The Professional Science Master's (PSM) degree trains students in both science and professional skills to make them highly competitive in the workforce.

There are five PSM programs offered:

PSM Contact

Anirudh Chowdhary, Ph.D.

PSM Programs Coordinator
Padnos College of Engineering and Computing
Telephone: (616) 331-6297
Email: [email protected]

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WHY STUDY PSM AT GRAND VALLEY?

The demand for professionals working in all five of the PSM fields is high, with projections continuing to be positive in the coming years.
Local partners such as Hope Network, MPI, Michigan State University, Mercy Health, and many more provide students with excellent internship and career opportunities.
Graduates from all five programs are working at reputable companies nationwide including Priority Health, VanAndel Research Institute, Meijer, Spectrum Health, Integrated DNA Technologies, Cisco Systems, and NxGen MDx.
All five degree programs are tailored toward working professionals, offering flexible class schedules with evening meetings. The two years of training are a combination of both coursework and professional internships.

COURSEWORK

Each program is tailored toward its respective subject. However, all five PSM programs have common characteristics. These include their;

interdisciplinary nature,
internship component,
involvement with the university and its industry partners,
and emphasis on teamwork, professional skills, problem-solving, communication, scientific knowledge, and technical skills.

See the course listing for each of the programs here.

CAREER OPTIONS

Master's level cell and molecular biologists, those working in health informatics/bioinformatics, data science and biostatisticians often work in the following areas:

Academic research laboratories
Business intelligence
Data management and analysis
Drug development/clinical trials
Evaluation of clinical trials data
Healthcare data analysis
Marketing analytics
Business analytics

JOBS/INTERNSHIPS

Company	Job Title	Link
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan	Biostatistician	Click here for details
Charles River Laboratories, Inc.	Biostatistician	Click here for details
Kelly Services	Molecular Biologist	Click here for details
National Heritage Academies	Data Analyst	Click here for details
Spectrum	Manager, Advanced Analytics	Click here for details
University of Michigan	Multiple Open Positions	Click here for details
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Anna Barry - Interned at Van Andel Research Institute, where she researched altered glycan expressions in pancreatic cancer cells after chemotherapy.

Jacob Bourgeois - Interned at Michigan Health Information Network where he worked on the Oregon clinical quality metric registry.

Alyssa Benn - Interned at NxGen MDx, where she worked on AGG interruption for improving fragile X screening at NxGen MDx.

Shreya Paithankar - Interned at Bin-Chen Lab, Michigan State University. She designed and evaluated a statistical model for predicting and classifying prostatic cancer.

Taylor Young - Interned at QST Consultations where she worked as a statistical programmer, analyzing clinical research data and creating predictive models using SAS programming.

Rose Sweet - Interned at Charles Rivers Laboratories where she worked with a team of statisticians writing codes and programs to enhance the statistical analysis of data generated by the contract research organization.

PSM students show their final poster projects to faculty, peers, and employers at the annual Graduate Showcase event.