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| Incoming Basic Medical Sciences students enjoyed conversations with some of the program's senior students during orientation. |
As part of orientation, senior students shared advice and insight with incoming students about coursework, finding a lab, and what they wished they had known when they started the program.
“Orientation is my favorite part of the year,” said Angie O’Neal, associate director of research education and training. “There’s so much excitement in welcoming new students to the Basic Medical Sciences program and beginning the process of introducing them to their new community of students.”
During their first year, students will complete the interdisciplinary core curriculum designed to teach them the fundamentals essential to advanced research training, ranging from biochemistry and molecular biology to mechanisms of human disease. At the end of the first year, students will choose a major professor to serve as their mentor. This selection determines the program track and their research for the duration of their studies.
View more photos from orientation on Flickr.
