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Educational Opportunities

Just as our faculty research interests reflect the interdisciplinary nature of computational biology, so does the makeup of our student population. Graduate student researchers working within the department of computational biology may belong to any number of graduate programs at the University of Pittsburgh. This is because many of our faculty members have joint appointments to other departments, and are on the training faculty of multiple graduate programs. Likewise, our graduate students may be co-advised by faculty outside of the department, or even outside of the university. It is all part of the highly interdisciplinary nature of the field and the collaborations that naturally ensue.

The educational programs housed within the Department of Computational Biology are described below. Several affiliated programs are also described.

Additional Information can be found at the University of Pittsburgh's website



	Joint CMU-Pitt PhD Program in Computational Biology		NIH-NSF Bioengineering & Bioinformatics Summer Institute (BBSI)
	Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh have joined forces to establish an exciting new interdisciplinary program leading to a Ph.D. in Computational Biology. The goal of this Ph.D. program is to provide intensive interdisciplinary education to enable outstanding students to become leaders in identifying and solving tomorrow's biological problems using computational methods...Learn More		The BBSI @ Pitt provides a unique training experience to students wishing to explore the field of computational biology by providing an opportunity for talented students to learn quantitative computer modeling methods at multiple scales in the life sciences (molecular to cellular). Students attend classes taught by core faculty, and have a unique opportunity to work with leading scientists and subsequently apply their knowledge toward a mentored state-of-the-art research project of their choice...Learn More

Biomedical Informatics

The Pittsburgh Biomedical Informatics Training Program, established in 1987, prepares individuals for research and development careers emphasizing the application of modern technology to health care, basic biological and clinical research, and the education of health professionals...Learn More

Interdisciplinary Biomedical

The Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program offers students an interdisciplinary core program and the opportunity to choose among 9 Ph.D. degree granting programs for advanced research and coursework...Learn More

Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)

The Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) of the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University was established in 1983 to offer exceptionally talented individuals the opportunity to undertake a physician-scientist training program tailored to their specific research interests...Learn More

Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology

The graduate program in Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology (MBSB) at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University is an interdisciplinary program at the interfaces of Biology, Chemistry, Physics and other traditional disciplines. Molecular Biophysics aims to unravel and explain biological phenomena and processes in atomic and molecular detail. ...Learn More

Program in Integrative Molecular Biology (PIMB)

The Program in Integrative Molecular Biology (PIMB) is an innovative new program in graduate training that will rapidly immerse students into a research environment, then mentor them to become independent scientific practitioners, skilled not only in the art of technical execution but in the creative thinking required to address important questions in molecular biology...Learn More