The Cell Biology program (known formally as the Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology Program or CBMP) recruits students through an umbrella program: the School of Medicine's Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program (IBGP). Details of the IBGP can be found here:
https://www.gradbiomed.pitt.edu
To apply to the Cell biology program, applicants submit an application to the IBGP and select CBMP as their optional program of choice. Applications can be submitted following the instructions here:
https://www.gradbiomed.pitt.edu/admissions/interview-process