The Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences

The Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at New York University School of Medicine is a division of New York University's Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences. It offers interdisciplinary training programs in the basic medical sciences, leading to the Ph.D. degree. It also provides an M.D./Ph.D. program, as well as postdoctoral training. Students and postdoctoral fellows at the Sackler Institute use the research facilities of the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine.

M.D./Ph.D. Program

The Medical Scientist Training Program at the New York University School of Medicine was established in 1964 with support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and has a long history of distinction. It provides a select group of aspiring medical scientists with the broad biomedical and clinical education of the physician with rigorous research training in a specific basic science discipline. As a result of their combined training, graduates of this program are prepared to make significant contributions to the advancement of biomedical research and assume positions of leadership as physician-scientists.

Postdoctoral Program

Developmental Genetics Program at NYU

The DG track brings together investigators from the NYU Biology Department and the NYU School of Medicine (NYUSOM) to provide a comprehensive program focused in developmental genetics. A broad yet integrated training in comparative developmental biology, genetics and molecular biology allows students to synthesize information obtained from different developmental systems and apply it to their current and future research.

NYU/NIH Graduate Partnership in Structural Biology

This program will train students to study the structural basis of molecular and cellular function using a variety of research methodologies common to structural biology. This training can be obtained either through the Open Program of the Sackler Institute, or through a unique Graduate Partnership Program between the Sackler Institute and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This combined pool of NYU and NIH faculty offers an extraordinarily wide range of research opportunities and one of the largest structural biology graduate programs in the world. In both cases, the coursework includes a broad base of cell and molecular biology together with specialty classes covering the concepts and methodologies of structural biology, all of which are taken during the first two academic years at NYU. Initial research experience is gained through a series of short "rotations" conducted during the first year. After completing these rotations and considering all the options, students select a faculty supervisor for thesis research. For students in the Graduate Partnerhship Program, some of the rotations will occur at the NIH, thus providing exposure to this rich research environment, and thesis research can be done at either NIH or NYU or both, depending on the location and collaborative arrangements of their selected laboratories. In both programs, after meeting all necessary requirements, students receive their Ph.D. degree from New York University.