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
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MS in Medical and Molecular Sciences
4+1 BS/MS programs
Molecular Diagnostics Certificate
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Research in Motion
August 18, 2026 | Written by Amy CherryAfter Emma Beisheim-Ryan earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2017, Beisheim-Ryan stayed at UD to pursue a doctorate in biomechanics and movement science (BIOMS). During that time, she worked as an instructor in the UDPT Clinic and with patients in UD's Limb Loss Studies Laboratory — an experience that would reshape her career. -
Keeping Young Athletes in the Game
August 12, 2026 | Written by Tabitha GrohUD athletic training students provide free physicals to local middle and high school athletes. -
Targeting antibiotic resistance
August 07, 2026 | Written by Amy CherryUD medical and molecular sciences researchers have identified a molecular switch that could make antibiotics more effective against drug-resistant bacteria.