Molecular & Integrative Physiology Education
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Unlock Your Potential in Physiology

We offer broad-based training with an emphasis on integrating cell and molecular processes to understand systems physiology.

Your Future Starts Here

The U-M Medical School Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology provides numerous opportunities for professional and academic development. This includes broad-based training in modern physiology, focusing on integrating cell and molecular processes to understand systems physiology comprehensively.

Students and trainees are critical facets of our department, each bringing unique strengths and contributions. We tailor educational opportunities to the individual, ensuring every student and trainee can maximize their potential.

PhD Program

Conduct research across various fields, from cell and molecular biology to whole-animal integrative physiology, while honing your teaching, critical thinking and presentation skills in a supportive environment.

MS Program

With our flexible, intensive one-year MS degree, learners can pursue either a course-oriented path for health professions or a research-focused track to deepen their research interests.

Postdoctoral Training

Prepare for the next step in your career with valuable training in writing, funding, lab management and job searching, along with seminars, a postdoc symposium and teaching opportunities.

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

With our 12-week summer program, undergraduate students can gain additional research experience outside of their home institutions.

Human Anatomy & Physiology Minor

Undergraduate students gain essential knowledge for careers in healthcare, research, and education, with flexible coursework tailored to your goals.

Outreach
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Our department's science is vital for understanding organism health and disease, yielding knowledge and potential cures. Equally important is promoting community science through programs like SEEK (Science Engagement and Education for Kids), which arose from Physiology PhD students' visits to local schools. 

SEEK, featuring hands-on activities about bodily systems, has grown through word-of-mouth and now includes participants from various Michigan programs. To provide lasting science exposure, we began frequent, shorter visits to underserved schools in 2022-2023, preparing students for state M-STEP exams and offering Michigan trainees valuable teaching and communication experience.

Learn more about SEEK

Grade Grievance Policy

The departmental grievance policy is the preferred method for resolution, but additional grievance resolution mechanisms are available for Rackham students.

Learn About the Resolution Policy for Rackham Students
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MIP Seminar Series - Bin Gao, MD, PhD
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MIP Seminar Series - Pura Muñoz- Cánoves, PhD
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MIP Seminar Series - Yvette Yien, PhD
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MIP Seminar Series - Charles Brenner, PhD
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Third Year Student Seminar - Shengyuan (Sam) Huang
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Third Year Student Seminar - Crystal Young, Yuezhong (Diana) Zhang
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MIP Seminar Series - Ling Qin, PhD
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MIP Seminar Series - William Mair, PhD
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Third Year Student Seminar - Kathryn Buscher, Angelo Anacleto
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News Release
NIH High-Risk, High-Reward program awards three U-M Medical School investigators
Three U-M investigators—Changyang Linghu, Longhua Guo and Sundeep Kalantry—have been acknowledged by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) prestigious High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.
2024 hanseong science award winners
Department News
Jun Hee Lee received the 2024 Hanseong Science Award in Life Sciences
Congratulations to Jun Hee Lee for receiving the 2024 Hanseong Science Award in Life Sciences from the Hanseong Son Jae-Han Scholarship Foundation for his development of SeqScope. The award is essentially the mini-Nobel for Korean scientists with awards in Physics, Chemistry, and Life Sciences. The goal of the award and the foundation is to contribute to the growth of Korean science and hopefully help catalyze future Nobel prize winners from South Korea.
New Medical School Distinguished University Professors Roger D. Cone, Ph.D., and Mark A. Fessler, Ph.D.
Medical School News
Two faculty with Medical School ties named distinguished university professors
The Board of Regents approved the appointments July 18 for Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Roger D. Cone, Ph.D., and Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering Jeffrey A. Fessler, Ph.D., to one of U-M’s most prestigious honors: the Distinguished University Professorship (DUP).
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Health Lab
Diabetes and weight loss drugs could be enhanced, shows study in mice
A network of proteins found in the central nervous system could be harnessed to increase the effectiveness, and reduce the side effects, of diabetes and weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, according to research from the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute. 
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Department News
Gary Zhang received the annual Endowment for Basic Sciences 2024 Research Staff Award
On July 16, 2024, the EBS Chairs recognized Gary Zhang, from Lei Yin and Tony Tong lab, for the annual Endowment for Basic Sciences 2024 Research Staff Award.
Tim Houchin Award winners
Department News
Tim Houchin received the Endowment for Basic Sciences 2024 Teaching Award
On July 16, 2024, the EBS Chairs recognized Tim Houchin as the Endowment for Basic Sciences 2024 Teaching Award Recipient.