Brown Biomed

Graduate Programs
in Biology and Public Health

  • BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING: Exploits biological molecules and organisms to develop new technologies and manipulates living cells to produce replacement organs and novel therapies.
    Graduate Program Director: Diane Hoffman-Kim, PhD
    Contact: Carol_Folan@Brown.edu


  • BIOSTATISTICS: The graduate program trains students to develop novel quantitative methods and to apply these to substantive problems in public health, biomedical and social science research.
    Graduate Program Directors:
    Joseph Hogan, ScD / Hernando Ombao, PhD, MS
    Contact: phgp@Brown.edu


  • EPIDEMIOLOGY: A public health discipline that studies the distribution and determinants of disease in populations to generate new discoveries regarding disease causation and to develop community- and individual- based preventive activities.
    Graduate Program Directors: Ana Baylin, MD, DrPH/Stephen Buka, ScD
    Contact: phgp@Brown.edu


  • HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH: Analyzes the organization, policies, and economic forces affecting health care delivery systems, providers, and consumers with the goal of improving services and creating more equitable health outcomes by influencing health policy at all levels.
    Graduate Program Director: Vincent Mor, PhD
    Contact: phgp@Brown.edu


  • ECOLOGY & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY: Seeks to understand biological patterns and processes ranging from DNA to dinosaurs, using integrative approaches with genetic models, functional analyses of whole organisms, and natural experiments in the field.
    Graduate Program Director: David Rand, PhD
    Contact: Carol_Casper@brown.edu


  • MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, CELL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY: Studies cellular, molecular, and biochemical mechanisms of biological processes in development, growth, and disease.
    Graduate Program Directors: Michael McKeown, PhD / Tricia Serio, PhD
    Contact: MCB_Program@brown.edu


  • MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY: Studies the underlying mechanisms of basic physiological processes, their structural components, and how drugs affect these processes to develop cures for diseases.
    Graduate Program Directors: Wayne Bowen, PhD/ Wolfgang Peti, PhD
    Contact: mpp@brown.edu


  • NEUROSCIENCE: Unites experimental and theoretical scientists who study the molecules, cells, and networks of the brain to advance understanding of nervous system function, disease, and treatment.
    Graduate Program Directors: Diane Lipscombe, PhD/ Jerome Sanes, PhD
    Contact: nsgp@brown.edu


  • PATHOBIOLOGY: Uncovers the mechanisms of disease initiation, progression and resolution by working in the thematic areas of immunology & infectious disease; toxicology & environmental pathology; and cancer biology.
    Graduate Program Director: Andrew G. Campbell, PhD
    Contact: Pathobiology@brown.edu


  • FIFTH YEAR MASTERS - For currently enrolled Brown undergrads only (pdf).

    Some Graduate Programs in the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University offer a Fifth Year Masters program for students completing a Bachelors degree in one of the approved concentrations in the Program in Biology