"The HPTM program operates outside of
traditional graduate training. Experiences such as clinical encounters
highlight the realities of disease from the patient, and the answers
needed from translational science. If I can only point to one thing that
has made me a better scientist, it would overemphatically be the
innovative teaching and educational curriculum in the HPTM program."
— Charles Brent Chesson (2016), Post-Doc, MD Anderson Cancer Center
“The
HPTM program trained me to think critically and equipped me with the
tools to seek understanding in areas related to my research. These
acquired skills greatly complemented the grant-writing activities that
were heavily emphasized in the HPTM program. Additionally, the
flexibility offered in choosing the lab that I would conduct my
dissertation research in proved extremely rewarding; the capacity to
choose from labs across multiple departments is not possible in other
programs.”
— Jesse Erasmus (2016), Post-Doc, Infectious Disease Research Institute, Seattle
“The
HPTM program provided me with the necessary tools, training,
opportunities, and professional connections to prepare me for a
competitive career in translational research, and the emphasis on
grantsmanship has served me well in preparing submissions for training
and career transition awards.”
— Erica McGrath (2017), Post-Doc, Johns Hopkins University