Today’s health care and health sciences environment provides a compelling argument for combining a medical degree with a PhD in a basic sciences discipline. Investigation into such areas as immuno-suppressive diseases, cancer, genetic diseases, neuroscience, biomedical engineering, drug design, and infectious diseases increasingly demands a deeper understanding of the mechanism of pathogenesis and a more direct link between clinical medicine and basic research. Also, the prevalence of team-oriented, collaborative research requires that investigators have the capacity to integrate the clinical and basic science aspects of medicine. Graduates of the MD/PhD program are uniquely prepared to become leaders in biomedical research and academic medicine.

The MD/PhD program at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School offers the opportunity for PhD studies at any one of the three cooperating institutions: RWJMS, Princeton University or Rutgers University.

The RWJMS/Rutgers/Princeton MD/PhD Program offers a unique multi-institutional environment with traditional and non-traditional PhD options. We welcome inquires about our program, the many options avalable to students and the interactions between our institutions, faculty and students.

Terri Goss Kinzy, PhD
Program Director

Praxedes Dominguez
Program Coordinator

Download the MD/PhD Brochure.