{"id":17,"date":"2017-07-26T21:11:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T21:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.uthscsa.edu\/physiology\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-12-18T08:49:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:49:03","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/physiology\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<div id=\"metaslider-id-1181\" style=\"max-width: 1200px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-107-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-1181 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Education\" data-height=\"500\" data-width=\"1200\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_1181\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_1181\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1910 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-07-30 14:36:30\" data-filename=\"EH1-1200x500.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/physiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2019\/07\/EH1-1200x500.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"Students looking at medical image\" class=\"slider-1181 slide-1910 msDefaultImage\" title=\"EH1\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-1914 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2019-07-30 14:36:31\" data-filename=\"EH-8-1200x500.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/physiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2019\/07\/EH-8-1200x500.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-1181 slide-1914 msDefaultImage\" title=\"EH 8\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1513620062178{border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-color: #507f71 !important;border-bottom-style: dotted !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1513205069804{padding-bottom: 2px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Our Programs<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology is home to the Summer Physiology Undergraduate Research (SPUR) Program, the Ph.D. Physiology and Pharmacology Discipline and has joint Ph.D. programs with the Long School of Medicine and Dentistry.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; 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