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 current Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Students have been selected as members of the Weill Cornell Medical College Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Andrew Gregg and Maria Sacta, both currently completing their final clinical training in the Program, were chosen  to be among the 17 students comprising the WCMC AΩA 2019 class. Both students defended their PhD theses in 2017 and will be graduating from the MD-PhD program this academic year. 
Tri-I MD-PhD student Sarah Schrader has been awarded an F30 fellowship from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for her work on elucidating mechanisms of antibiotic tolerance in Mycobacteria in Weill Cornell Medicine's Nathan Lab.

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