MS生理医学专业计划的总体目标是使其毕业生获得一种观点，该观点有助于将基础科学发现转化为疾病的治疗方法和促进健康的策略。让学生参加涉及许多有机体功能的研究，不仅激发了关于治疗和促进健康机会的想法，而且通过认识到一种功能的改变如何导致其他有益或有害的功能改变而改变了这些想法。该计划还旨在培训学生有效的书面和口头交流。
Physiology is the study of the functions and activities of life and living matter at all levels of organization within an organism. While physiology research is frequently at the molecular level, the tradition of the discipline challenges the researcher to consider all homeostatic and developmental functions of an organism. This tradition can guide research efforts seeking to identify causes of disease and critical physiological functions possessing therapeutic and health-promoting opportunities. The Medical Physiology program focuses on the research experience of the thesis track but in special circumstances will consider applications to the non-thesis track.