Office of Graduate Programs in Biomedicine

Graduate Programs in Biomedicine

Fall 2013

MSc/PhD Programs

In response to increased demand for graduate research training in biomedicine, Salus University has developed graduate master’s and doctoral level competency-based programs. The Salus advantage is evident in the flexibility we offer to our students with:

• courses offered through a blended/online format
• the opportunity to conduct research activities in facilities located in the areas of each student’s residence or employment

This flexibility can be useful to those applicants who currently work in research hospitals or health-related industries, or those who are in the military and cannot easily move to the Philadelphia area.

These new Salus programs are designed for those individuals who currently:

• work or intend to work in the health sciences in medicine, optometry, audiology, physician assistant, rehabilitation, and related fields, such as public health, or occupational therapy.
• Hold various master’s degrees or terminal clinical degrees such as an OD, AuD doctoral degree and wish to secure either a doctoral or master’s research credentials. MSc applicants with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences are encouraged to contact the Office of Admissions for eligibility requirements.

These programs will:

• Utilize a distributed training model linking students with established mentors in successful research laboratories. This distributed training model will permit American as well as foreign students to train near or in their home states or countries and establishes a research collaboration network useful to the graduate in postgraduate research activities early on. (Note: This requires a formal agreement between the host institution and Salus University).
• Be responsive to the need for a more efficient means of achieving master’s and doctoral-level research competencies in various world-wide settings and is dependent on a close student-mentor relationship. 
• For the MSc degree, the program is designed to have research completed under normal circumstances in 18 full-time months and provide an additional six months for completion of the dissertation for the Master of science (MSc) degree program. (Part-time programs also are permitted.
• For the PhD degree, the program is designed to have research completed under normal, full-time circumstances in three full-time years and provide one additional year for completion of the dissertation and passing of the Oral Defense (viva) examination for thePhD program. (A part-time program is allowed and will generally consist of six years of research and one year for the writing of the dissertation and oral defense (viva) examination).  

For inquiries about these programs, please contact:
Dr. Pierrette Dayhaw-Barker
Associate Dean, Graduate Programs in Biomedicine
pbarker@salus.edu

(10/22/2012)