Training Program

The BBS Program is an integrated Ph.D. training program, which crosses departments and colleges at WVU.

Its faculty preceptors and doctoral trainees are part of Biomedical, Psychology, Public Health, Health Outcomes (Pharmaceutical Systems & Policy, as well as the joint M.D./Ph.D. Medical Scientist Training Program

This provides research trainees with opportunities for strong behavioral and biomedical training.

Ph.D. students in each of these programs can apply to the BBS program at the end of their first year.

Those accepted for appointment to this training program are provided with the course work and research training that will enable them to:

1. Conduct behavioral research at multiple levels of analysis and using a range of experimental models.



2. Use multidisciplinary approaches, including physiological, biochemical, molecular, and genetic analyses, in order to address complex problems of clinical and public health importance.