Location:

Buffalo, United States

Program Type:

Full Degree

Degree Level:

Master

Specialty:

Biomedical Science

Program Overview

Program Description:

Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo New York, was the worlds first cancer research center. Doctoral programs at the Institute reflect modern advances in the war against cancer with 100 scientists and 100 full time students. The Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) in an NCI designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and the site of a Division of the Graduate School and the primary Oncology training center for the Medical School. The Graduate Division, the hospital (which is devoted exclusively to the treatment of cancer) and the research center are all located on the same site, which constitutes six city blocks adjacent to the center of downtown Buffalo, New York. Founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park, the Institute with a long and distinguished history of education, research and patient care, provides distinctive advantages to MSTP fellows. Doctoral training programs closely parallel those of the Institute's research programs. Academic Programs include: Cellular and Molecular Biology/Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Pharmacology and Cancer Therapeutics, Molecular and Cellular Biophysics/Biochemistry, Cancer Pathology/Prevention, and an Interdisciplinary Master of Science Program in the biomedical sciences. The Institute's annual operating budget exceeds $500 million. Our scientists and physicians have won more than 200 grants and contracts totaling more than $100 million annually. The state of the art clinical facility is consistently ranked in the "Top 50" cancer hospitals in the USA. Your Research training will be carried out at the Institute in any of the five doctoral programs. All faculty members have independent, externally funded laboratories and offices with space and additional supply support for graduate students. Roswell Park recently celebrated its centennial, and in 1971 was among the first three centers to be designated a "comprehensive cancer center" and is considered by many to be the original model for this designation.