Biomedical Graduate School: A Planning Guide To The Admissions Process: . - Softcover

McKean, David; Johnson, Ted R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763760005 ISBN 13: 9780763760007

Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2008

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Many undergraduate students who have an interest in science careers do not receive appropriate information on how to identify potential career options or maximize opportunities during different periods in their academic development. Guide to Biomedical Graduate School Admissions identifies what college students need to do throughout their undergraduate education to become competitive for and be accepted into biological or biomedical PhD or MD-PhD programs. This book guides students step-by-step through the many facets of the graduate school admissions process, including helping students identify potential career options, the interview process and how to maximize their academic credentials, determining which extracurricular activities and research experiences they need to attain, and much more. Guide to Biomedical Graduate School Admissions is a must-have resource for the undergraduate student planning to successfully move on PhD or MD-PhD program.

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David McKean, PhD is Professor Emeritus of Immunology, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. During his thirty years as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded investigator on the research faculty of Mayo Clinic he published 134 peer-reviewed research publications and was actively involved in PhD and MD-PhD education programs both as a student mentor and administrator. His academic administrative responsibilities included Dean of Mayo Graduate School, Chair of the Mayo Immunology Department, and Admissions Committee member of both the Mayo Graduate School PhD program and Mayo MD-PhD program. He also participated as a reviewer of graduate and postgraduate fellowship applications and faculty research grants sponsored by the Howard Hughes Foundation, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, and National Institutes of Health.

Ted Johnson, PhD is a Professor of Biology and the Director of the Biomedical Studies at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Ted has been involved in undergraduate education and advising students for thirty five years. He is the chair of the Health Professions Committee which prepares committee evaluations for students pursuing careers in medicine, dentistry, and other vocations in the biomedical arena. He has served as Chari of the Biology Department and was the Associate Dean of Students. He has participated as a reviewer of graduate fellowships applications sponsored by the Howard Hughes Foundation and undergraduate research grant applications for the National Science Foundation.

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• Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0763760005
• ISBN 13: 9780763760007
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 168
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