This is a training program which combines courses taken at the Sackler Institute and laboratory rotations. It provides a grounding in basic lab skills and research work to facilitate advancement to a PhD. You will take a first year consisting of lectures and 3 lab rotations. The lab rotations can be taken in any research group, not just those in the Medical Parasitology Department. At the end of the first year, you select a lab in which to complete your PhD.

At the end of your second year, you will take an exam for advancement to PhD candidacy and give a formal thesis proposal presentation, read by your pre-thesis advisory committee with whom you will meet at least once per year until thesis work is completed. You will also be able to attend department seminars, participate in the Graduate Student Journal Club and the Research-In-Progress Club, and attend seminars in any areas of interest throughout NYU and other institutions in the metropolitan area.

This program is funded through an NIH training grant, and is administered through the Sackler Institute. Both the program Director and Graduate Advisor are researchers based in our Department.

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