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Our program draws training faculty—currently more than 40—from more than 12 departments and six schools across the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ campus, ensuring you’ll acquire the expertise needed to succeed in the bioinformatic analysis of biological big data.

Throughout your four- to five-year medical program, you'll simultaneously complete MD requirements and master's level coursework, including two semesters of departmental seminars with required core courses: 

• Biomedical Informatics and Systems Biology Journal Club
• Survey of Bioinformatics: Programming for Bioinformatics
• Bioinformatics for Systems Biology
• Current Proteomics

In addition to classes related to your specialized track—either in molecular and computational biology or translational bioinformatics—you’ll have the option to defend a thesis through an oral exam or complete a final written exam of your coursework. And, you’ll spend a full year conducting research in an area related to systems biology and bioinformatics.

Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to personalize your experience with a summer research rotation and independent study opportunities with opportunities to undertake self-directed studies and gain hands-on experience in a subfield of systems biology or biomedical informatics critical to your research area.

To apply to the program, you must be an enrolled MD student in ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s University Program or Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Your application will include the following: 

• , including a personal statement 
• A unofficial bachelor’s degree transcript (an official transcript is required prior to enrollment)
• Resume or CV, including supplement of prior research experience 
• Three letters of recommendation
• Application fee
• GRE scores (optional)
• An English proficiency exam is required for international applicants