Established in 1957, the Graduate Division of Biomedical Sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY) has long provided an exciting intellectual environment in which students acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to attain the PhD and MD/PhD degrees. The collaborative culture at Einstein is at the heart of the graduate program in the biomedical sciences.

Long a national leader in biomedical research support from the federal government, during 2022, Einstein faculty received nearly $190 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health. In addition, the NIH funds major research centers at Einstein in diabetes, cancer, liver disease, and AIDS. Other areas of focus include developmental brain research, neuroscience, cardiac disease, and initiatives to reduce and eliminate ethnic and racial health disparities.

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Degrees/Programs Overview

PhD Program: The interdisciplinary Ph.D. curriculum (umbrella program) is known for its high level of personalized mentoring and remarkable student achievement. Prospective students apply directly to the Ph.D. program rather than to a specific department.

MD-PhD Program (MSTP): One of the first and most prestigious M.D./Ph.D. programs in the country, Einstein’s NIH-funded Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) embraces a comprehensive “bench to bedside” philosophy.

Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP): For Juniors, SURP provides 8 weeks of laboratory research, (free) housing on campus, social and scientific activities, and a stipend.

Research & Labs

With over 200 research laboratories it is impossible to highlight all the innovative labs at Einstein. Graduate students work with faculty at the cutting-edge of disease-relevant research in areas such as:
 

• Biochemistry
• Bioinformatics
• Biophysics
• Structural biology
• Cancer
• Developmental biology
• Drug design
• Cell & molecular biology
• Genomics/proteomics
• Genetics
• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Neurosciences
• Stem cell research
• Vaccine development
• Clinical Investigation

Einstein also was the only New York City institution selected to participate in the Federal government’s landmark Women’s Health Initiative, and is currently one of just four sites nationwide taking part in a large-scale study of the health status of the Hispanic/Latino community in the Bronx, supported by the NIH.

Tuition & Other Financial Information
 

All PhD and MD/PhD students at Einstein receive:

• Full tuition remission
• Annual stipend (currently $42,000)
• Health Insurance
• Subsidized housing in our student apartment complex