Md/PhD

Interested in MD/PhD Training?

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The HEART MD/PhD Summer Program at Harvard and MIT is a fully-funded summer program for undergraduate students interested in MD/PhD training to become physician-scientists. The program offers 10 weeks of full-time research, clinical shadowing, and professional development workshops including sessions on the MCAT, personal statement, and medical school interviews.

Applications are now being accepting for the 2025 summer program, and the application deadline is February 1st, 2025.

Link to HEART website: https://www.hms.harvard.edu/md_phd/heart/index.html

Link to HEART application process: https://www.hms.harvard.edu/md_phd/heart/admissions.html

U of M MSTP Information Session

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Do you have an interest in obtaining a combined MD/PhD degree leading to a career in academic medicine as a physician-scientist performing basic research relevant to human health and disease? Then the MSTP Information Session on February 5, 2025 from 12:00pm-1:30pm EST was made for you!  This is an informal chat with program staff and current fellows to answer questions about our MD/PhD program, the admissions process, and Michigan.  

Interested students can click here to register to attend.

Interested in pursing an MD/PhD?

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The Michigan Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP, which is an MD/PhD program) on the medical campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan will be hosting an Information Session on January 24, 2024 from 12:00pm-1:30pm EST.  This is an informal chat with program staff and current fellows to answer questions about our MD/PhD program, the admissions process, and Michigan.  Interested in learning more, click here to register for this MD/PhD chat!

Biomedical Graduate and MD-PhD Programs – Learn More

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The AAMC GREAT Outreach Committee will host a Virtual Q&A session focused on biomedical graduate and MD-PhD programs/careers on Oct. 13, 4 p.m. (ET). 

This will be an opportunity for your advisees to:

  • interact directly with faculty and administrators from around the country
  • hear directly from program directors during interactive sessions
  • practice networking skills

Topics for discussion include: 

  • Writing strong personal statements
  • Obtaining great letters of recommendation letters
  • What makes a school/program the best fit for YOU? 
  • What is best for you – a direct path to graduate school or a gap year? Direct to grad school or gap years?
  • Tips for acing your interview skills
  • MD-PhD programs

Registration is now open at aamc-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/….