Oral Biology, PhD

The PhD program provides training for those who wish to pursue basic and/or clinical research in dental medicine or the biomedical sciences. Candidates may include those with bachelor's, master's, or DDS (or equivalent) degrees.

FALL 2025 ENROLLMENT | Applications accepted June 1, 2024 - February 1, 2025

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Program Co-Directors:
Dr. Jill Kramer
jkramer@buffalo.edu

Dr. Rose-Anne Romano
rromano2@buffalo.edu

About the Program Admissions Requirements How to Apply Faculty and Curriculum Cost and Funding

Faculty and Curriculum

Faculty at UB's School of Dental Medicine are committed to providing students an inclusive and diverse learning environment and promoting improvements to oral health, not only at our school, but worldwide. Our highly trained faculty, innovative curriculum, and clinic experience are among the top reasons our students choose our school.

Required Courses

Course #	Course Name	Credits
BMS 501	Cell Biology (fall)	4
BMS 502	Essentials of Genetics and Genomics (fall)	3
BMS 503	Principles of Biochemistry (fall)	4
ORB 500	Cranio. Dev, Tissue Eng & Oral (fall)	2
ORB 510	Saliva and the Oral Microbiome (spring)	4
ORB 519	Critical Analysis of Literature in Oral Biology (fall)	1
ORB 520	Critical Analysis of Literature in Oral Biology (spring)	1
OS 518 STA 525 STA 527	Statistical Methods Oral Science(spring) ... or Stat. for Bioinformatics (spring) ... or Intro. To Medical Statistics (fall)	4 3 4
ORB 651	Research, Laboratory Rotations	3-6
ORB 653	Dissertation Guidance	1

Required Training

Course #	Course Name	Credits
RCR/CITI	Responsible Conduct of Research/CITI Training	0

Recommended Course

Course #	Course Name	Credits
RPG 603/604	Basics in Grantsmanship (fall/spring)	1

Other Possible Elective Courses

Course #	Course Name	Credits
ORB 545	Dynamics of Bone (fall)	2
BCH 507	Protein Structure and Function	2
BCH 508	Gene Expression	2
BCH 519	Bioinformatics and Computational Biology	3
BCH 607	DNA Replication and Repair	2
BE 520	Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine	3
BE 555	Biomechanics and Mechanobiology	3
BIO 501	Advanced Biological Chemistry	4
BIO 502	Advanced Cell and Developmental Biology	4
BIO 550	Human Evolutionary Genomics (fall)	3
MIC 406/506	Composition and Function of the Human Microbiome	2
MIC 512	Fundamentals of Immunology	2
MIC 513	Eukaryotic Pathogens	2
MIC 515	Virology	2
MIC 516	Bacteriology	2
NRS 520	Neuroscience I	4
NRS 524	Neuroscience III (by permission of instructor)	3
PGY 505	Cell and Membrane Physiology	4
PMY 512	Principles of Pharmacology II	4
PMY 516	Graduate Pharmacology II	5
PMY 526	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences (TIPS)	2
PMY 527	Translational Pharmacology	2
STA 525	Statistics for Bioinformatics	2
STB 531	Protein Expression, Purification, and Crystallization	3