Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Genomic Medicine

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Program Overview

The Genomic Medicine program provides an interdisciplinary and state-of-the-art research environment for genetic, genomic, proteomic and computational technologies to advance medicine. Faculty research interests’ cross multiple disciplines, including diabetes, autoimmunity, obesity, computational biology, cancer, and bioinformatics. The core curriculum provides the foundation to address complex biological problems using integrated high-throughput technologies.

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Program Contact

Ashok Sharma, PhD
706-721-3433
biomed@augusta.edu

Progression and Graduation Requirements

Students are admitted via a common admissions process to the Biomedical Sciences PhD program, not to a specific biomedical major. After completing the first-year common core course work and laboratory rotations, students choose a dissertation research mentor and enter one of nine Doctor of Philosophy majors.
The Doctor of Philosophy curriculum is not lock-step; students do not graduate as a class at the end of a specific semester. The average time to degree is approximately five years of full-time, year-round study; acceptable duration of the program is a minimum of three and maximum of seven years. The number and type of advanced (2nd year and beyond) or elective courses vary, and may include courses within the Genomic Medicine program as well as courses in other disciplines.
In addition to specific course requirements, students must complete additional PhD degree requirements, including satisfactory performance on the Comprehensive Examination, development and approval of a research proposal, writing and approval of the doctoral dissertation, and satisfactory performance on the Final Oral Examination (dissertation defense). See PhD Student Guide for additional requirements and details.

Program Information

Program Length: Maximum of 7 Years
CIP Code: 26.1201
Program Code: DPHIL_GENO

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Biomedical Science Common Courses: 33 Hours

Required Courses: 29 Hours

Selectives: 4 Hours

Select four credit hours from the following:

BIOM 8030 - Experimental Therapeutics (2 Credit Hours)
BIOM 8080 - Neuroscience I (4 Credit Hours) (Required for Neuroscience major)
BIOM 8090 - Fundamentals of Genomic Medicine (2 Credit Hours) (Required for Genomic Medicine major)
BIOM 8215 - Fundamentals of Oncology I (2 Credit Hours)
BIOM 8230 - Biology of Proteins in Disease (2 Credit Hours)
BIOM 8240 - Introduction to Immunology and Infectious Disease (2 Credit Hours)

Major Courses:

GNMD 8050 - Computational Methods in Genomics and Genetics (4 Credit Hours)
GNMD 8051 - Translational Genomics and Proteomics (3 Credit Hours)
GNMD 8052 - Functional Genomics and Proteomics Using Animal Models (3 Credit Hours)
GNMD 8060 - Genomic Medicine Seminar (1 Credit Hour)
Upon entering the Genomic Medicine major, this course must be taken every Fall and Spring semester until dissertation requirements are complete.
GNMD 9210 - Investigation of a Problem in Genomic Medicine (1 to 12 Credit Hours)
Standard enrollment is 12 credit hours per semester.

Upon entering the Genomic Medicine major, this course must be taken every semester until admission to candidacy requirements are complete.
GNMD 9300 - Research in Genomic Medicine (1 to 12 Credit Hours)
Standard enrollment is 12 credit hours per semester.

Must be taken every semester after admission to candidacy until dissertation requirements are met.

Electives:

GNMD 8000 - Genetic Mechanisms of Hereditary Cancer (2 Credit Hours)

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