Medicinal Biochemistry
Biochemistry faculty are involved in teaching first year medical students principles of biochemistry. The course is team taught by Dr. Julian Peterson (carbohydrate, amino acid, purine and pyrimidine metabolism), Dr. Carole Mendelson (lipid and steroid metabolism), Dr. Steve Sprang (protein structure/structural biology) and Dr. Richard Bruick (molecular biology).
Nutritional Biochemistry
The Allied Health Sciences School offers a BS degree in Clinical Dietitics. Dr. Julian Peterson is course director and team teaches nutritional biochemistry with Dr. Gloria Vega.
PostGraduate Studies
The Department of Biochemisty at University of Texas Medical Center, Dallas offers varied research opportunities for postgraduate studies. Postdoctoral fellowships are listed here and on the Department of Biochemistry web site.
Graduate Studies
Graduate studies at UT Southwestern are administered through The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. degrees are offered in several areas which involve our faculty. Within the Division of Basic Science are the programs of Biological Chemistry, Integrative Biology and Molecular Biophysics. Students may choose to follow specilized Training Tracks in one of these areas. For example our faculty teach courses within the Chemistry Training Track in the subjects of chemical synthesis, catalysis and structural elucidation. The Integrative Biology Program seeks to apply basic biochemical principles to the study of tissue through animal level systems. Finally, our faculty teach courses in Mathematical Methods, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Protein Structure and X-ray Crystallography to students enrolled in the Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program
