Arizona Biological/Biomedical Sciences Doctoral Program

The ABBS program integrates recruiting and admissions for ten PhD degree-granting programs: Biochemistry or Molecular and Cellular Biology (BMCB), Cancer Biology GIDP (CBIO), Cellular & Molecular Medicine (CMM), Drug Discovery and Development (DDD), Genetics GIDP (GENE), Immunobiology (IMB), Medical Pharmacology (PCOL), Pharmacology and Toxicology (PHCL), Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics (PHSC), Physiological Sciences GIDP (PS) and the School of Plant Sciences (PLS).

Students are admitted to ABBS with no formal commitment to any of the participating degree- granting programs. All students perform three laboratory rotations (two in fall and one in spring) during the first year. Students are free to complete these rotations with any faculty member associated with the participating programs. This provides maximum flexibility for students to explore diverse fields of study. Students with identified goals can focus immediately on a particular research area and program.

Upon completion of the third rotation (approximately nine weeks into the spring semester), students will select a faculty mentor and transition from ABBS to the degree-granting program associated with their faculty mentor. Students can also learn about the ABBS program by going to our website: https://abbs.arizona.edu.