MEDICAL & MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Medical & Molecular Sciences is committed to providing skilled, critically-thinking practitioners equipped to be future leaders in health sciences. In this pursuit, the Department is committed to active engagement of undergraduate and graduate students in experiential learning, to forming collaborative partnerships with educational, clinical, industry and research experts locally and globally, to discovering innovative breakthroughs in research that contribute to the health and basic sciences body of knowledge, and to functioning as an expert resource regarding all issues related to Medical & Molecular Sciences.
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Medical Laboratory Science
Medical Diagnostics
Medical Diagnostics (Pre-Physicians Assistant Concentration)
Applied Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
4+1 BS/MS programs
Molecular Biosciences PhD
MS Applied Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
MS Medical Laboratory Science
MS in Medical and Molecular Sciences
4+1 BS/MS programs
Molecular Diagnostics Certificate
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CELEBRATE 75 YEARS OF SCIENCE SAVING LIVES
The Medical & Molecular Sciences 75th Anniversary Celebration will highlight the wide-ranging changes that have occurred in this field over the last 75 years with a brief program, interactive activities, and a reception that will include heavy hors d'oeuvres and bar. Come celebrate with alumni, industry leaders, and current faculty as we enjoy an evening of connection and commemoration.
MMS News
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Stronger together
October 28, 2025 | Written by Amy CherryDelaware school nurses unite at UD to find solutions to student mental health crisis -
$31.3 million for biomedical research
October 23, 2025 | Written by Karen B. RobertsThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) has renewed its investment in the Delaware IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (DE-INBRE), the University of Delaware and its partners. This marks the program’s fifth renewal, bringing $21.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to Delaware, with an additional $10 million in State of Delaware support, for biomedical research over the next five years. -
The power of undergraduate research
October 16, 2025 | Written by Amy CherryA first-generation medical diagnostics student goes from lab novice to published scientist.