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Harvard Medical School is one of the world's preeminent institutions in medi
2 m9 B' D' l( C, y) E" J2 s. Dcal education and research. The breadth and depth of its scientific and clin
; D* O# T0 x2 R2 gical disciplines are unsurpassed. The School has nearly 8,000 faculty and 17
1 g% @! w4 m- K, t. j0 E+ D2 q affiliated facilities.! t) P5 G4 s* s) L5 K$ c( K1 K% D/ b2 v
At the core of the Medical School are its educational and research programs.* J7 V" X' f; C8 d1 Q
The student body is composed of 650 men and women in the MD program; 477 st
& l0 N7 u! @, \udents in the PhD program; and 132 in the joint MD-PhD programs, part of whi7 U0 L* N) k; C" a& L
ch is sponsored in collaboration with MIT. For its medical students, Harvard2 R. i0 I a" n. e5 C/ q7 B
has inaugurated the New Pathway curriculum, a problem-solving, case-method
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nt cases early in their studies.1 K5 j. [ G0 B9 {
The Medical School has nine departments in basic and social science discipli
p3 W% S! s$ \0 r7 M8 Z# xnes: Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Genetics9 y+ _& W/ I: T# y; j; O$ s- m: K
, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology, Pathology, Ambulatory C# A7 B; _" y& s1 O f/ Q. [ Z
are and Prevention, Health Care Policy, and Social Medicine.
8 g+ `6 c( f& `3 X/ E9 {% i. LThe Medical School is the largest of Harvard's graduate faculties and has tr' x- Z& \8 v& M( Z7 e1 r9 J
aditionally been a trend-setter for many University-wide initiatives.; K$ l! |7 v! ~/ H
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