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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

Markus Babst (BC)
&
Heejin Yoo (MB)

Shannon Nielsen
801-581-5636, 223 BIOL

Molecular Biology Program
&
Biological Chemistry Program
 

 

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ONCOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Alana Welm

Ben Spike (MB/BC)

Molecular Biology Program
Biological Chemistry Program
 

 

Biochemistry

BIOCHEMISTRY

Wes Sundquist

Michael Kay (BC)
&
Julia Brasch (MB)

Amity Mower
801-585-2555, 4100 EEJMRB

Molecular Biology Program
Biological Chemistry Program
 

 

NUIP

DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY (NUIP)

Scott Summers

Anandh Pon Velayutham
anandh.velayutham@utah.edu 

Sihem Boudina (MB)

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

Molecular Biology Program
 

 

Human Genetics

HUMAN GENETICS

Aaron Quinlan

Charles Murtaugh

Clement Chow (MB)

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

Hans Haecker (MB)

Kim Springer
801-213-3717, 1100 EEJMRB

Molecular Biology Program
 
 
 

 

NEUROBIOLOGY

Monica Vetter

Sungjin Park (MB)

Emily Harris
801 581-3653, 320 BPRB

Molecular Biology Program
 

 

Chemistry

CHEMISTRY

Aurora Clark

Ryan Steele

Beth Buck (BC)

Jolanda Vallejo
801-581-4393, 2504 HEB

Biological Chemistry Program
 

 

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Hamid Ghandehari

Shawn Owen (BC)

Hallie McCarthy
801-587-1566, 301 Skaggs Hall

Biological Chemistry Program
 

 

PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY

Karen Wilcox

Jaclyn Winter (MB & BC)

Julie Paynter Callahan

Molecular Biology Program
&
Biological Chemistry Program

 

Medicinal Chemistry
MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Kerry McPhail

Raphael Franzini

Katharine Diehl (BC)

Kelsey Krause (Graduate Student Coordinator)
Taylor Andrews (Administrative Program Coordinator)
Phone number coming soon, SRB 1958

Biological Chemistry Program
 

 

 

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

 

Last Updated: 11/4/25