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Contact Information—Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics Program, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, MMC 292, Room B272 Mayo Building, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-626-6638; hanse032@umn.edu).
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the General Information section of this catalog for Graduate School requirements that apply to all major fields.
Curriculum—This interdisciplinary program includes faculty members who have primary appointments in fields such as radiobiology, physics, engineering, computer science, physiology, dentistry, genetics, and biochemistry. Students concentrate in research areas such as molecular biophysics, medical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy, radiobiology, radiation therapy physics, and mathematical biophysics and computation. A limited number of students prepare for employment as hospital-based medical physicists through a program that includes opportunities for coursework, laboratory work, and directed study to provide experience in areas such as purchase specification, acceptance testing, quality assurance, and radiation safety.
Prerequisites for Admission—All students should have some familiarity with physical chemistry, intermediate physics, intermediate mathematics, biostatistics, computer programming, biology, physiology, and biochemistry. This may be demonstrated by coursework completed at the undergraduate level or as part of the graduate program; by reading or practical experience; or by informal competency examinations.
Special Application Requirements—Three letters of recommendation and scores from the General Test of the GRE are required. Applicants are considered for admission in both semesters.
Key to test abbreviations (GRE, TOEFL, GMAT, MELAB).
 For an online application or for more information about Graduate School admissions, see the General Information section in this catalog, or visit the Graduate School Web site.
Courses—Refer to Biophysical Sciences (BPHY) in the course section of this catalog or in Twin
Cities Courses on the University Catalog Web site for courses pertaining to the program.
Use of 4xxx Courses—Inclusion of 4xxx courses on Degree Program Forms is subject to adviser and director of graduate studies approval.
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M.S. Degree Requirements | | The M.S. is offered under two plans: Plan A, (with thesis), and Plan B, (with project). Plan A is considered suitable for students with full-time employment whose thesis can be related to their work assignments. Plan B is more suitable for students planning to work in government or hospital settings where technical knowledge is more germane than research experience. Plan B students complete a project under the direction of a faculty member and present the work to their faculty committee in an oral exam. A total of 30 credits is required, including 14 in the major and 6 in a related field or minor.
Language Requirements—None.
Final Exam—The final exam is oral.
Minor Requirements for Students Majoring in Other Fields—Programs are arranged on an individual basis and must consist of courses that represent a subfield of the discipline, e.g., radiobiology or medical physics. At least 6 credits of BPHY courses are required.
| Ph.D. Degree Requirements | Ph.D. students take preliminary written exams at the end of the first year of study or as soon as possible after completing the core course sequence in topics in physics for medicine and biology. An oral preliminary exam focuses on the plan for thesis research and the student's grasp of related information and is taken by the fall of the third year of full-time registration or its equivalent. At least 12 credits are required in a minor or supporting program. Additionally, 24 thesis credits are required.
Language Requirements—None.
Minor Requirements for Students Majoring in Other Fields—Programs are arranged on an individual basis and must consist of courses that represent a subfield of the discipline, e.g., radiobiology or medical physics. |
Faculty | | For latest graduate faculty listings, see <www.grad.umn.edu/faculty_rosters/faculty.html>. Key to membership categories (abbreviations after faculty names).
Professor
Victor A. Bloomfield, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, SM
Bianca M. Conti-Fine, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, SM
Ralph DeLong, Oral Sciences, M2
Stanley M. Finkelstein, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, SM
John E. Foker, Surgery, SM
Michael G. Garwood, Radiology, SM
Bruce J. Gerbi, Therapeutic Radiology, SM
Rolf Gruetter, Radiology, SM
Bruce E. Hammer, Radiology, SM
Patrick Higgins, Therapeutic Radiology, M2
Robert H. Margolis, Otolaryngology, SM
Scott M. O'Grady, Animal Science, SM
Robert P. Patterson, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, SM
E. Russell Ritenour, Radiology, SM
Chang W. Song, Therapeutic Radiology, SM
David D. Thomas, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, SM
Kamil Ugurbil, Radiology, SM
Daniel A. Vallera, Therapeutic Radiology, M2
Warren J. Warwick, Pediatrics, SM
Associate Professor
Parham Alaei, Therapeutic Radiology, M2
Alan J. Bank, Medicine, M2
James E. Holte, Electrical Engineering, SM
Susanta K. Hui, Therapeutic Radiology, M2
Yoichi Wantanabe, Therapeutic Radiology, M2
Richard S. Ziegler, Pediatrics, M2
Adjunct Associate Professor
Richard A. Geise, Radiology, ASM
Assistant Professor
Vincent A. Barnett, Physiology, M2
Erik Cressman, Radiology, M2
Yuriy Nesmelov, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, M2
Osha Roopnarine, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, M2
Essa S. Yacoub, Radiology, M2
Jie Zhang, Radiology, M2
Assistant Professor
Thomas Odea, Radiology, M2
Senior Research Associate
David H. Live, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, M2
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