Cancer Biology and Genomics
About the Program
Graduate Program Information Request Form

Josh Neman, PhD
Program Director
CBG Course Requirements
Degree Unit Requirement: 60 units
PIBBS Requirement: Completion of PIBBS required core curriculum (29 units)
Required CBG Courses:
- CBG 580 – Topics in Cancer (Epi) Genomics (2 units)
- INTD 504 – Molecular Biology of Cancer (4 units)
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INTD577 – Writing for the Biomedical and Biological Sciences (1 unit) – year 2; Fall semester
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CBG574 – Cancer Biology and Genomics Research Seminar Series (1 unit) – every Fall and Spring semester
- CBG 790 – Research (varies)
- CBG 794a/b – Doctoral Dissertation (at least 4 units)
Complete 4 units from the following:
- INTD 685 – Bioinformatics in Genome Analysis (4 unit)
- PM 512 – Principles of Epidemiology (4 units)
- PM 517ab – Research Methods in Epidemiology (3 units)
- PM 533 – Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology (3 units)
- PM 534 – Statistical Genetics (4 units)
- PM 570 – Statistical Methods in Human Genetics (4 units)
- PM 579 – Statistical Analysis of High-Dimensional Data (4 units)
- MPTX 500 – Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology I (4 units)
- TRGN 510 – Basic Foundations in Translational Biomedical Informatics (4 units)
- TRGN 514 – Introduction to Human Genomic Analysis Methods (4 units)
- TRGN 515- Advanced Human Genomic Analysis Methods ( 4 units)
- Other courses may be allowed with consultation from the Director if they benefit the student’s research project
Qualifying Exam:
Students must pass both the written and oral portions of the qualifying exam during the second year of study. The written portion will require students to write a research grant proposal, in a format modeled after an NIH F31 fellowship application. The oral defense portion will include both a formal presentation of the grant proposal, as well as an open forum in which the guidance committee asks general questions related to the student’s research.
Dissertation:
Each student’s research is reported in a dissertation written under the guidance of the student’s mentor and the dissertation committee. The dissertation must demonstrate the student’s capacity for independent research, scholarly achievement and technical mastery of a specific field.