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, inlcuding 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. 



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Gateways alumna Talia Guardia '12 is currently an MD-PhD student at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She graduated from Barry University in 2014 with a Bachelor's degree in biology.
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Gateways alumna Jennifer Chia (nee Young) '06 has successfully defended her doctoral dissertation. On July 13, 2016, Jennifer gave a lecture and defense of her dissertation, Dendritic Cell and Stromal Cell Interactions in Skin Fibrosis, in front of an examining committee. She is scheduled to graduate form the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program in 2018. Congratulations, Jennifer!

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