Welcome to the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Programs (New Brunswick/Piscataway)
Housed in the School of Graduate Studies at Rutgers University, the Biomedical Sciences programs in New Brunswick/Piscataway offer interdisciplinary PhD training in specialties including Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Cell and Developmental Biology, Environmental Sciences Exposure Sciences, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neuroscience, Pharmacology (with a Cancer Biology Concentration), Physiology, and Toxicology. Our MD/PhD program is an institutional partnership between Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School, Rutgers University New Brunswick campus and Princeton
University. In addition, we offer a Masters in Clinical and Translational Sciences, a Masters in Biomedical Science and an MS in Biomedical Sciences.
The School of Graduate Studies provides personalized academic support
for approximately 5,200 Rutgers students enrolled in more than 150
doctoral, master’s, and dual degree programs across New
Brunswick/Piscataway and Newark. Collaborating with international
partner institutions—from Brazil, Puerto Rico, France, and Croatia to
China, Indonesia, and South Korea—and with over 25,000 alumni spread
across the world, ours is a global commitment to advanced, cutting-edge
research and scholarship. Our school ensures rigorous academic
standards, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration between graduate
faculty and students, and oversees innovative professional development
initiatives that prepare graduate students to succeed in both academic
and non-academic careers.
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PhD Graduate Student Outcomes
- Average time to degree for biomedical PhD students at Rutgers: 5.7 years
- Average number of publications for biomedical PhD students at Rutgers: 1.4 first-author, 3 papers total
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Alumni Data from Academic Analytics (current position for n = 414 graduates from 2005-2019)
49% for profit (e.g. pharma/biotech/consulting/science writing), 17% non-tenure track academic positions (e.g.lecturer, research professor, adjunct faculty), 11% tenure track academic positions, 11% postdoctoral fellows, 9% government, and 3% non-profit.
Competencies taught Rutgers Biomedical Sciences PhD programs and how they are obtained
- Broad conceptual
knowledge - core courses
- Deep knowledge
of a specific field - upper level courses, thesis work,
and journal clubs
- Critical thinking - reading papers, planning
experiments, reviewing grants and manuscripts
- Experimental skills - rotations and thesis lab,
collaborations
- Responsible conduct
of research –
Ethical Scientific Conduct initial and refresher
- Rigor
and reproducibility - biostatistics classes
- Computational skills - computer programming class
- Collaboration/Teamwork – working with other labs and
within lab, student organizations
- Management and
emotional intelligence skills - manage your own project,
supervise undergraduates, interact with faculty and peers
- Leadership and professionalism –
iJOBS, join student organizations, volunteer for events
- Communication skills - presentations in lab, university,
and national meetings, writing manuscripts and fellowships, Communicating Science class
Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student Organization Annual Symposium
Thank you to the MBGSO for putting on a great graduate student virtual symposium last week and
congratulations to the presentation winners! All of the presentations were very impressive and we thank
everyone who participated and attended for making the event a success.
Oral presentations:
1st - Nydia P. Chang
2nd - Gina M. Castellano
3rd - Robert A. Dowden
Poster presentations:
1st (tie) - Pooja Khanna and Esther Mezhibovsky
2nd - Uyen Nguyen
MBGSO Board
President: Paul Kraycer
Internal Vice President: Rukia Henry
External Vice President: Kyle Nunn
Treasurer: Sangeevan Vellappan
Secretary: Alexandra Logerfo
Program Coordinator: Chadni Patel
Development Officer: Kiranmayi Venuri
Financial Planning Workshop
To hear the recording of the financial planning workshop from March 2, 2021, click here
How to Write a Manuscript that Reviewers will Love Workshop in March 2021
Click here to see a recording of the event. Click here for the slides.
Slides from Fellowship Application Workshop
GradFund presentation
Reviewer and scoring presentation
Orientation Slides for Biomedical MS and PhD Students 2020
SGS Biomedical Orientation Overview
Office of Disability Services
Career Explorations and Success
Graduate Student Organization Introductions
Library (PubMed, EndNote, SOAR, ORCHID)
Academic and Scientific Integrity Orientation
To listen to a recording of the orientation session, please click here
Welcome to the new MS and PhD students for 2020
Congratulations to the Shatkin Graduate Student Awardees |
Congratulations to the 2020-2021 scholarship recipients of the Aaron Shatkin Graduate Student Award.
The Shatkin Awards are given annually to PhD students in the biomedical sciences recognized for excellent
academic and research achievement. The scholarship is named after Aaron Shatkin, who was the founding
director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine.
Congratulations to this year's awardees:
Edgar Ferrer-Gonzalez, Lab of Daniel Pilch, PhD, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Program
Daniel Rizzolo, Lab of Grace Guo, PhD, Toxicology Program
Meghan Arnold, Lab of Monica Driscoll, PhD, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Program
Jui Wan Loh, Lab of Hossein Khiabanian, PhD, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Program
Congratulations to all of our graduates, especially Urmimala Basu for winning the Stanley S. Bergen Medal of Excellence.
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