Basic Medical Sciences
The Department of Basic Medical Sciences (BMS) offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
Integrative Studies for Animal and Human Health
Discovery activities range from studies of molecular and cellular processes to studies of the whole animal, in areas of cell and tissue growth, differentiation, regeneration, and numerous aspects of cancer biology. BMS faculty currently have active research programs in the areas of cancer biology; musculoskeletal biomechanics and skeletal adaptation; neural development, mechanisms of injury and regeneration; tissue dynamic spectroscopy; cellular and molecular screening; and high throughput analysis of cell function. Our directory of faculty research interests describes in more detail the exciting research that is conducted in BMS.
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Michael K. Wendt, PhD
Department Head, Basic Medical Sciences | Professor, Basic Medical Sciences
Dr. Wendt is a professor and head of the Basic Medical Sciences Department. Dr. Wendt earned his bachelor's
degree from St. Norbert College in 2002. After completing his graduate studies at the Medical College of Wisconsin
in 2007, Dr. Wendt became an American Cancer Society fellow with Dr. William Schiemann at the University of
Colorado Cancer Center. In 2010 Dr. Wendt moved with the Schiemann lab to Case Western Reserve University
where he received a K99/R00 transition award from the NCI. Dr. Wendt joined the faculty of Purdue University as an
Assistant Professor in 2014. In 2023 Dr. Wendt was recruited to the University of Iowa where he was the Arlene
Holden Professor of Breast Cancer Research and leader of the Experimental Therapeutics program within the
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. In 2025 Dr. Wendt was recruited back to Purdue as Head of the Basic
Medical Sciences Department.
