The Cell Biology and Physiology Curriculum encompasses the fields of cell biology, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal and respiratory physiology, neurobiology, cellular signal transduction, endocrinology, and cancer. These broad research areas expose graduate students to both cellular and integrative system-level physiology in order to develop a strong understanding of human physiology and mechanisms of disease. The Cell Biology and Physiology Curriculum provides our students a rigorous, individually-tailored educational experience to prepare them for research and teaching careers in the biomedical sciences. This graduate program provides a forum for graduate students to learn current modern concepts and to develop the skills necessary to formulate and analyse sophisticated strategies for analysis of contemporary problems in cell biology and physiology. Based on a strong foundation of coursework in cell biology and physiology, students will further complement their training by selecting courses in bioinformatics/statistics, genetics, pharmacology, immunology and/or biochemistry that best support and enhance their specific area of research interest. Dissertation research enables students to apply these tools to a problem of intellectual and biomedical interest. Students receive strong training in the scientific process and apply their skills to probe the mechanistic basis of biological problems at the molecular, cellular, and systems levels. A strong emphasis will be placed on career development, such as oral and written presentation skills, and mentoring students in a way that enables them to explore the diverse job opportunities available to them in the post-graduate biomedical workforce. Graduates will be well prepared to continue their research careers in a number of academic disciplines.