Gateways to the Laboratory Summer Program

In 1993, the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program was the first MD-PhD Program in the country to establish a summer program for undergraduates with a focus on the clinician-scientist pathway. 

As of 2024, 384 students have “graduated” from Gateways. Over 90% of Gateways alumni have either earned are pursuing an MD, MD-PhD, or PhD degree, including 23 who have graduated from or are currently enrolled at Tri-I.

ABRCMS 2024 group pic

Watch the video below to hear the some students from the 2019 Gateways class sing the praises of their experiences at the Tri-I. 



Dr. Katharine Hsu, MD, PhD, (Tri-Institutional MD-PhD graduating class of 1994) has been awarded the Weill Cornell Graduate School Alumni Award of Distinction. Dr. Hsu, currently professor of medicine and attending physician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, was given the award at the 2019 Weill Cornell Medicine Commencement ceremonies held on May 30 in New York City.
Two Tri-Institutional MD-PhD students, Emma Schatoff, PhD (6th year MD-PhD student) and Bobbie Pelham-Webb (5th year MD-PhD student), will be honored at the 2019 Weill Cornell Graduate School Convocation Ceremony.

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