该系参加了一个综合的跨部门计划，即医学研究生教育（GEMS），该计划为学生提供课程工作和实验室轮换方面的灵活性。在生物化学和分子遗传学系攻读博士学位的学生将在第一年参加GEMS课程中的课程。该课程将为学生提供生物化学，分子遗传学和其他生物医学科学的广泛背景。在第二年及以后的一年中，学生将通过参加各种高级课程并在他们在第一年的研究轮换中选拔的部门教师的指导下参加一项研究计划，来追求自己特定的科学兴趣。
The department participates in an integrated interdepartmental program, Graduate Education in Medical Sciences (GEMS), which offers students flexibility in course work and laboratory rotations. Students entering the PhD program in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics will take courses in the GEMS curriculum during the first year. This curriculum will provide students with a broad background in biochemistry, molecular genetics, and other biomedical sciences. In the second year and beyond, students will pursue their own specific scientific interests by taking a variety of advanced courses and by undertaking a research program under the mentorship of a departmental faculty member whom they have selected during their first-year research rotations.