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Physiology and Integrative Medical Biology

The Future of Medical Biology

The future of medical biology is to understand not only human genes and the proteins they encode, but also how these proteins and associated processes are integrated to produce the specific functions displayed by the wide array of cells, tissues and organs. This integrative biological approach ranges from single molecules to the whole body. Information from the human genome has also accelerated the pace of identifying specific genetic mutations and polymorphisms associated with disease.

Our Program

The Physiology and Integrative Medical Biology Track is designed to provide an educational environment in cell, systems, and integrative physiology. The Track is a home base for developing interdisciplinary approaches to understanding normal biology and the biology of disease states.

Faculty of the Track consists of scientists with a wide range of research interests. Students in the Track will receive training in integrative approaches to understand the biology of organisms and the roles of disease-causing genes in the pathophysiology of disease. This multidimensional Track includes activities in integrative and systems physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, translational research, small animal physiology, biomedical engineering, and biophysics. The Track also integrates information from genetics, functional genomics and functional proteomics into whole animal and human biology.

 

"After teaching high school for five years, I was a bit worried that I would have a hard time keeping up when I got to graduate school because I hadn't been in a lab setting for so long. However, when I got to Yale, my concerns were wiped away by the supportive faculty, postdocs, and students I worked with. I discovered that it's not about the skills you have when you arrive at Yale but instead the drive and willingness to constantly learn new things." - Jenn Long, Physiology & Integrative Medical Biology Track