University Catalog 2024-2025

Toxicology (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Core Courses33
Principles and Mechanisms of Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology, I
Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology
Environmental Toxicology
Toxicology Seminar (enroll every semester)
Special Problems In Toxicology (Lab Rotations)
Special Problems In Toxicology (Responsible Conduct of Research)
Special Problems In Toxicology (Professional Development)
Statistical Methods For Researchers I (or equivalent)
Molecular Genetics
Cell Biology
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Elective Courses39
See "Elective Courses" listed below
Total Hours72

Elective Courses

"Elective Courses" are approved in conjunction with the academic committee to meet 72 total hours *39
Chemical Risk Assessment
CBS 771
Neurobiology
Core Technologies in Molecular and Cellular Biology
BIT 562
PCR and DNA Fingerprinting
BIT 568
BIT 569
Special Topics
Biochemistry of Gene Expression
Macromolecular Structure
Macromolecular Synthesis and Regulation
Molecular Biology Of the Cell
Advanced Molecular Biology Of the Cell
Epidemiology II
Principles of Pharmacology
Special Topics in Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Proteomics
Functional Genomics
Environmental Stress Physiology
Immunology
Principles of Physical Oceanography
General Physiology I
General Physiology II
PHY 780
Statistical Methods For Researchers II
*

Other courses must be approved in conjunction with the academic committee.

Faculty

Professors

  • Ronald E. Baynes
  • Scott Belcher
  • James C. Bonner
  • Matthew Breen
  • David Buchwalter
  • William Gregory Cope
  • Suzanne Fenton
  • Jane A. Hoppin
  • Cathrine Hoyo
  • Detlef R. Knappe
  • Seth William Kullman, Director, T32 Training Grant
  • Carolyn Jane Mattingly
  • Nanette Nascone-Yoder
  • Elizabeth Guthrie Nichols
  • Jun Ninomiya-Tsuji
  • Emilie Francesca Rissman
  • Richard M. Roe
  • Yogesh Saini
  • Robert Charles Smart
  • Yoshiaki Tsuji
  • Hong Wang
  • Fred Andrew Wright
  • Jeffrey A. Yoder

Associate Professors

  • David Lawrence Aylor
  • Michael Anthony Cowley
  • Shobhan Gaddameedhi
  • Kurt Marsden
  • Antonio Planchart
  • Yihui Zhou

Assistant Professors

  • Eric Robert Brooks
  • Natalia Duque-Wilckens
  • Jonathan Hall
  • Nadine Kotlarz
  • Maria L. Rodgers

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • David Allen Skaar
  • Elizabeth E. A. Thompson

Adjunct Professors

  • Heather Patisaul
  • David Reif

Adjunct Associate Professor

  • John S. House

Emeritus Faculty

  • Gerald LeBlanc