At the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies, we are committed to graduate education that provides students with deep expertise in their chosen fields, creativity to cross disciplinary boundaries, and courage to take on the most important and complex problems of our time. As a world-class research university, we recognize that innovative research and scholarship must include diversity in thought, experience and culture. Our university is small enough to allow for meaningful human interactions within and among programs, yet large enough to support a full array of resources and opportunities across the intellectual landscape. Our PhD programs provide students with a tuition scholarship, health insurance and stipend. 

There are eight interdisciplinary and interdepartmental PhD programs in the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.  Students have great flexibility in choosing a mentor and project for their dissertation research. Faculty have appointments in Emory College, School of Public Health, Winship Cancer Institute, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, American Cancer Society, CDC, or Yerkes National Primate Research Center. 

The MD/PhD Program provides the opportunity for exceptionally bright and dedicated students to acquire both clinical and basic research training to pursue careers in academic medicine. These physician-scientists will contribute to expanding the fields of science and medicine. 

Laney Graduate School:  Dr Amanda Marie James, amandamariejames@emory.edu, 404-727-2815