Completion of the Biomedical Science concentration within the Integrative Biology program provides students with advanced knowledge and research experience in the biomedical science field. The IBBS curriculum focuses strongly on both knowledge-based and experimental-based biomedical science courses and teaches the student appropriate scientific methodology. Students who complete the IBBS concentration develop the skills and expertise they need to succeed both within and outside academia. IBBS faculty are active experts in their respective biomedical science fields and support development of the students' research in the areas of Human Genetics and Genomics, Cancer Biology and Prevention, Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Disease, HIV/AIDS Mechanisms and Treatments, Respiratory Physiology and Biophysics, Age-Related Eye Diseases including Cataract and Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Breast Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy, Cardiometobolic Risk in Psychiatry, Huntington's Disease Mechanisms, Alzheimer's Disease Mechanisms and Therapy, Vaccine Development, Osteoarthritis Prevention and Treatment, Prostate Cancer Mechanisms, Reducing Premature Death and Disability from Heart Attacks and Stroke, Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Mechanisms, Childhood Malaria Mechanisms and Therapy Development in Children and others.