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MSTP Conversations in Research (for M1Gs and M2Gs)

This weekly, noon-time seminar series provides 1st and 2nd year MSTP students an opportunity to interact with MSTP faculty and learn about the breadth of research and clinical experiences represented by this faculty group. Faculty are asked to 1) talk about their career path, 2) describe their research interests, lab make-up, departmental affiliations and philosophy on mentoring, 3) discuss funding mechanisms, 4) talk about balancing research and clinical responsibilities and 5) give advice about medical school, graduate school and residency. Spring semester sessions in this series focus on topics of interest to graduate phase trainees (e.g. writing individual research grants, preparing for the comprehensive exam, program transitions, etc).

Conversations in Research Schedule

Conversations in Research are held on Monday from 12:30 - 1:20pm in 2136 MERF.


September 8, 2008

John Wemmie, MD, PhD, Psychiatry , Neuroscience

September 15, 2008

John Engelhardt, PhD, Anatomy and Cell Biology , Internal Medicine , Molecular and Cellular Biology , Free Radical and Radiation Biology , Translational Biomedicine

September 22, 2008

Adam Dupuy, PhD, Anatomy and Cell Biology , Genetics , Molecular and Cellular Biology

September 29, 2008

Christopher Adams, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine , Genetics

October 6, 2008

Pamela Geyer, PhD, Biochemistry , Genetics , Molecular and Cellular Biology

October 13, 2008

Jeffrey Murray, MD, Pediatrics , Biology , Genetics , Molecular and Cellular Biology , Translational Biomedicine

October 20, 2008

Paul B. Rothman, MD, Internal Medicine , Molecular Physiology and Biophysics , Immunology

October 27, 2008

Richard Smith, MD, Otolaryngology , Genetics , Translational Biomedicine

November 3, 2008

Michael Henry, PhD, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

November 10, 2008

Peter Rubenstein, PhD, Biochemistry , Molecular and Cellular Biology

November 17, 2008

November 24, 2008

No Session - Thanksgiving Break

December 1, 2008

December 8, 2008

No Session - MSTP Interviews