<p>I'm interested in pursuing biomedical research, especially concerning stem cells, and was wondering which colleges and universities have excellent programs in this field.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins. MIT. University of California - San Diego.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, pretty much, JHU, Duke, UCSD… I believe MIT only offers bioengineering.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/520742-best-biomedical-engineering-bme-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/520742-best-biomedical-engineering-bme-schools.html</a>
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<p>OP is asking for biomedical science research, not biomedical engineering.</p>
<p>A career in biomedical research requires a PhD, so you are best off selecting a school which will allow you to do outstanding undergraduate research to help you get into graduate school. </p>
<p>MIT and Harvard both do a great deal of stem cell research (Harvard has the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and a new undergraduate major in Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, and MIT has the Broad and Whitehead Institutes), and many schools in California also have excellent stem cell programs due to the state funding available for stem cell research.</p>
<p>University of Michigan- Ann Arbor</p>
<p>Biomedical research approx = biomedical engineering</p>
<p>He is looking for undergrad, I doubt that a college student looking for biomedical grad school would look on CC instead of consulting with some of his prof/advising.</p>
<p>Search for BME ranking on CC.</p>
<p>I tend to interpret biomedical research as biomedical science research – that is, molecular/cellular biology research being done with the aim of fixing medical problems.</p>
<p>My PhD program is called Biological and Biomedical Sciences, and I can assure you we don’t do any engineering. And stem cell research is firmly within the realm of biomedical science rather than engineering, except in the case of tissue engineering, perhaps.</p>
<p>I realize the OP was asking for undergraduate programs, but since a biomedical researcher will need to go to graduate school, students need to consider the availability and quality of research experience available to undergraduates. This should be an extremely important consideration for a prospective biologist.</p>
<p>Stanford’s biomedical field is extremely strong as well.</p>
<p>Haverford College has an amazing biology program, and it houses the only stem cell reserach lab at a LAC in the country.</p>
<p>Check out this thread for more information:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/haverford-college/427212-why-haverford-sciences-phenomenal-part-12-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/haverford-college/427212-why-haverford-sciences-phenomenal-part-12-a.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/551806-how-these-colleges-math-sciences.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/551806-how-these-colleges-math-sciences.html</a> (posts #6 and 9)</p>
<p>Thank you all. You really helped me a lot!</p>
<p>Cornell Stem Cell Program</p>
<p>[Stem</a> Cell Program](<a href=“http://www.stemcell.cornell.edu/]Stem”>http://www.stemcell.cornell.edu/)</p>