Annual Student-Faculty Weekend Retreat

The annual M.D.-Ph.D. Program Student/Faculty Retreat is our program’s most important event of the year.  Senior M.D.-Ph.D. students present their research, covering a large spectrum of disciplines including biomedical engineering, genetics and genomics, pharmacology, cancer biology, neuroscience, developmental biology, immunology and pathology. Typically 15-20 faculty members attend, and interact closely with students, building program cohesiveness. The weekend also features the Eva Neer Memorial Lecture, a joint student/faculty poster session and a topical forum related to physician-scientist training led by the program director.  Recreational and social activities include hiking in the White Mountains, a lobster clambake and music with dancing.

A group of sustaining donors contribute to the success of the weekend retreat meeting.  Donations directly benefit a diverse group of medical scientist trainees from the Harvard Medical School, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.  Corporate sponsors have included Merck Research Laboratories (Boston), Pfizer, Abbott, Cambrex, Genzyme, New England BioLabs, and Roche.  The retreat is also sponsored by the NIH-Medical Scientist Training Program Grant (T32-GM07753).

The 26th Annual Retreat

October 17-19, 2008
Waterville Valley Conference Center
Waterville Valley, New Hampshire

More details to come!