I am the new Director of the SEO Office which houses numerous training fellowships for students who are historically under-served in the biomedical sciences. This includes NIH, Genentech and NSF-funded programs.

 

The goals of these programs are to prepare students for entrance into and successful completion of PhD degrees and biotech/health profession careers in the biomedical or physical sciences. The aims are to increase representation from historically under-served groups (African-American, Native American, Hispanic American, Pacific Islander, low income, first generation and students with disabilities) in the biomedical sciences.

 

We work with students towards their career paths primarily to post-graduate education, through tuition and salary stipends, academic support, professional development including participation in scientific conferences, and a stimulating research experience. We use criteria such as research experience and letters of recommendation, rather than GPA or GRE scores, as the primary means of evaluating applicants. No GPA is too low!! 

 

Our students end up all over the country, and even the world, working on PhD's in many different scientific fields, as well as following scientific paths in academia, industry, government, health professions in education, research and policy-making.