Departments, Centers & Programs

The Department of Biomedical Sciences is the central hub of foundational and translational biomedical research at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine. Our faculty represent a diverse set of interests, ranging from the neuroscience of sleep to cancer. Their work extends from cell and molecular physiology to behavioral studies and they employ a full range of model systems as well as human subjects.  The Department provides research opportunities to graduate students, in participating Ph.D. programs, and to medical students.

Our mission is to promote and support basic and translational research in biomedical sciences at the highest level. To this end, we recruit to our faculty talented and collaborative scientists, and provide them with state-of-the art laboratories and core facilities.  We strive for discovery in the function of basic physiologic systems and their associated disease states with an intent to translate our finding to improve human health.