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Oral Biology and Pathology Ph.D.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the genetics and epigenetics that regulate oral/dental tissue development and disease.

2. Students will be able to explain how cell to cell and cell to matrix interactions control normal and abnormal soft and hard tissue development and homeostasis.

3. Students will be able to explain how extracellular matrix properties and composition influence normal and abnormal oral/dental tissue development and wound healing.

4. Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the microbiome and how its products impact host tissues and the host response.

5. Students will be able to incorporate new knowledge into an understanding of oral biology and pathology.

6. Students will be able to apply fundamental knowledge from the related disciplines into an understanding of normal and abnormal oral/dental tissue development and homeostasis.

7. Students will be able to apply fundamental knowledge from the related disciplines into an understanding of oral/dental disease development and/or treatment.

8. Students will be able to generate a hypothesis-driven research plan exploiting the scientific literature.

9. Students will be able to choose appropriate experimental and analytical tools.

10. Students will be able to write and defend a grant proposal.

11. Students will be able to generate scientific hypotheses independently.

12. Students will be able to develop and execute research plans with techniques and analytical tools appropriate to the research area.

13. Students will be able to generate publishable advances.

14. Students will be able to complete and defend a PhD dissertation.

15. Students will be able to the student will demonstrate effective communication of science.

16. Students will be able to the student will demonstrate cooperative learning with giving and receiving feedback on presentations.

17. Students will be able to the student will demonstrate mentoring of undergraduate and/or dental students.

18. Students will be able to the student will demonstrate maintaining ethical behavior.

SUCCESS RATES

66.7%

8-year graduation rate

3.70

Avg. years to degree

MEDIAN EARNINGS

N/A

10 years after graduation

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5 years after graduation

N/A

1 year after graduation

PLACEMENT2 years after graduation

N/A

Working in New York

20.0%

Continuing Education

Notes

Graduation rates: the percent of students entering the doctoral program any time during the academic year and graduating by May 31 eight years later. Methodology adheres to guidelines from the AAU Data Exchange doctoral completion rates and means that spring entrants have less time to complete. Average of three most recent reporting years (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) Years to degree: the average number of years it takes a student to complete the selected program. Average of the three most recent completion years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23). No Asterisk-Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level based on the 2-digit CIP code at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. U.S. Census, Postsecondary Enrollment Outcomes Explorer. Degree completers from 2001-2018 in 2020 dollars. Asterisk- Earnings: the median annual earnings of graduates in the selected program at the master’s degree level at 1, 5 and 10 years after graduation. SUNY Graduates Post Completions Interactive Dashboard. Degree completers from 2005-2019 in 2020 dollars. Working in NY State: the percent of graduates working in New York State two years after graduation. SUNY Wages Dashboard, includes graduates from 2015-18. Most recent available data from SUNY as of January 31, 2024