research
The University of Pennsylvania offers a robust research environment for MD-PhD students. Although most trainees are enrolled in PhD programs that are part of the Biomedical Graduate Studies (BGS) umbrella organization, others are taking advantage of the resources of one of the premier universities in the United States:
PhD programs
- Anthropology
- Biomedical Graduate Studies
- Bioengineering
- Health Care Systems (Wharton)
- History and Sociology of Science
- Physics
Faculty and Research
- 650 faculty are members of Biomedical Graduate Studies Groups
- Nearly half of Penn School of Medicine faculty who are members of BGS are physician scientists
- 3rd rated overall in amount of NIH research funding; 1st in NIH research training funding
- 1.44 M net square feet of research space, much of which is new or newly renovate
research highlights
- Research at Penn
- Centers and Institutes
- Perelman School of Medicine research overview
- Perelman School of Medicine research highlights
- Perelman School of Medicine Research website
- Penn Biomed research highlights: Benchmarks