The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology has experienced a great expansion within the past twenty years, including medical and graduate teaching, breath of research endeavor, and contribution to the scientific literature.  Scientific research involves protein structure and function, molecular genetics, and spectroscopy.  External grant awards have increased more than ten fold.  The NIH Awards Ranking for 2004, lists the Department 19^th for all U.S. Medical Schools and 7^th for State supported Medical Schools.  Departmental initiative of extended scope and services to the academic community include a National Fluorescence Center, a High Resolution Nuclear magnetic Resonance Facility, a Crystallography Facility, a Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility, an NIH supported Training Program, a Program Project, and the direction of the MD/PhD program.

• Faculty Members
  
• Departmental Teaching Responsibilities  
• Departmental Initiatives
  
• Recent Departmental Grant & Contracts Awarded
  
• Chart of total Grant Awards from year 1981 to year 2005
  
• NIH FY 2004 Awards to Medical Schools by Rank Departments of Biochemistry 
  
• Citiation Index
  
• Chart of FY 2005 Departmental Revenue
  
• Grants and Contracts for FY 2005
  
• Departmental Assigned Space