Welcome to the Department of Biomedical Sciences

The Department is dedicated to the mission of the University through excellence in teaching, preeminence in scholarship and research, and a commitment to effective leadership in professional service in an inclusive environment. These goals are achieved through: daily contact with professional and graduate students involving didactic lectures, group interactions, and individual mentoring; significant contributions to science through innovative research; and, leadership roles in professional activities within the University, among local and state agencies, and at the National/International level in … continue reading

Graduate Studies

It is my pleasure to introduce you to the Department of Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. With world-class and award-winning researchers, our program has a great deal to offer you! At the Department of Biomedical Sciences, investigators are engaged in research across a variety of fields, including cancer, neurodegenerative disease, exercise, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory and reproductive physiology… continue reading

January 20

John Thyfault, Ph.D., FACSM, FTOS, Professor, Departments of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and Internal Medicine- Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Genetics at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Senior Research Scientist at the Kansas City VA Medical Center, and Scientific Director of Basic Research at the Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyle and Nutrition
“Exercise, hepatic metabolic adaptations, and whole-body health”

See fall semester schedule and details