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MEDICAL & MOLECULAR SCIENCES
MEDICAL & MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Medical & Molecular Sciences
305 Willard Hall
mms-dept@udel.edu
302-831-2849

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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Undergraduate Programs

Medical Laboratory Science

Medical Diagnostics

Medical Diagnostics (Pre-Physicians Assistant Concentration)

Applied Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

4+1 BS/MS programs 

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Graduate Programs & Certificates

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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Forensic Science

Genetic Counseling

Medical Diagnostics

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Med Lab Scientists: Unsung heroes in diagnosing COVID-19: youtube.com/watch?v=4mQkK2Dy2kI

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  • Corinne Van Hoven, a senior honors medical diagnostics major, works with a laboratory sample holding a pipette, putting a liquid into a glass jar. She's wearing a white lab coat, goggles and blue latex gloves and has other laboratory equipment around her and behind her.

    Exploring cancer research

    December 18, 2025 | Written by Amy Cherry
    Medical and molecular sciences students gain hands-on experience through Fox Chase fellowships

  • Laura A. Carlson appointed UD President

    December 09, 2025 | Written by UDaily staff
    The University of Delaware Board of Trustees voted to appoint Laura A. Carlson as the institution’s 29th president, effective Jan. 1, 2026.

  • Advancing heart health

    December 05, 2025 | Written by Amy Cherry
    Every fall, the University of Delaware research community gathers for a celebration of discovery. The 2025 Cardiovascular Research Symposium, sponsored by UD’s Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in Cardiovascular Health, offers faculty, postdocs, and students a collaborative stage to share breakthroughs that advance our understanding of heart and vascular health.
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