The Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Sciences–Biological Anthropology emphasizes a biological approach to research problems focusing on both human and non-human anthropology. The program focuses on basic human anatomy, developmental biology, mammalian physiology and paleontology. In general, most graduates are prepared to teach both human anatomy and another cognate field (e.g., neuroanatomy, cell biology, physiology) in demand at most medical schools Many graduates also use their training and teaching experience to enter regular anthropology or corporate research positions. Faculty in the program are drawn from the departments of Anthropology and Biological Sciences at Kent State University, the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Akron and the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). This interdepartmental and inter-institutional structure provides significant resources available to doctoral candidates, including the Hammonn-Todd human and primate skeletal collection, state-of-the-art laboratories for physical anthropology and paleontology and biomechanics research laboratories for the reproductive physiology and endocrinology of extant primate species. Additional resources are available to students through collaborators at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and the Cleveland Metro Parks Zoological Center. In addition, field training is available in South America for primate ecology and behavior.