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

RATS partner with Rutgers Faculty and Clean Water Action to Promote Safer Beauty Products

JGPT Students Jennae Whited (Rivera-Nunez lab), Taina Moore (Stapleton lab), and Sam Adams (Stapleton lab) participated in a Beauty Justice ...

Alyssa Juenke has been chosen as a 2025-2026 Eagleton Graduate Fellow

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BIGCARE SUMMER WORKSHOP: BIG DATA TRAINING FOR CANCER RESEARCH

This past summer, Cassie Winz, a PhD candidate in the Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology (JGPT), participated in the BigCARE Summer Workshop: ...

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31)

Christine Kim, a Ph.D. candidate in the JGPT, has been awarded from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and ...