The Comparative Biomedical Sciences (CBMS) graduate program offers a diverse number of research opportunities in multiple fields of study. A brief description of some of the major areas of research being performed by faculty affiliated with the CBMS graduate program is provided below.
| Cell & Molecular Biology | Oncology |
| A branch of biology dealing with the ultimate physicochemical organization of living matter and especially with the molecular basis of inheritance and protein synthesis. | The study of cancer, cancerous agents, causes and treatment. |
| Genomics | Pathology |
| A branch of biology dealing with the genetic material of an organism. The study of all of the nucleotide sequences in the chromosomes of an organism. | The study of causal agents and effects of disease. |
| Immunology | Pharmacology & Toxicology |
| A science that deals with the immune system and the cell-mediated and humoral aspects of immunity and immune responses. | The science of drugs including toxicology and therapeutics. |
| Infectious Disease | Physiology |
| Any disease caused by the entrance and multiplication of bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoans, or metazoans in an organism. | Physiology is the branch of biology that studies the function of living organisms and integrates information from the molecular through the organismal levels. |
| Medical Technology | Virology |
| The diagnostic or therapeutic application of science and technology to improve the management of health, encompassing technological, surgical, biological or pharmacological methods. | The study of viruses and virus-like agents: their structure, classification and evolution, their ways to infect and exploit cells for virus reproduction, the diseases they cause and the techniques to isolate and culture them, and their use in research and therapy. |
| Neuroscience | |
| A branch (as neurophysiology) of the life sciences that deals with the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially with their relation to behavior and learning. |