A major goal/outcome is to have you complete the PhD degree in a timely manner and with the best possible training to prepare you for further career development. The average time for completion for the PhD degree is 5 years, which is less than the national average.

Graduates obtained competitive, postdoctoral fellowships at the following prestigious institutions: (representative list)

  • Bucknell University
  • Duke University
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Harvard University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • National Cancer Institute
  • National Jewish Medical Research Center
  • National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
  • Northwestern University
  • Ohio State University
  • Purdue University
  • Saint Jude's Children's Hospital
  • Scripps Research Institute
  • Stanford University
  • UCLA
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham  
  • University of California
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Florida
  • University of Maryland
  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • University of Washington
  • University of Wisconsin
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Yale University School of Medicine
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