VCU M.D./Ph.D. Physician-Scientist Training Program

Choosing Faculty for the M.D./Ph.D. Program

VCU School of Medicine faculty members and National Institutes of Health MERIT award winners Michael C. Neale, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and human genetics; Billy R. Martin, Ph.D., professor and chair of pharmacology and toxicology; and Sarah Spiegel, Ph.D., professor and chair of biochemistry, discuss their ongoing research.

There are more than 600 faculty in the School of Medicine alone but all are not appropriate to mentor the graduate education of MD/PhD students. We have chosen specific faculty members who must meet the following criteria.

Current research funding by a peer-reviewed mechanism (NIH, NSF, DOD or other governmental agency; some foundation grants)
Productivity as measured by publications in peer-reviewed journals and regular presentation of research results at national/international meetings
Record of training predoctoral/postdoctoral students; students and/or post-docs are currently in the lab
Junior faculty included with shorter history of productivity and training.

The list of faculty members who meet these criteria is dynamic. As faculty acquire funding and as new faculty are recruited from other institutions who meet these criteria, the list will be updated.


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