MSc in Biomedical Science - Anatomical Sciences in Stony Brook United States | Stony Brook University, SUNY

The Department of Anatomical Sciences, part of the Health Sciences Center, provides an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program. This curriculum equips students with thorough preparation for academic and research careers in evolutionary morphology, systematics, functional anatomy, musculoskeletal biology, and vertebrate paleontology. Each graduate student follows a tailored course plan developed for their specific interests. The department collaborates extensively, working with other School of Medicine departments as well as Arts and Sciences programs (including Anthropology, Geosciences, and Ecology and Evolution) and nearby doctoral institutions (such as CUNY, the American Museum of Natural History, and Richard Gilder Graduate School).

This program educates students in vertebrate structural analysis to evaluate hypotheses about systematics, paleoecology, and adaptation. Research emphasizes evolutionary approaches to morphology, incorporating functional anatomy and phylogenetic systematics. Annual fossil discovery expeditions are common. Current program research focuses on both locomotor and craniodental systems. Faculty members employ experimental and quantitative methods to study structure-function relationships, with additional skeletal adaptation research conducted through the Orthopaedics Department's Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory. Systematic studies span from basic taxonomy to broader evolutionary relationships, using modern phylogenetic and biogeographic techniques. Participants gain expertise in diverse methodologies: morphometric analysis, phylogenetic systematics, biogeography, CT-based reconstruction, behavioral ecology, and paleontological field techniques.