Welcome to the Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology (JGPT), an interdepartmental program designed to train students and postdoctoral fellows in the discipline of toxicology. The JGPT offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees and provides the research training for Pharm.D./Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. students.

The JGPT was established in 1980 and is administratively housed at the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI) on the Busch Campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ. The JGPT curriculum provides broad research training in biochemical, organ system, and mechanistic toxicology with a strong foundation in drug metabolism, pathology, and molecular biology. The Program is administered by the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, but draws on mentors come from over 17 different departments on campus to provide multidisciplinary training. Trainees are mentored by over 50 faculty members and academic and industry partners. A NIEHS T32 Training Grant in Environmental Toxicology (T32ES007148) has been the cornerstone of the JGPT for 30 years and supports the tuition and stipends of doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. All doctoral students receive financial support from training grants, teaching or research fellowships, or from local industry. [read more…]

Priority deadline is December 1st!  GRE scores not required.

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Recent News and Accomplishments

SOT STEP Award to Tony Hu to Learn about Metabolomics 

Tony (Tiancheng) Hu, Ph.D. Student in the JGPT, was recently awarded the Supplemental Training for Education Program (STEP) Award from ...

JGPT Student Alyssa Juenke Helps Shape New Jersey’s Policy Landscape

Excerpted from article on School of Public Health news blog: Alyssa Juenke, a Ph.D. student in toxicology at the School ...

Gina Capece Receives SOT STEP Award

I was selected to receive a Supplemental Training for Education Program (STEP) Award from the Society of Toxicology this past ...

Postdoc Rachel Buckley Receives Grant from MPRINT

Dr. Rachel Buckley in the laboratory of Dr. Lauren Aleksunes was selected to receive a pilot grant from MPRINT, an ...