• Students must be in academic good standing, preferably entering their second or third year in one of our PhD-granting programs and pursuing a dissertation project in translational research. A clinical co-mentor is required.
• Course work (to be completed in 1 or 2 academic years):
- HBP 511: Pathobiology
- HBH 550: Statistics in the Life Sciences
- HBH 549: Module: Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Medical Research
- HPH 566: Clinical Trials
- Writing a Research Proposal (or equivalent qualifier/scientific writing course)
- Research in Progress (or equivalent research course in their PhD program)
- MST 501: Selected Topics in Translational Research
- MST 502: Monthly Clinical Seminar Series
- SBMS monthly meetings/presentations of research in progress
- Clinical Exposure (in consultation with clinical mentor)
- Grand Rounds (in consultation with clinical mentor)
- Annual Translational Medicine Symposium
** Undertake a multi-year clinical exposure with their co-mentor that is relevant to their research project.
