Boston University School of Medicine Division of Graduate Medical Sciences: 1995-1996
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Boston University OpenBU http://open.bu.edu BU Publications BUSM GMS Catalogs 1995 Boston University School of Medicine Division of Graduate Medical Sciences: 1995-1996 https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27145 Boston University CALENDAR 1995/96 Summer! 1995 December The academic calendar is subject to change. 12 Tues Instruction ends. April The University, in scheduling classes on 13 Wed Study period through Thursday, 11 Tue Registration begins. religious holidays, intends that students December 14. observing those holidays be given ample Hay 15 Fri Final exams begin. opportunity to make up work. Faculty 20 Wed Final exams end. 23 Tue Registration ends, instruction members who wish to observe religious begins. holidays will arrange for another faculty 29 Mon Holiday, classes suspended. Semester II 1996 member to meet with their classes or for cancelled classes to be rescheduled. July January The calendars for the School of Law, School 1 Sat End of session. 16 Tue Instruction begins.* of Medicine, and School of Graduate Den• Summer II 1995 February tistry are published separately and are dis• 19 Mon Holiday, classes suspended. tributed by those Schools. Apr 20 Tue Substitute Monday schedule Note: Classes will be held on the Veterans of classes. 11 Tue Registration begins. Day holiday. July March 2 Sat Spring recess through Sunday, 5 Wed Registration ends, instruction * Information regarding the days and hours March 10. Classes suspended. begins. of registration before the start of classes is 11 Mon Instruction resumes. published in the semester Class Schedule. August 12 Sat End of session. April 9 Tue Registration for Fall 1996. Semester! 1995 15 Mon Holiday, classes suspended. 17 Wed Substitute Monday schedule September of classes. 5 Tues Instruction begins.* May October 1 Wed Instruction ends. 9 Mon Holiday, classes suspended. 2 Thu Study period through Friday, 10 Tues Substitute Monday schedule of May 3. classes. 6 Mon Final exams begin. 14 Sat Homecoming/Parents 14 Tue Final exams end. Weekend through Sunday, 19 Sun Commencement. October 15. November 14 Tue Registration begins for Spring 1996. 22 Wed Fall recess through Sunday, November 26. Classes suspended. 27 Mon Instruction resumes. BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE DIVISION OF GRADUATE MEDICAL SCIENCES 1995/96 CONTENTS Message from the Associate Dean and Molecular and Cell Biology / 45 Special Academic Units of the Director of Graduate Medical University / 77 Sciences / 3 Neuroscience / 47 Resources and Services / 80 Program in Interdisciplinary Graduate Departments and Degree Housing / 86 Programs / 5 Studies / 49 Administration and Faculty / 51 Student Activities / 87 Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology / 15 Academic Policies and The City of Boston / 89 Department of Biochemistry / 17 Procedures / 61 Corporation and Administration / 90 Department of Biophysics / 21 Financial Information / 67 Maps / 94 Department of Microbiology / 23 The University / 73 Application / 97 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine / 25 Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics / 28 Department of Physiology / 31 Doctor of Philosophy Program in Behavioral Neuroscience / 33 MD/PhD Dual Degree Program / 37 Master of Arts in Medical Sciences / 38 Interdepartmental Research and Training Programs Biomolecular Pharmacology / 39 Human Genetics / 41 Immunology / 43 Dr. Douglas Cotanche and Ken Lee at the scanning electron microscope. A MESSAGE FROM THE ASSOCIATE DEAN AND DIRECTOR t Boston University Medical Center, clinical and basic scientists along with graduate students are creating the foundation for 21st-century science. From molecular biology to clinical trials, from computer models to pharmaceutical products, the research teams at the School of Medicine, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences, the School of Public Health, and the Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry are continually harnessing the technology of the future. Boston University School of Medicine ranks between the 85th and 90th percentile nationally in research grants and contracts per faculty; the school ranks in the 90th per• centile for ratio of basic science graduate stu• dents per basic science faculty. These superb indicators of strength in research resulted from a decision 20 years ago to expand vig• orously a network of centers and institutes at our Genter. The Boston University Medical Genter Gampus is now home to a Pulmo• nary Genter, an Arthritis Genter, a Gardio- vascular Institute, a Gancer Genter, a Genter for Human Genetics, a Gerontology Center, as well as the Mallory Institute of Pathology, the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, the Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, and the Sloan Epidemiology Unit. To accommodate the growth in these areas and in research emanating from the basic science departments, significant addi• tions to the School's physical plant have been made. A new 35,000 square foot Dermatol• ogy Research Facility opened in 1991 at 609 Albany Street, and the Center for Advanced Biomedical Research, with 180,000 square feet of research space, was opened in 1993. In 1995, the new state-of-the-art McNary Learning Center will be opened and opera• ble. It will contain lecture halls, seminar rooms, and a highly sophisticated computer• ment conducive to integrated inquiry tion, discovery, and development of unusual ized teaching lab. between basic scientists and clinical inves• research programs. tigators. Indeed, the prevalence ofjoint These new additions to research and Carl Franzblau, PhD appointments between basic science and teaching space will be fortified with an Associate Dean and Director clinical departments attests to the high level impressive modernization program of our Graduate Biomedical Science Studies existing research facilities. These changes of cooperation between clinical and basic will surely help to perpetuate an environ• scientists and clinicians in the conceptualiza• — 3 — GRADUATE DEPARTMENTS AND DEGREE PROGRAMS tudents in the Division of Graduate Part of each course number is an alphabet• Not offered means the course is not offered Medical Sciences (GMS)—the focus ical prefix that indicates the University during the current academic year but may be S of graduate education in the biomedi• School, College, or program (first three let• offered in the future. In many cases, these cal sciences at Boston University Medical ters) and the department or division (next courses are offered every other year. Center—are provided with the opportunity two letters) in which the course originates. Offered irregularly means the course will of undertaking study and research in the For example, GMS AN 808 indicates a be offered if there is sufficient demand. well-equipped laboratory facilities of the course in the Division of Graduate Medical Courses carry 4 credits per semester unless preclinical departments that make up the Sciences Department of Anatomy and Neu• specified otherwise. Division. PhD degree study is available in robiology. The alphabetical prefixes that Abbreviations Used in Course Numbers anatomy and neurobiology, behavioral neu• appear in this bulletin are explained in the Division of Graduate Medical table below. roscience, biochemistry, biophysics, micro• Sciences biology, pathology, pharmacology, and The course number indicates the course's AN Anatomy and Neurobiology pathology. MA degree study is available in level of difficulty. Courses at the 500 and 600 BI Biochemistry medical sciences and all of the above areas level are open to both undergraduate and BN Behavioral Neuroscience except behavioral neuroscience and pathol• graduate students; those listed in this bulletin BT Biomedical Technology Program ogy. Interdepartmental training and research are approved for MA and PhD credit. Grad• CP Medical Sciences Certificate programs in molecular and cellular biology, uate students in these courses are often Programs immunology, human genetics, and neuro• expected to complete extra work in the form CT Computer Technology science are also available. Dual degree pro• of special projects. Students should consult Program grams with the School of Medicine, the the course instructor about any special DM Department of Dermatology School of Public Health, the College of requirements. HG Human Genetics ID Infectious Disease Engineering, and the School of Manage• Other course levels are as follows: IS Interdisciplinary Studies ment are an ever-expanding aspect of cur• 700—899 Primarily for graduate students MI Microbiology rent multi-dimensional biomedical research 900—999 For graduate students only MS Division of Graduate Medical and education. Specific requirements and Science research opportunities in these various areas An X after a course number indicates that the OT Ophthalmic Technology are outlined elsewhere. course is given off campus. Program Course descriptions usually offer a brief PA Pathology and Clinical To accommodate the growth in these outline of the content of the course, any pre• Medicine areas and in research emanating from the requisites or corequisites, the instructor, and PH Physiology basic science departments, significant addi• PM Pharmacology and Experi• the semester the course is offered. tions to the School's physical plant have been mental Therapeutics made and more are underway. The following abbreviations are fre• quently used: These additions to research space will help prereq prerequisite Accreditations and Memberships to perpetuate an environment conducive to coreq corequisite Boston University is accredited by the New