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MEDIC AL RESEARCH FELLOWS PROGRAM
HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE
s a medical, dental, or veterinary student, you are in a
unique position to further biomedical science research
and translate new basic science knowledge into the
treatment of disease. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
(HHMI) offers a one-year fellowship program that will provide
you with the opportunity to develop the research skills you
will need to engage in this exciting career that bridges
research and medicine.
IMMERSE YOURSELF IN A YEAR OF FULL-TIME RESEARCH
AT ANY ACADEMIC INSTITUTION IN THE U.S. OR AT
HHMI’S JANELIA RESEARCH CAMPUS (ABOVE), A
WORLD-CLASS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER NEAR
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Center: Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, program alumnus, mentor, and
neurosurgeon, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
WORK WITH AN
OUTSTANDING MENTOR
ALUMNI PERSPECTIVES
and
develop your own basic,
translational, or applied research
project or pursue an existing project
in your mentor’s lab.
RECEIVE AN ANNUAL STIPEND
Dr. Eric Kandel, Nobel laureate and
HHMI investigator, Columbia University
“The HHMI medical student
research fellowship was a deciding
experience in my path to a
laboratory-based physician-scientist
career. It was truly a life-altering
year. I am now an independent
investigator with a research
program focused on integrating
chemical genomic, genetic, and
proteomic approaches to discover
new protein targets and lead
compounds for cancer therapy.”
KIMBERLY STEGMAIER, MD
Medical Fellow, 1994
HHMI Physician-Scientist Early
Career Awardee, 2006
BECOME PART OF A
COMMUNITY OF MEDICAL
FELLOWS through regional
meetings and other events. Gain
insight into a diverse range of
projects and receive career advice
from program alumni and other
prominent physician-scientists.
SHARE YOUR RESEARCH and
network with other trainees and
renowned physician-scientists at
the Scientific Meeting of Medical
Fellows at the ASCI-AAP Joint
Meeting in Chicago.
INTERACT WITH HHMI
INVESTIGATORS at a science
meeting at HHMI’s headquarters
or the Janelia Research Campus
and learn about their latest
findings.
of $32,000; a fellow’s allowance
of $5,500 for health, dental, and
vision insurance, and educationrelated expenses; and a research
allowance of $5,500 for travel to
regional events, HHMI science
meetings and national scientific
conferences, and for some
research-related costs.
Attend scientific conferences in
your field and present your work.
APPLY ONLINE
www.hhmi.org/
medfellowships
FOR FURTHER PROGRAM
INFORMATION and application
APPLICATION DEADLINE
JANUARY 11
details, visit
www.hhmi.org/medfellowships.
If you have any questions, please
e-mail [email protected].
PROGRAM YEAR
BEGINS IN THE SUMMER
Keith Weller/Johns Hopkins Medicine
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