College of Medicine: Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
Overview
Renowned for its innovative, student-centered educational programs, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies in the College of Medicine at Drexel University provides regionally unique PhD and Master's level academic offerings that attract the brightest, most ambitious and entrepreneurial applicants. With a strong emphasis on job placement in different scientific and health related career fields as well as academic rigor to prepare students for medical and health-related professional schools, Drexel students are at the forefront of their selected disciplines and emerge as graduates as the next generation of leaders.
Today, there are approximately 900 students pursuing doctoral or master's degrees and certificates within the Graduate School in the College of Medicine.
The collaborative nature of the Graduate School in the College of Medicine with other Drexel schools, for example Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences, provides students with a multidisciplinary advantage. Coupled with the solid foundation afforded by a Drexel education, the innovation-driven programs offer students a unique experience that prepares them well to launch their careers in their chosen field of study.
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies is committed to supporting and promoting an academic success-network that propels the transition from training in different disciplines to becoming leaders in solving global problems.
More information is available on the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies website.
Majors
- Academic Medicine (MS)
- Biochemistry of Health & Disease (MS)
- Biochemistry of Health & Disease (PhD)
- Biomedical Studies (MS)
- Biomedicine and Business (MS)
- Biomedicine and Digital Media (MS)
- Biomedicine and Entrepreneurship (MS)
- Biomedicine and Law (MS)
- Biotechnology (MS)
- Cancer Biology (MS)
- Clinical Research for Health Professionals (MS)
- Clinical Research Organization & Management (MS)
- Drexel Pathway to Medical School (MS)
- Drug Discovery and Development (MS)
- Forensic Science (MS)
- Histotechnology (MS)
- Immunology (MS)
- Infectious Disease (MS)
- Intensive Medical Sciences (MS)
- Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (MS)
- Laboratory Animal Science (MLAS)
- Medical Science (MS, MD/MS)
- Microbiology and Immunology (MS, PhD)
- Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MS, PhD)
- Molecular Medicine (MS)
- Neuroscience (MS, PhD)
- Pathologists' Assistant (MS)
- Pharmacology & Physiology (MS, PhD)
Mission Statement
Drexel University College of Medicine excels and innovates in education, research, and delivery of compassionate care in our culture of diversity, spirited inquiry, collaboration, and opportunity.
About the College
The College of Medicine's main campus, Queen Lane, is in a suburban-like setting in the East Falls section of Philadelphia. Additional facilities are located at the Center City campus, next to Hahnemann University Hospital. Our Pediatrics Department is at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, and the Psychiatry Department is based at Friends Hospital. Students can receive clinical education at more than 20 affiliated hospitals and ambulatory sites chosen for their commitment to teaching as well as medical excellence. The College of Medicine is renowned for its innovative educational programs, enhanced by the use of technology that permeates all components of the curriculum.
The College’s medical practice, Drexel Medicine®, is a patient-focused practice emphasizing quality, innovation and community service, and enhanced by physician involvement in the research and educational programs.
Collaborative projects leveraging Drexel University’s technological expertise continue to push the frontiers of nanomedicine and neuroengineering. The College of Medicine is a major regional center for spinal cord research, and has developed one of the leading centers for malaria study in the nation. Additionally, the College is home to a memory disorders center dedicated to ground-breaking research in Alzheimer's and related dementias.
Drexel University College of Medicine houses one of eight National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Centers of Excellence for Physician Information, one of 21 National Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health designated by the Department of Health & Human Services, the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program, and the Archives and Special Collections on Women in Medicine. It has developed the largest HIV/AIDS primary care practice in the Mid-Atlantic region, with extensive NIH-funded research in prevention and therapeutic intervention. Faculty clinicians are highly respected in numerous other specialties, including cardiology and pain management.
Facilities
Drexel University College of Medicine is a living laboratory, giving students a broad variety of hands-on experience, enhanced by clinical rotations in hospitals, practicums, and external research opportunities, depending on their program of study. Students in all programs benefit from the College’s physical plant, which offers some of the most advanced facilities in biomedical, health sciences, and healthcare education. The Queen Lane campus is designed for the purpose of teaching basic sciences and clinical skills in lecture halls, classrooms, small group rooms and a variety of laboratories. The College of Medicine provides wireless Internet access to curricular resources from anywhere on campus. Computers, multimedia technology, and the Internet augment the information and skills students learn from classes, print materials, and on clinical rotations. College of Medicine faculty members have been leaders in developing interactive computer-based learning tools, ranging from biochemical exercises to simulated patients presenting ethical dilemmas. Comprehensive curriculum websites, streaming videos of lectures, and online slide atlases for histology and pathology are all available.
Some of the College’s key facilities and their features include:
A 17,700-square-foot student activity center was completed in 2006 at the Queen Lane Campus. The Student Activities Center occupies 2 floors and houses a full line of exercise equipment, a bookstore, student government offices and flexible space for events and lectures. The facility is available to students, staff and groups.
Queen Lane Medical Simulation Center
The College opened a state-of-the-art simulation center for medical education in 2010. Part of a new 25,000-square-foot addition, the center allows students to learn in simulated operating room and patient room settings.
Clinical Education Assessment Center
Ten examination rooms with digital capture that simulate physicians’ offices are linked to control and observation rooms for faculty. Students work with standardized patients to enhance their abilities in medical interviewing, physical examination skills, and patient counseling.
Multidisciplinary Laboratories
- Forty-two tables with microscopes for teaching neuroanatomy, microbiology, and pathology are available.
- Microscopes are equipped with a networked video system so that all students in a class can look at a single slide under the microscope through monitors on their lab tables or on a projection screen and can retrieve microscopic images via computer.
New College Building
The New College Building at the Center City Hahnemann campus is designed for the purpose of teaching basic and clinical sciences, with auditoriums, classrooms, laboratories and offices. The lecture halls are designed to accommodate a variety of educational methodologies, spanning from the basic lecture format to the enriched laboratory setting where courses such as Anatomy, Pathology, Microbiology, Histology and Applied Anatomic Pathology can be taught.
Libraries
Drexel University has four libraries to serve the needs of students, faculty and staff. The collections of two libraries – one at Queen Lane and one at Center City – emphasize subjects relevant to the health sciences, with print resources distributed to meet the needs of the programs and departments at each campus, and free document delivery service between the locations.
Drexel University College of Medicine makes extensive use of videoconferencing between Philadelphia campuses and clinical teaching sites, and the Sacramento campus. There are videoconferencing classrooms with split screen to allow for speakers in different locations.
Web-Based Instruction
Uses of web-based instruction range from providing a supplement to classroom instruction to teaching a whole course remotely. Many instructors post their syllabi on the web, distribute supplementary readings via the web, and set up electronic discussion lists for their students. Having students submit assignments electronically is common practice.
