Doctorate in Cellular and Integrative Physiology – West Virginia University
The Doctorate in Cellular and Integrative Physiology degree program goal is engage students in creating a new approach to the life sciences, with the aim of explaining how the higher-level properties of complex systems appear from the interactions amongst their parts. The program provides a multidisciplinary approach to modern life sciences, drawing on faculty expertise from several departments and centers in the Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy.
The program’s participating research faculty consists of scientists from the Center for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences, NIOSH/CDC, Center for Neuroscience, and the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute. As a result, this multidimensional program includes activities in genetics functional genomics, preteomics and the following:
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Integrative and systems physiology
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Pathophysiology
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Prharmacology
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Translation Research
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Small animal physiology, biomedical engineering
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Biophysics
