Research areas
The Physiology graduate degree program at Penn State offers a broad range of research areas conducted by widely regarded faculty.
The Intercollegiate Graduate Degree Program in Physiology at Penn State offers a broad range of research areas, conducted by faculty, all of whom are widely regarded in their respective fields. State-of-the-art labs offer hands-on learning experiences to graduate students. Students are exposed to body systems at all levels - molecular, cellular, tissues, organs - and study a wide range of human diseases and conditions.
We invite you to explore the research areas below and encourage you to contact us with questions.
- Aging and exercise
- Research on aging has reached the exciting stage of new insights on health.
- Biophysics
- Biophysics looks at the structures of living organisms and the mechanisms of life processes.
- Cancer
- Cancer researchers focus on research questions that span the disease continuum.
- Cardiovascular regulation and disease
- Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in North America.
- Energy and nutrient regulation
- The regulation of energy and nutrient balance is critical for management of disease.
- Immunology and inflammation
- Inflammation occurs when the innate immune system is inappropriately activated.
- Obesity and diabetes
- An estimated one-third of children born today will develop diabetes in their lifetime.
- Reproductive biology
- Understanding reproductive systems can be used to treat many physiological processes.
- Stem cells and regulatory signaling
- Potential applications of stem cells in improving health continues to expand and grow.
