Programs for Student Success
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
The intensive Doctor of Philosophy program trains students for research and teaching in academic or research institutions and leadership in bioengineering industry.
Doctor of Medicine | Doctor of Philosophy (MD-PhD)
The medical scientist training program (MSTP) is a partnership between the School of Medicine and Graduate Division for training physician scientists/engineers through clinical practice and research.
Joint Doctoral Program (JDP) with San Diego State University (SDSU)
In this program, a Bioengineering PhD degree is awarded jointly between UC San Diego and SDSU.
Masters of Engineering (MEng)
This degree program prepares students for design and project engineers for engineering design, development, manufacturing, management within industrial or professional settings in the medical and biological engineering industries.
Masters of Science (MS) Plan I, Thesis
Students receive advanced training in applied physical and biological sciences for specialized bioengineering fields through a combination of coursework and faculty supervised original research.
Masters of Engineering with a Specialization in Medical Device Engineering (MEng MDE)
With a MEng MDE degree, project engineers are prepared for engineering design, development, manufacturing, management within professional settings in the medical device industry.
Masters of Science (MS) Plan II, Comprehensive Exam
Students receive advanced training in applied physical and biological sciences in specialized bioengineering fields through coursework and a comprehensive exam.
Masters of Science with a Medical Specialization (MS Med)
Students complete advanced coursework and diverse clinical experiences that enables the development of an understanding of careers in medicine and medically-oriented organizations. Degree curriculum is designed to include the physical, chemical, and biological foundations for the MCAT. The first cohort of the MS Med program graduated in Spring 2021.
2020 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship Award
To enhance the integrated research and clinical training of promising students who are matriculated in pre-doctoral or clinical health professional degree training programs and who intend careers as scientists, physician-scientists or other clinician-scientists, or related careers aimed at improving global cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and brain health.
Evan Masutani
PhD Graduate Student, 4th yearCommon genetic variants, particularly single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 9p21 locus, are strongly associated with various arteriopathies. Similarly, elevated hemodynamic wall shear stress (WSS) is associated with ascending aortic aneurysm (AA).
Aileena Nelson
PhD Graduate Student, 4th yearMechanisms of variable penetrance and expressivity of DCM-linked cooperative genetic variants.
2020-2021 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
The purpose of this program is to enhance the diversity of the health-related research workforce by supporting the research training of predoctoral students from population groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research workforce. The proposed mentored research training is expected to clearly enhance the individual's potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientist.
Gabrielle Colvert
PhD Graduate Student, 6th yearComprehensive analysis of endocardial strain using 4DCT data
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Pamela Duran
PhD Graduate Student, 7th yearPrevention of Urethral and Anal Sphincters Dysfunction with an Acellular Biomaterial
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Holly Sullivan
PhD Graduate Student, 5th yearEnzyme responsive nanoparticle delivery of a small molecule MMP inhibitor following acute myocardial infarction
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Miranda Diaz
PhD Graduate Student, 5th yearInjectable Decellularized Myocardial Matrix Hydrogel Mitigates Negative Left Ventricular Remodeling in a Chronic Myocardial Infarction Model
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Lauren Severance
PhD Graduate Student, 5th yearNovel methods for earlier detection of coronary artery calcium using CT
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Alexander Wenzel
PhD Graduate Student, 5th yearMethods for improved detection of activated molecular pathways in cancer
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Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Predoctoral NRSA for MD/PhD and other Dual Degree Fellowships
The purpose of this Kirschstein-NRSA program is to enhance the integrated research and clinical training of promising predoctoral students, who are matriculated in a combined MD/PhD or other dual-doctoral degree training program (e.g. DDS/PhD, AuD/PhD, DVM/PhD), and who intend careers as physician-scientists or other clinician-scientists.
Kyle Marra
PhD Graduate Student, 6th yearExtracellular vesicles from endothelial colony forming cells as paracrine mediators of neurovasculotrophic repair of the retina
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Greg Poore
Comprehensive characterization of the cancer microbiome and its immuno-oncology interface
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