Study Duration

Master: 3 years, maximum: 4 years

Combined Bachelor-Master: 5 years, maximum: 7 years

Work Direction: Medical Institutions, Universities or Research Institutions, Profession-Related Companies

Pathology and Pathophysiology

Research Direction

1. Tumor metastasis and non-coding RNA regulation (Professor Gao Peng)

2. Hormonal-dependent tumor metastasis mechanism and urinary system disease (Professor Han Bo, Associate Professor Chen Junxuan, Associate Professor Liu Zhiyan)

3. Female reproductive and mammary pathology (Professor Zhang Tingguo, Associate Professor Li Li, Associate Professor Mu Kun, Associate Professor Wang Jianli, Associate Professor Wu Xiaoxuan, Associate Professor Wang Xiao)

4. Cardiovascular pathology and pathophysiology (Professor Jiang Fan, Professor Guo Chenghao, Associate Professor Wang Jianli)

5. Pathophysiology of the digestive system (Associate Professor Xue Bing)

6. Lymphatic hematopoietic pathology (Associate Professor Zhang Cuijuan)

7. Oncology pathology and pathophysiology (Associate Professor Wang Jianli)

Degrees Conferred

Master of Science

Pathogenic Biology

Research Direction

1. Pathogen infection, inflammation, immunity, and tumor

2. Pathogen resistance mechanism and intervention strategy

3. Pathogen pathogenic mechanism and intervention strategy

Degrees Conferred

Master of Science

Immunology

Research Direction

1. Tumor Immunity

Studying the molecular mechanisms of tumor occurrence, screen tumor markers, the mechanism of immune cells and tumor cell interaction, and explore new interventions.

2. Metabolic immunity

Studying the role and mechanisms of immune cells (especially the new T-cell subgroups) and associated regulatory molecules in the development of metabolic-related diseases and explore new interventions.

3. Hepatology Immunity

Studying the immune molecular mechanism symbiotic mechanism of liver disease, especially HBV infection-related diseases, and to screen new liver cancer markers and targets of gene therapy by studying liver-specific gene expression control mechanisms, and to explore new treatment options.

4. Inherent immunity

Studying the regulatory mechanism of inherent immune recognition and activation, as well as the relationship between inherent immune abnormalities and human diseases such as autoimmune diseases and infectious diseases, and to explore new intervention programs.

5. Autoimmunity

Studying the immunological mechanism, signal transduction mechanism and disease-causing mechanism of autoimmune diseases, which are common in clinical practice, and to explore molecular targets and intervention schemes related to new immunology.

Degrees Conferred

Master of Science

Pharmacology/Medical Basic Pharmacology

Research Direction

1. Cardiovascular Pharmacology

The action and mechanism of the drug to prevent and control the disease of the cardiovascular system at the cellular and molecular levels

2. Immunology and Kidney Disease Pharmacology

Studying the pharmacological effects and mechanisms of drugs affecting the body's immune function and kidney disease and diabetes.

3. Tumor Pharmacology

Studying the mechanism of action and related pharmacology of tumor development

4. Neuropharmacology

Studying the effects of drugs and endogenous substances on the nervous system, and the mechanism of nerve damage and the mechanism of the drug of protecting and preventing degenerative lesions of the central nervous system.

Degrees Conferred

Master of Science

Anatomy & Histoembryology

Research Direction

1.Experimental embryology: Study on the mechanisms and corresponding preventive measures for the occurrence of various types of malformations at the cellular and molecular levels. It also focuses on gene location, cloning and functional analysis of common neural tube development defects, especially epigenetic signals that play an important role in the development process and mechanism of neural stem cell proliferation and differentiation regulation.

2.Reproductive Biology: Study on molecular regulation in the process of reproductive cell generation. The construction and directed induction differentiation of embryonic stem cells: establishing mouse embryonic stem cell lines and studying the induction method stoking of different cells in different tissues, opening up a new donor path for organ tissue transplantation and organ repair. Studying the mechanism of early embryo occurrence, differentiation, and embryo foaming bed and exploring anti-early pregnancy contraceptive methods.

3. Lymphatic and tumor research: using cell biology, molecular genetics, epigenetics, bioinformatics, and other methods to systematically study the biological significance and mechanism of tumor-related molecules in tumor occurrence, metastasis, treatment, etc., screening and identification of tumor biological targets, development and optimization of tumor treatment programs, and study on lymphatic regeneration mechanisms, the relationship between the microenvironment of lymphatic and the tumor, which provides the basis for early warning and effective treatment of malignant tumors.

4. Nerve regeneration,neuraltransplantationand nerve system diseases: Using immunohistochemistry, molecular hybridization, electrophysiology and post-culture transplantation of nerve cells to explore the mechanism of various factors in the repair process after central nerve and peripheral nerve injury. Study on the pathological mechanism of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease.

5. Primary afferent and pain regulatory mechanism: Using morphology, cell biology, molecular biology, animal behavior detection and other methods to study primary afferent nerves and pain regulatory mechanism in the state of inflammation and other related diseases

6. Study on the sectional and imaging anatomy and clinical application: using Chinese sectional specimen, CT, MRI, PET, SPECT and other methods to study human structure and transformation law of sectional morphology, providing the morphological basis for modern imaging diagnosis and interventional radiology treatment of diseases. At the same time, it also opened up the use of modern advanced imaging technology and computer technology combined to study attention-related brain networks and advanced brain function research.

Degrees Conferred

Master of Science

Medical Psychology

Research Direction

1. Central damage mechanism of stress and pathogenesis of stress-related diseases

2. The pathogenesis of stress depressive disorder

3. Psychotherapy and health promotion

4. Cross-Cultural adaptation and mental health

Degrees Conferred

Master of Science

Neurobiology

Research Direction

1.Biologicalfunction research of neurotrophic factors: From molecular and cellular to the overall level, the biological function of neurotrophic factors is researched by molecular biology, cell biology ethology and etc., especially in the role of neural plasticity and nervous system diseases.

2.The molecular mechanisms of learning and memory, and emotional disorders:Transgenic animals as the main research object, the molecular mechanisms of learning and memory, and emotional disorders are further studied by pharmacology, molecular biology and etc.

3.Nerve - target tissue regulation：

Mainly by using the method of joint cultivation in vitro, which is based on the innervation of the targettissue cells in vitro, the neurons regulating mechanism for various target tissueis researched.

Degrees Conferred

Master of Science

HumanPhysiology

Research Direction

1.Digestive physiology：Studying the motor function of alimentary canal, neuroregulation and humoral regulation of mucosal epithelium in the alimentary canal, intestinal afferent nerve’s characteristic of motivation and the relation between it and intestinal immune system.

2.Neurophysiology: studying the function of interneurone and neural network; the neurobiology of epilepsia and melancholia.

3.Endocrine physiology: studying the regulation and mechanism of pancreatic island, adrenal gland, intestinal endocrine etc. molecular basis and target analysis of metabolic and endocrine disease.

Degrees Conferred

Master of Science

Biochemistry andMolecular Biology

Research Direction

1. Tumor-associated gene expression and regulation

2. Tumor molecular pharmacology and regulatory networks

3. Tumor functional genomics

4. Molecular Biology of nervous system diseases

Degrees Conferred

Master of Science

Cell Biology

Research Direction

1. Growth and differentiation of fat cells

2. Study Signaling of fat cells and the Pathogenesis ofType II diabetes and Adiposity

3. Mitotic cell cycle regulatory mechanisms

4. Stem Cell Biology and cells damage and protect

5. Cellular Neurobiology

Degrees Conferred

Master of Science

Human Genetics

Research Direction

1.Molecular genetics of monogenic diseases(by researchgene maping, gene cloning and gene function ofmonogenic diseases pedigreesto understand the molecular mechanisms of disease occurrence)

2.Molecular genetic mechanisms of tumorigenesis (cellular DNA damage response, mutagenesis and carcinogenesis and biological characteristics of cancer stem cells)

3.Molecular genetics of complex diseases (study the molecular mechanisms of complex diseases from the candidate gene cloning,identification, expression regulation and genetic epidemiology)

Degrees Conferred

Master of Science

Master Courses Taught in Chinese

Master Courses Taught in English