Welcome to the Department of Biomedical Sciences! The Department of Biomedical Sciences encompasses the breadth of basic research activities of the Dental School at the University of Maryland. Members of the department number over 100 faculty and staff. Our diversified research includes studies of model systems in neuroscience, cell biology, molecular biology, microbiology and infectious disease immunology. The department provides training opportunities at all levels including a newly restructured graduate program (PhD, DDS-PhD, Master), postdoctoral, junior and mid-career faculty training and summer research programs for high school, predental and premedical students.

 

A Letter from the Chair

The Department of Biomedical Sciences is a multidisciplinary basic science department committed to the study of oral and craniofacial biology with an emphasis on research and training of students at different levels of academic development from college to graduate and postgraduate training. Since its inception in 1840 as the first dental school in the United States, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery has included training in the basic sciences as an important component of its graduate and dental school programs.

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Dr. Ronald Dubner
Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences