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Biomedical Sciences

Catalog pages 172-174

Subject abbreviation: BMSC Division of Biomedical Sciences

Deborah Deas, M.D., M.P.H., Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences; the Mark and Pam Rubin Dean, UCR School of Medicine

Monica J. Carson, Ph.D., Chair, S. Sue Johnson Presidential Endowed Chair in Glial-Neuronal Interactions

Division of Biomedical Sciences School of Medicine Education Building 1

  • (951) 827-0936;

biomed.ucr.edu

Professors Monica J. Carson, Ph.D. Neuroimmunology Djurdjica Coss, Ph.D. Endocrinology, Neuroscience Nicholas V. DiPatrizio, Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences lryna M. Ethell, Ph.D. Neuroscience Martin I. Garcia-Castro, Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences Adam Godzik, Ph.D. Bruce D. and Nancy B. Varner Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Research Marcus Kaul, Ph.D. Neuroscience David Lo, M.D., Ph.D. Distinguished Professor, Genetics and Mucosal Immunity Declan McCole, Ph.D. Physiology, Pharmacology Lidia Kos, Ph.D. Vice President & Dean of Graduate Studies Meera G. Nair, Ph.D. Infectious Diseases, Mucosa/Immunology Andre Obenaus, Ph.D., Neuroimaging, Neurotrauma and Neurodegeneration Scott Pegan, Ph.D. Innate Immunity Maurizio Pellecchia, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Daniel Hays Endowed Chair in Cancer Research, Drug Discovery Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff, Ph.D. Neurodegenerative Diseases/Glia Biology Emma Wilson, Ph.D. Parasite Immunologist Sika Zheng, Ph.D. Neurobiology/Molecular Genetics Changcheng Zhou, Ph.D. Xenobiotics, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease

Professors Emeriti Mary Ann Baker, Ph.D. Neurosciences

Craig V. Byus, Ph.D. Pharmacology (Biomedical Sciences/Biochemistry) Kathryn DeFea, Ph.D. Cell Biology/Biochemistry David A. Johnson, Ph.D. Pharmacology Richard A. Luben, Ph.D. Endocrinology (Biomedical Sciences/Biochemistry) Christian Y. Lytle, Ph.D. Physiology Neal L. Schiller, Ph.D. Distinguished Teaching Professor, Microbiology/Immunology Michael B. Stemerman, M.D. Biomedical Sciences Daniel S. Straus, Ph.D. Human Genetics (Biomedical Sciences) Ameae M. Walker, Ph.D. Distinguished Teaching Professor, Microanatomy Adjunct Professor Byron Ford, Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences

Adjunct Associate Professor Qi Chen, Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences

Associate Professor Milton Hamblin, Ph.D., Vascular Biology

Xuecai Ge, Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences

Assistant Professors Erica Heinrich, Ph.D. Integrative Physiology, Hypoxia and High Altitude Medicine Jean-Pyo Lee, PhD. Stroke, Cardiovascular Disease, and Stem Cells Joy S. Xiang, Ph.D., RNA Biology & Therapeutics Natalie Zlebnik, Ph.D. Addiction **

Professor in Residence Devin Binder, M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Neuroscience

University Requirements

See Undergraduate Studies section.

College Requirements

See College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Colleges and Programs section.

B.S. Degree Requirements

The following major requirements apply only to students who, in truly exceptional cases, matriculate into the Thomas Haider Program at the UCR School of Medicine without a UCR bac- calaureate degree. These students are eligible to receive a B.S. degree in Biomedical Sciences upon satisfactory completion of the first year of the curriculum leading to the M.D. degree.

Major Requirements

  • 1. Biological Sciences Core Curriculum

(65-68 units)

CHEM 01LA, CHEM 01LB, CHEM 01LC, CHEM 112A, CHEM 112B, CHEM 112C or equivalent

PHYS 02LA, PHYS 02LB, PHYS 02LC or equivalent

or equivalent

  • 2. Courses taken during the first year of

medical school (59 units)

BMSC 231, BMSC 231M, BMSC 232, BMSC 232M, BMSC 233, BMSC 233M, BMSC 234, BMSC 234M, BMSC 235, BMSC 235M

Courses