinical Pharmacology

Protein Chemistry Technology Center

Proteomics

Rapid Biochemical Kinetics

RNA Oligonucleotide Synthesis

Rodent Behavior

Small Animal Imaging

Synthetic Chemistry

Tissue Management

Transgenic Core

X-ray Crystallography

$489.4

million to support research & innovation in 2018-2019

Cutting-Edge Technology

Whole Mouse Brain Microscopy

High Throughput Screening

Cyclotron and Radiochemistry Program

Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Cryo-Tomography

Mouse Genome Engineering (Transgenic Core and Mouse Genome Engineering Core)

Low Cost, High Quality Living

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Highly Ranked

#1

By Nature Index 2018

Health care institution publishing scientific research

#18

By U.S. News & World Report

Graduate Programs and Biological Sciences

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Contact

Admissions admissions@utsouthwestern.edu
Basic Science Ph.D. Programs dbsinfo@utsouthwestern.edu
Clinical Psychology Ph.D. Program Psychology@utsouthwestern.edu
Medical Scientist Training Program mstp@utsouthwestern.edu
Postdoctoral Affairs Office sgspostdocoffice@utsouthwestern.edu

Location

Dallas Life