MD/PhD Program
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MD/PhD Students Successful in Sigma Xi
David Ritter (JCGS 3, Neuroscience), in the laboratory of Dr. Manuel Covarrubias, received a Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research Award for $1000 in the March 2012 round of funding. The Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research program has been providing undergraduate and graduate students with valuable educational experiences for more than 80 years by awarding grants of up to $1,000 to students from all areas of the sciences and engineering.
David Hoang (JCGS 2, Molecular Pharmacology & Structural Biology) was the winner in the MD/PhD category during the Thomas Jefferson University Chapter Sigma Xi 2012 Student Research Day Poster Competition. David’s poster, “Stat5a/b Promotes Castrate-Resistant Growth of Prostate Cancer through AR-dependent and AR-independent Molecular Mechanisms” describes his research with his thesis advisor, Dr. Marja Nevalainen.
Match Day Results 2012
Congratulations to the 2012 MD/PhD Graduating Class on their residency matches:
Joshua Donaldson – Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University
Tara Robertson – Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Amanda Smolock – Diagnostic Radiology, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Michael Valentino - Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University
MD/PhD Alum, E.J. Caterson, Key Member of Nation’s First Full Facial Transplant Team
Edward J (EJ) Caterson, (JMC/JCGS ‘03), Instructor at Harvard Medical School and member of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was part of the 30 member team at BWH that successfully carried out the nation’s first full facial transplant. Also participating was EJ’s wife, Stephanie (JMC 1999). EJ, who did his PhD work with Rocky Tuan, continues to contribute to the science of wound healing and has a particular interest in the reconstruction of wartime injuries.
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