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. 



Two second year MD-PhD students, Alisha Dua and Sarah Soellner-Szwed, received the Medical Student Experience Scholarship from the American Academy of Neurology, which supported their attendance at the Academy's annual meeting. The conference was held in May of 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tri-Institutional MD-PhD student Samuel Taylor was among the students, faculty, staff, fellows, and residents honored at the 2019 Weill Cornell Medicine Diversity Awards. Samuel was one of two students given a $5,000 awawrd to support his graduate research project.The Awards Ceremony came at the end of Weill Cornell Medicine's Diversity Week.

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