The Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine is a diploma program awarding a Ph.D. degree to individuals who hold an earned M.D. or equivalent degree, accredited by the State of New York.
The requirements of the Ph.D. degree are heavily weighted toward conduct and completion of a substantial scholarly body of research. Students are required to submit a written proposal of their planned thesis project in the format of a fellowship grant application and defend this proposal orally to their Pre-Thesis Committee. Students present their completed dissertation work at a public lecture and defend their completed written thesis before a formal Thesis Committee which includes at least one outside examiner.
The thesis is coupled with a focused core curriculum that builds on the basic science courses taken during medical school. Most courses are one semester in length,. Many are conducted in a discussion/journal club format. There are no credits assigned to courses. Students are expected to participate in all courses. The core curriculum consists of the following courses:
Advanced Immunology
Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Study Design
Current Topics in Translational Research
Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Additional academic programs, which enrich the curriculum but are not required core curriculum courses, are listed below.
Introduction to SAS Programming (an elective course in the SAS programming language, tailored for investigators, that is offered annually)
Research Work-In-Progress (a weekly seminar by Institute/Graduate School investigators)
Seminars in Investigative Medicine (a weekly seminar by external invited speakers)
Match Distinguished Visiting Scientist Program (an annual lecture by preeminent scientists)
Annual Scientific Retreat of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Workshop on Grantsmanship, offered annually
Students also participate in journal clubs and meetings of the lab group where they are conducting their research, and attend and submit abstracts for presentation at national and international scientific conferences.
The Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine
