Toxicology

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Plan of Study

Toxicology is an applied discipline that incorporates and builds on all of the other scientific disciplines. Thus, the Toxicology Track is an innovative, multidisciplinary graduate program investigating the consequences of exposure to chemical agents on living organisms and the environment, and the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie those consequences. Students in the toxicology track are expected to take core courses in such classes as molecular biology, epidemiology, biostatistics, and general toxicology with the goal of exposing students to the broad aspects of the toxicology field. The students take more specific courses in their area of focus. Research programs engaged in the track cover a broad range and include comparative marine toxicology, chemical carcinogenesis, immunotoxicology, toxicogenomics, neurotoxicology, and outer space toxicology, among others. The focus of a student’s dissertation work will primarily be determined by their choice of laboratory, but it is anticipated that the integrated nature of the field will be reflected in the course work and doctoral committee members, which are likely to be from multiple participating institutions.