About the Program

The Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program is training physician-scientists who will become the next generation of leaders in biomedical research. Weill Cornell Medicine, The Rockefeller University, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center combine to form one of the few inter-institutional collaborations dedicated to joint MD and PhD training.

Tri-I graduates are prepared to lead tomorrow's biomedical research efforts and to carry the knowledge acquired from basic research to the bedside. The eminent clinical and research faculties of the three institutions provide a stimulating environment for both basic research and medical training. With around 300 participating faculty members and an organization that fosters student freedom and independence, Tri-I offers unparalleled opportunities for individualized research training. Since its inception in 1972, over 500 graduates have been prepared to tackle the urgent medical research needs of society. The program awards the MD degree from Weill Cornell Medical College and the PhD degree from Weill Cornell Graduate School, The Rockefeller University, or Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School. Each year over 600 students apply for on average 16-18 positions, which are fully funded from start to finish-in part by the National Institutes of Health's Medical Scientist Training Program.

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Preethi Periyakoil, Tri-I MD-PhD incoming class of 2019, has been named one of two recipients of the Milton and Rosalind Chang Career Exploration Prize from CalTech, given to alumni of that institution, from which institution she earned her BS in Computer Science in 2018.Ms. Periyakoil received the Chang Prize for her proposed project “University Support Text Line" along side one other honoree.
Dr. Ronald Koenig, Tri-Instutional MD-PhD graduating class 1978, has been selected to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education from Michigan Medicine, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1988 and the director of their MSTP since 1995.

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