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Departments

The Molecular Biology Program and Biological Chemistry Program are two complementary interdepartmental graduate programs at the University of Utah.

At the end of their first year of graduate school students will choose thesis advisors by mutual agreement and will automatically be admitted to the Ph.D. degree program of the advisor's department.

 

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SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Frederick Adler

Colin Dale

Martin Horvath
&
Heejin Yoo

Shannon Nielsen
801-581-5636, 223 BIOL

Molecular Biology Program
&
Biological Chemistry Program
 

 

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ONCOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Brad Cairns

Whitney Reid, Graduate Coordinator
801-213-6225, HCI RS 3722

Molecular Biology Program
Biological Chemistry Program
 

 

Biochemistry

BIOCHEMISTRY

Wes Sundquist

Amity Mower
801-585-2555, 4100 EEJMRB

Molecular Biology Program
Biological Chemistry Program
 

 

NUIP

DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY (NUIP)

Scott Summers

Thunder Jalili
 

Carisse Winegar
801-581-6730, HPER North, Room 214

Molecular Biology Program
 

 

Human Genetics

HUMAN GENETICS

Aaron Quinlan

Charles Murtaugh

Kandace Leavitt
801-585-0462, 5100 EIHG

Molecular Biology Program
 

 

M&I

MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Division of the Department of Pathology

Peter Jensen

Division Head: Ryan O'Connell

Kim Springer
801-213-3717, 1100 EEJMRB

Molecular Biology Program
 
 
 

 

NEUROBIOLOGY

Monica Vetter

Emily Harris
801 581-3653, 320 BPRB

Molecular Biology Program
 

 

Chemistry

CHEMISTRY

Peter Armentrout

Ryan Steele

Aaron Puri

Jolanda Vallejo
801-581-4393, 2504 HEB

Biological Chemistry Program
 

 

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Hamid Ghandehari

James Herron

Hallie McCarthy
801-587-1566, 301 Skaggs Hall

Biological Chemistry Program
 

 

PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY

Karen Wilcox

Julie Paynter Callahan

Molecular Biology Program
&
Biological Chemistry Program

 

Medicinal Chemistry
MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Kerry McPhail

Raphael Franzini

Katharine Diehl

Terri Elder-Hale
801-581-5581, 307 Skaggs Hall

Biological Chemistry Program
 

 

 

*Many faculty participate in both the Molecular Biology Program and Biological Chemistry Program

Last Updated: 10/25/24