University of Maryland, Baltimore - Dental School

Welcome to the Department of Biomedical Sciences! The Department of Biomedical Sciences encompasses the breadth of basic research activities of the Dental School at the University of Maryland. Members of the department number over 100 faculty and staff. Our diversified research includes studies of model systems in neuroscience, cell biology, molecular biology, microbiology and infectious disease immunology. The department provides training opportunities at all levels including a newly restructured graduate program (PhD, DDS-PhD, Master), postdoctoral, junior and mid-career faculty training and summer research programs for high school, predental and premedical students.
The Department of Biomedical Sciences is a multidisciplinary basic science department committed to the study of oral and craniofacial biology with an emphasis on research and training of students at different levels of academic development from college to graduate and postgraduate training. Since its inception in 1840 as the first dental school in the United States, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery has included training in the basic sciences as an important component of its graduate and dental school programs.
In response to changing demands in the training of oral and general medical health professionals, the basic science departments of anatomy, biochemistry, microbiology, physiology and pharmacology were consolidated to form the new department in 1995. Graduate programs leading to the PhD, DDS/PhD and MS degrees were approved and designed to provide highly qualified and highly motivated individuals with an opportunity to receive appropriate training in the basic and clinical sciences relevant to the improvement of the oral and craniofacial health of the nation.
The Department consists of over 40 faculty and staff, approximately 20 graduate students, and 20 postdoctoral fellows. The Department is research intensive with external funding of over $10M per year including a major NIH training grant for college, dental, medical, graduate and postdoctoral students, and junior faculty. Our research programs focus on three major areas: neuroscience and pain, molecular and cell biology, and infectious disease and immunology. The Department is responsible for the basic science education of dental students and also provides the mentoring of postgraduate dental students seeking clinical specialty training and desiring to complete an M.S. degree and thesis.
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
Dental School
University of Maryland, Baltimore
666 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201