Masters
in Biology/Program in Oral Biology
College
of Dentistry, 345 East 24th Street, New York, N.Y. 10010; Tel: (212)
998-9545; Fax: 212-995-4087
Graduate
Program Application
Program
and Requirements
Courses
Faculty
Financing
Graduate Education
GIGS:
Grants in Graduate Studies
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Director: Professor
Andrew
I. Spielman
Program Coordinators: Associate Professor:
Ron
Craig, Associate
Professors: Jane
McCutcheon
The faculty of the Oral Biology Program at the
College of Dentistry, through the Graduate School of Arts and Science,
Department of Biology, offers courses and a program of research leading
to a Master of Science degree in biology. This program is open to full-time
students, alone or combined with advanced clinical training. The purpose
of the program is to provide a comprehensive foundation in areas of modern
oral biological sciences appropriate for careers in teaching and research.
The program offers opportunities to specialize in areas such as bone cell
metabolism, connective tissue biochemistry, oral immunology, periodontal
and caries microbiology, chemical carcinogenesis, mechanisms of mineralization,
periodontal wound healing, saliva and salivation, taste mechanisms, and
tumor immunology. The courses are taught at the College of Dentistry in
these areas of research and will be supplemented with pertinent basic courses
offered in the Graduate School of Arts and Science.
Faculty
Associate Professor Robert
Boylan (periodontal pathogens); Associate Professor Ronald
G. Craig (periodontal wound healing); Associate Professor Robert
M. Davidson (electrophysiology of mineralogenic cells); Associate
Professor John S. Evans
(biomineralization); Professor Joseph
B. Guttenplan (chemical carcinogenesis); Professor Kathleen
Kinnally (Programed cell death,
mitochondrial electrophysiology); Professor Ralph
Katz (Epidemiology and Health
Promotion) Professor Lidia Kiremidjian-Schumacher
(tumor immunology); Professor Racquel
Z. LeGeros (mechanisms of mineralization); Associate Professor
Jane
A. McCutcheon (molecular immunology); Assistant Professor Douglas
Morse (epidemiology of oral cancer
and precancer), Professor Joan
Phelan (HIV and oral health in
women), Professor Martin Roy
(tumor immunology); Associate Professor Peter
Sacks, (cancer
biology); Professor Jonathan
Ship, (oral health and aging),
Associate Professor David
Sirois (clinical
aspects of oral cancer), Professor Andrew
I. Spielman (peripheral mechanisms of taste); Professor Louis
Terracio (muscle tissue engineering),
Assistant Professor Ching-Chung Tseng
(molecular
biology and defense mechanisms of human saliva); Professor Anthony
T. Vernillo (mechanisms of bone formation and resorption).
Program and Requirements
The program is open to candidates with a baccalaureate
or equivalent, or with a professional degree in the health sciences. Candidates
are chosen based on their academic records, recommendations, and an assessment
of the candidate's scientific potential. All candidates must meet the requirements
of the Department of Biology of the Graduate School of Arts and Science.
Candidates should have a strong background in biology, chemistry, mathematics,
and physics. Applicants whose native language is not English must submit
the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores. Scores of less
than 550 are generally not acceptable. A supervisor, who is a member of
the graduate faculty, is assigned to each student to closely monitor the
student's progress.
Students are awarded the M.S. degree upon
(1) completion of 36 credits with an average of B or better, of which 8
points must be based on an original research thesis that is mandatory,
and (2) defense of original research.
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-- last updated August 1, 2001