Are there DO/Ph.D programs?

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Hello! I'm a math major at a university and I want to be able to use my math skills to aid medical research.

I am aware of MD/Ph.D programs, but I'm also curious if there's DO/Ph.D programs as well.

Does anyone know? Thanks for reading!
 
Our doctor is a DO/PhD but I don't think he did a joint program. I'm pretty sure he got them separately
 
I know PCOM offers joint DO/PhD. I'm sure there are probably others as well. Unrelated, but NOVA even offers a DO/DMD (DDS?)! You'd be surprised at what's available.
 
kalat said:
I know PCOM offers joint DO/PhD. I'm sure there are probably others as well. Unrelated, but NOVA even offers a DO/DMD (DDS?)! You'd be surprised at what's available.
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Really? Wow, that's pretty interesting. :O

I'm looking for a math discipline for the Ph.D, and if MD/Ph.D or DO/Ph.D didn't work out, I would probably be very happy as a solely math Ph.D. I've had a few ideas as to what I would want to research, and the teaching does appeal to me.

Thanks for the pdf! I'm going to look at it now.
 
Conflagration said:
Hello! I'm a math major at a university and I want to be able to use my math skills to aid medical research.

I am aware of MD/Ph.D programs, but I'm also curious if there's DO/Ph.D programs as well.

Does anyone know? Thanks for reading!
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One of the ones that I was very interested in last year was the MSUCOM DO/PhD program because of it's strong biomedical research.

Things have changes since then and I've decided not to pursue the dual degree. If anything perhaps a DO/MS.
 
AlteredScale said:
One of the ones that I was very interested in last year was the MSUCOM DO/PhD program because of it's strong biomedical research.

Things have changes since then and I've decided not to pursue the dual degree. If anything perhaps a DO/MS.
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Huh, well alright. Thanks for letting me know! 😀
 
DoctorKrieger said:
You should really think hard about doing medicine then. Like so many say, "if you can see yourself doing anything else, do it."
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I'll definitely keep that in mind; I'm going to talk with the chair of my department tomorrow to see if that would be a good fit for me logistically.
 
Conflagration said:
Really? Wow, that's pretty interesting. :O

I'm looking for a math discipline for the Ph.D, and if MD/Ph.D or DO/Ph.D didn't work out, I would probably be very happy as a solely math Ph.D. I've had a few ideas as to what I would want to research, and the teaching does appeal to me.

Thanks for the pdf! I'm going to look at it now.
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I think the closest thing there is to what you are looking for is a PhD in Biostats which I believe MSUCOM offers.

If you are content with a PhD in applied/theoretical mathematics which has no relation to medicine then definitely pursue that!
 
The closest you'll get to something like that is likely an MD/PhD in biostats. If you're looking for a PhD in a more pure math, with no overlap in biomedical research, I think you'd have to do those degrees separately. Which means either postponing med school by 5-6 years, or take a 5-6 year hiatus after graduating from med school. Dual degree programs can last near 8-10 years long, and stick the PhD program in between years 2 & 3 (most of the ones I've seen anyway)
 
AlteredScale said:
I think the closest thing there is to what you are looking for is a PhD in Biostats which I believe MSUCOM offers.

If you are content with a PhD in applied/theoretical mathematics which has no relation to medicine then definitely pursue that!
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nontrad78 said:
The closest you'll get to something like that is likely an MD/PhD in biostats. If you're looking for a PhD in a more pure math, with no overlap in biomedical research, I think you'd have to do those degrees separately. Which means either postponing med school by 5-6 years, or take a 5-6 year hiatus after graduating from med school. Dual degree programs can last near 8-10 years long, and stick the PhD program in between years 2 & 3 (most of the ones I've seen anyway)
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my sentiments exactly.
 
Alright, thanks everyone!

I think I have more bioinformatics in mind than anything; I want to use the theorems we use in math to help explain biological phenomena. 🙂

I'm talking with the Chair of the Math Department and I'll see what she thinks. Again, thanks! 😀
 
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