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Program of StudyThe Biological Sciences in Dental Medicine (BSDM) Program, leading to the PhD degree, is located at Harvard School of Dental Medicine and is offered through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University. Applicants should be interested in pursuing a career in basic or patient-oriented science in the areas of skeletal biology, cell biology and development, immunology, or microbiology leading to a PhD degree. The BSDM program combines faculty from the Department of Oral and Developmental Biology and other Harvard School of Dental Medicine departments with faculty from basic science departments at Harvard Medical School, and faculty from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University. This newly established program offers advanced study in the molecular, supra-molecular, cellular, and supra-cellular processes that provide the intellectual basis for dental medicine. |
Located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, BSDM brings together faculty in the biological sciences throughout Harvard University. The Medical Area (Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Forsyth Institute, a cluster of affiliated hospitals, and the Harvard School of Public Health) and Harvard University comprise one of the most concentrated areas of scientific research facilities in the United States.
The interaction between faculty working at the various component institutions, through joint teaching and research as well as contact with the affiliated hospitals investigating clinical problems, enables the program to serve as a meeting place for biological, dental, medical, physical, and chemical scientists. This provides students and faculty alike with a wider range of experience and techniques than may be found in any single discipline or department.
Students also have access to the Countway Library, one of the most complete biomedical research collections in the nation, and the libraries of The Forsyth Institute and Harvard University in Cambridge.
For more detailed information on the Biological Sciences in Dental Medicine Program, go to http://phd.hsdm.harvard.edu.
Students considering graduate work should request an application from the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Online submission of the application is encouraged; see www.gsas.harvard.edu for forms and more information.
Students should request information and an application from:
Harvard University
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Holyoke Center 350
Cambridge, MA 02138-3654
telephone: 617-495-5315, 617-495-5396
e-mail: admiss@fas.harvard.edu
The Office of Admissions and Financial Aid is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.
A complete directory (searchable by research interest, name, and title) of faculty affiliated with the Biological Sciences in Dental Medicine Program can be found at the HILS Faculty Directory's BSDM listing.