Experiential Learning

Meet a Student

Katherine Lantz (MLS '12)

"I'm glad I went to UNH and I can't imagine myself anywhere else."

Lynne Cataldo (MM '12)

"UNH always appealed to me because of the location and the many science programs..."

April Dodier-Bergeron (MLS '12)

"Why use books and Wikipedia to learn when you have real live professors...to teach and help you?"

Stephanie Brown (MLS '07 )

“I actively pursued the things that I am interested in..."

Newsflash!

  • News Flash: View the video on "A Life Saved" Laboratory Professionals Make a Difference
  • News Flash: The New Student Meeting and 2013 Application Cycle information and forms for Pre-Professional Health students are now posted at http://www.unh.edu/premed-advising/

Discover Biomedical Science at UNH!

Helping students to see the connection between the basic science of physiology and the clinical world of pathophysiology.

Making It Real: A new book on relating anatomy and physiology to human diseases.
Needle tissue sampling

"A student inoculates a tissue sample with a microorganism to determine the growth rate of the pathogen in tissues."
A student, working in a BSL-2 biosafety hood, prepares to harvest influenza virus from an inoculated embryonate hen’s egg.

A student, working in a BSL-2 biosafety hood, prepares to harvest influenza virus from an inoculated embryonate hen’s egg
Infectious Disease

Infectious Disease and Health (BMS 703) addresses current issues in public health, epidemiology, and medical microbiology through case studies, guest lectures, and group discussions. 
Childhood Deaths

According to the WHO, 63% of childhood deaths in the world are caused by infectious disease.
Legionella Pneumophila

White colonies of Legionella pneumophila, the cause of Legionnaires’ disease, on bacteriologic media agar.
Legionnaires' disease

Legionnaires’ disease bacteria in human lung stained with antibody tagged with green fluorescent.
Virology Laboratory

Students working with patient samples in the Virology Laboratory during an internship.

What's great about the UNH Biomedical Science Program?

  • Three exciting options: medical laboratory science, medical microbiology, and medical and veterinary sciences
  • Biomedical professions are among the 50 best careers of 2010 (U.S. News & World Report)
  • Outstanding academic preparation for
    • Medical and veterinary schools, M.S. and Ph.D. programs, physician assistant programs
    • Certification as a medical laboratory scientist
    • Research scientist/laboratory technician positions in hospitals, government labs, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies.
  • Highly experienced faculty with demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, and career guidance
  • Experiential learning at the NH Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, UNH farm facilities, area hospitals, and biotechnology/pharmaceutical companies in the Greater Boston area.

Learning Opportunities

5th Grade

BMS students demonstrate to visiting 5th graders how to detect diseases in urine.
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