<p>Hello, I am a former graduate student in sociology of technology that has switched over to the technical side. Long story short, I am a freshman again but I know exactly what I am interested in. I am interested in biomedical engineering with a specialization in advanced drug delivery and translational medicine. </p>
<p>I would like to take courses in biomaterials, biopolymers (especially self healing polymers and biopolymers for drug delivery), nanoengineering, tissue engineering, and biomimetics.</p>
<p>I am interested in these two choices for my academic career: BS in Biomedical Engineering with Nano minor + MS in Polymer Science and Engineering/Materials Engineering or BS in Polymer Science and Engineering/ Materials Engineering + MS in Biomedical Engineering. The PhD that I would shoot for would probably be in translational science/medicine or pharmaceutics. But I’m really not thinking that far yet. However, I do need to think about which Bachelor and Masters degree I plan to complete now.</p>
<p>So the question is, with my long term goal of applying research to the medical field, would it be better to have my base (the BS degree) in biomedical or the materials (polymers) first? If I go materials first, I could go to the masters in biomed program already armed with the knowledge on HOW to make new materials to solve problems within the biomed field.
But I can also see that the biomed undergrad my set me up better knowledge base wise. I do want to have a nanotech emphasis in both my undergrad and graduate degrees…very important to me!</p>
<p>I want to make new materials for drug delivery to fight problems like cancer, MRSA, VRE, ebola, etc using nanotechnology and advanced biomaterials. </p>
<p>Thanks for any advice and any other degree program/sequence recommendations for my research areas re more than welcome. </p>