About the Biological Sciences Division
As part of the University of Chicago, the Biological Sciences Division (BSD) pursues globally impactful solutions to seemingly unsolvable challenges. Through our rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing, we collaborate on life-changing advancements that create meaningful results for our community and the world, including a greater, more equitable future for all.
Established in 1930, the BSD is UChicago’s largest academic division, comprising 10 basic science and 14 clinical departments. Today, we constitute one of the most unique communities within an academic environment: a single division that delivers undergraduate, graduate, medical, and postgraduate biological sciences education together with outstanding patient care and world-renowned research.
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Departments, Committees, Institutes, and Centers
- Anesthesia and Critical Care
- Family Medicine
- Medicine
- Neurology
- Neurological Surgery
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Ophthalmology and Visual Science
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
- Pathology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
- Radiation and Cellular Oncology
- Radiology
- Surgery
- Cancer Biology
- Clinical and Translational Science
- Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics
- Computational Neuroscience
- Development, Regeneration, and Stem Cell Biology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Genetics, Genomics, and Systems Biology
- Immunology
- Medical Physics
- Microbiology
- Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition
- Neurobiology
- Center for Global Health
- Center for Health and the Social Sciences (with Social Sciences Division)
- Center for Motor Neuron Disease
- Center for Personalized Therapeutics
- Center for Research Informatics
- Center for the Science of Early Trajectories (SET)
- Chicago Diabetes Research & Training Center
- Grossman Center for Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior
- Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research
- MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics
- The Microbiome Center
- Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research
- The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
- UChicago Research Bangladesh
Divisional Diversity Statement
The Biological Sciences Division (BSD) strives to create an environment that welcomes and promotes diversity of thought and experience as essential features for advancing human knowledge and enabling transformative education. Authentic engagement with people whose views and paths differ from our own allows us to challenge assumptions and generate the most impactful, field-defining research and healthcare delivery. An academic climate that is diverse and inclusive promotes rigorous inquiry through encouraging critical examination of assumptions, often the first step toward breakthrough discoveries and treatments.
The BSD is committed to encouraging a multiplicity of voices, as this is foundational to free expression and academic freedom. This culture of free expression exists across academic, research, and clinical settings that includes people of many different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Promoting a culture of diversity and inclusion strengthens the BSD’s distinctive intellectual character and supports our Elevate 2035 strategic plan for continual growth as a leading research and healthcare delivery organization anchored on the South Side of Chicago. This culture deepens our ability to connect with and positively impact communities locally, nationally, and globally.
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Alumni & Giving
We are supported by a large community of alumni and donors throughout the world. Your contributions enable us to conduct research, educate future leaders, provide the most advanced health care, and improve the lives of millions.
We invite you to learn more about the ways in which giving to the Biological Sciences Division will enable us to further our mission. Our alumni are invited to connect with us through the Medical and Biological Sciences Alumni Association (MBSAA). The MBSAA supports the University of Chicago by providing activities that engage alumni in the life of the school.