Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine, located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, USA, is a highly regarded medical school and leading center for biomedical research and clinical care. The school, located in the middle of the largest medical center in the world, has affiliations with many teaching hospitals, including the following venerable institutions: Texas Children’s Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The Methodist Hospital, The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR), Menninger Clinic, The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital/The Texas Heart Institute and the Level I Trauma Center Ben Taub General Hospital. The medical school has been consistently considered in the top-tier of programs in the country and is particularly noted for having the lowest tuition among all private medical schools in the US. Its Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is among the top 10 percent of all graduate schools in the United States. On June 21, 2010, Dr. Paul Klotman was named as the new President and CEO of the Baylor College of Medicine.

Baylor College of Medicine Rankings

• TOP BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLEGE RANKING IN 2010
• BEST MEDICAL SCHOOLS – PRIMARY CARE RANKINGS
• MEDICAL SCHOOL RANKINGS – BEST RESEARCH MEDICAL SCHOOLS

Baylor College of Medicine Tuition and Fees

Tuition and Fees for the M.D. degree at Baylor College of Medicine are not impacted by the MPH program.

The following are the direct expenses for attending BCM for the 2010-2011 academic year:

The tuition and fees to attend the UTSPH for the 2010-2011 school year average

Instate students report that taking one online course (3 hours) currently costs approximately $900. Students should communicate when they take online courses to Hilda Deleon so that the student’s financial aid package can be increased to cover these costs.

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Schools of Baylor College of Medicine

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• Anesthesiology

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• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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• Dermatology

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• Family & Community Medicine

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• Medicine
• Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
• Molecular Virology & Microbiology
• Molecular & Cellular Biology
• Molecular & Human Genetics

Baylor College of Medicine News

• Epigenome links selective mutability of the genome, human evolution and neuro-cognitive disorders - Thu, 17 May 2012
  The human epigenome – the molecules and chemical modifications that decorate the human genome after the basic pattern of genomic DNA is established – marks the hotspots of structural instability in the human genome, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears online today in the journal PLoS Genetics. Increased instability leads to the reshuffling of genetic material, creating cut-and-paste alterations -- new structural variants -- that accelerate the evolution of the human species, said Dr. Aleksandar Milosavljevic, associate professor of molecular and human genetics at BCM and his colleagues. In their research, they report an association between such variation and neuro-cognitive disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism spectrum disorders and developmental delays in children. Germline cells are eggs and sperm that, when combined, pass parts of their genetic code in the form of genomic DNA …

• Short-term memory not 'all or nothing' - Wed, 16 May 2012
  As a basketball player scans he court, looking for an opening, his brain captures the position of other players for a few seconds, allowing him to choose the best path to the basket. Without those few seconds captured in memory, he would forget where each player is as his attention shifts. This visual short-term memory is like a "buffer" in a computer, allowing you to retain important pieces of information that will inform your future actions –whether it is on the basketball court, the freeway or just walking down the street. Visual short-term memory is usually thought to be limited by a "magical number" of objects that can be stored – usually about four, said Dr. Wei Ji Ma , assistant professor of neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine. "According to this theory, any additional objects will be discarded completely." In a new report published in the …

• BCM shines at Heart Rhythm Society conference - Thu, 17 May 2012
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• Baylor College of Medicine awarded $5 million in Komen breast cancer research grants - Thu, 17 May 2012
  Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine have been awarded more than $5 million from Susan G. Komen for the Cure for three new breast cancer research grants, including a prestigious Komen Promise Grant. Komen Promise Grant The Komen Promise Grant is a three-year award for a total of $4,066, 940 to study restoration of endocrine therapy sensitivity in recurrent breast cancers. The grant was awarded to principal investigator Dr. Bert O'Malley, chair of molecular and cellular biology at BCM and co-principal investigator Dr. Kent Osborne, director of both the NCI-designated Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center and the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at BCM. The Komen Promise Grant will address a very important clinical problem – endocrine therapy resistance. Most breast cancers are estrogen receptor-positive, meaning that they are fueled by estrogen. Although there are drugs available to target the estrogen receptor, such as …

• Scientific discovery sheds light on a genetic cause of heart failure - Fri, 11 May 2012
  Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have shown how a finely tuned genetic mechanism protects mice from the onset of heart failure. In a study in the current issue of Circulation, researchers in the laboratory of Dr. Antony Rodriguez, assistant professor of molecular and human genetics at BCM, describe the role of a tiny genetic molecule, known as microRNA-22, or miR-22. This molecule's role sheds light on a molecular mechanism that predisposes the heart to heart failure during prolonged stress. Influence of miR-22 on genetic expression, heart function Rodriguez, along with postdoctoral fellow and first author on the study Dr. Priyatansh Gurha, determined that at specific times during stress, miR-22 acts to shutdown key genes by binding to their mRNAs to ensure the heart operates normally. Researchers then removed miR-22 from mice and monitored cardiac physical and morphological changes as compared with mice with an intact miR-22 gene …

• Botswana-Baylor pediatric HIV clinic Teen Club program amping up social support - Fri, 11 May 2012
  Ten years ago, HIV-positive children in Botswana were not expected to reach, much less survive, adolescence. With the opening of the Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence in 2003 and new funding from private and public sources, these children were given access to life-saving therapies and their life expectancy dramatically changed – for the better. Today, there is an abundance of HIV-positive adolescents in Botswana who must learn how to manage their chronic illness and transition into adulthood. The Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence Teen Club was established shortly after the Botswana children's center opened to help them do just that. "We started basically out of a computer lab in the children's center," said Ed Pettitt, senior project coordinator for the Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Texas Children's Hospital. "The program has grown so much over the last …

• Erez receives 2012 William K. Bowes Jr. Award in Medical Genetics - Thu, 10 May 2012
  Dr. Ayelet Erez, an assistant professor of molecular and human genetics at Baylor College of Medicine and a medical geneticist at Texas Children's Hospital, has received the 2012 William K. Bowes, Jr. Award in Medical Genetics , given annually by the Partners HealthCare Center for Personalized Medicine of Harvard Medical School. The award recognizes an outstanding physician or scientist in medical genetics. Erez is the first BCM geneticist to receive the award. Outstanding trainee "Dr. Erez has been one of our most outstanding physician-scientist trainees. She has embodied the translational approach to genetic medicine," said Dr. Brendan Lee, professor of molecular and human genetics at BCM and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, whose lab Erez joined in 2005 in parallel to joining BCM's clinical genetics residency program. Erez's research in …

• Jahoor receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant - Thu, 10 May 2012
  Dr. Farook Jahoor , professor of pediatrics – nutrition at the USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, has been named a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation . Grand Challenges Explorations funds individuals worldwide to develop new solutions for persistent global health and development challenges. Jahoor's project is one of more than 100 Grand Challenges Explorations Round 8 grants – which focus on one of five global health and development topic areas that include agriculture, development, immunization and nutrition. Arginine production Jahoor's research will focus on whether healthy women in India produce less arginine, an amino acid that plays several important roles in pregnancy, …

• Neurocritical Care Research Conference returns to Houston - Wed, 09 May 2012
  The second Neurocritical Care Research Conference is coming to Houston. Founded by a Baylor College of Medicine researcher and hosted by St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, the conference brings together a diverse group of academic scientists from around the globe with a goal of understanding and advancing neurocritical research and patient care. The conference was created by Dr. Jose Suarez, professor and head of vascular neurology and neurocritical care at BCM and chief of stroke and neurocritical care at St. Luke's Neuromonitoring theme The two-and-a-half day conference will be held May 18-20 at the Houston Marriott at the Texas Medical Center, 6580 Fannin St., will focus on the field of neuromonitoring. There will be presentations and group discussions on the need for the design of adequate clinical studies to test new monitoring techniques as well as determining the …

• New collaboration helps advance research for Chagas disease - Wed, 09 May 2012
  Research efforts towards the development of a therapeutic vaccine for Chagas disease just got a significant boost through a new agreement between Baylor College of Medicine and SouthWest Electronic Energy Medical Research Institute. The new joint research program allots $250,000 per year for two years to support ongoing efforts at BCM in the research and development of a vaccine for Chagas disease, a tropical disease spread by insects that is an important cause of heart disease in South and Central America. This therapeutic vaccine would work to treat individuals already affected by this disease, which is common in those living in poverty. "Chagas disease is one of the most devastating diseases of poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean region, including new foci in the Amazon Region," said Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the newly established Baylor College of Medicine National School of Tropical Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital Endowed …