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Ph.D. Program in Toxicology
This graduate program in Toxicology builds upon our medical school’s strength in environmental health research. Areas of emphasis include neurotoxicology, immunotoxicology, osteotoxicology, carcinogenesis, and molecular, pulmonary, reproductive and developmental toxicology. It is administered by the Department of Environmental Medicine.
Our program is one of the most well-established, research-oriented, toxicology Ph.D. programs in the nation. Since the first degree was awarded in 1970, our graduates have been making significant contributions to science through their positions in academia, government, pharmaceutical and chemical companies, and research institutes. Their graduate training has also proven broad enough to qualify them for a wide variety of careers, from teaching toxicology at the college level, to engaging in forensic toxicology and criminal investigation, to helping set national environmental health policy. Over 160 students have earned the doctorate and about 30-40 Ph.D. students are generally in residence.
Faculty research programs range across the entire spectrum of toxicology, from molecular mechanisms to human populations, and address important human environmental health concerns, including endocrine disrupters, carcinogens, immunotoxicants and neurotoxicants. Faculty members are interested in the possible role of toxicants in disorders such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, osteoporosis, autism, Parkinsonism, Alzheimer’s disease, and other neurodegenerative diseases. Some investigators organize their research around specific chemicals like mercury, lead or TCDD (dioxin), and others are involved with forensic toxicology.
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