Howard NIDCD

A new opportunity for students and faculty to participate in research programs at the
National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland

GOALS

To provide an opportunity for Howard University graduate students and faculty in the Departments of Microbiology, Physiology and Biophysics, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Genetics and Human Genetics, and Pharmacology to participate in programs and research at NIH.
To provide an opportunity for NIDCD scientists to serve as adjunct faculty and on admissions and dissertation committees at Howard
To provide an opportunity for Howard University faculty in these same Departments to participate in programs and research at NIH.

REQUIREMENTS

Students must have

Letters of recommendation, including a letter of endorsement from the chair of the department in which the student is enrolled
A statement specifying particular interest in the Howard/NIDCD/DHHS program
A current curriculum vita
Met requirements of the department

HOW TO APPLY

Prosepective Students: Submit the requirements listed above with your graduate application
Continuing Students: Submit the requirements listed above to Dr. Michael Radis

COMPONENTS

Seminars and Workshops at Howard and at NIH
Research In NIDCD laboratories
Collaboration between Howard Departmental Faculty and NIH Researchers

Howard Departmental Faculty

NIDCD Researchers

(to be named later)

The following NIDCD Intramural scientists are participating in the Howard University graduate education program:

James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Alan Braun, M.D.
Richard Chadwick, Ph.D.
Dennis Drayna, Ph.D.
Thomas Friedman, Ph.D.
Andrew Griffith, M.D., Ph.D.
Xin-Xing Gu, M.D.
Barry Horwitz, Ph.D.
Kuni Iwasa, Ph.D.
Bechara Kachar, M.D.
Matthew Kelley, Ph.D.
John Northup, Ph.D.
Carter Van Waes, M.D., Ph.D.
Robert J. Wenthold, Ph.D.
Doris Wu, Ph.D.

CONTACTS

Dr. Michael Radis Program Director Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Program Howard University Graduate School. 202-806-7277 mradis@howard.edu	Dr. David Robinson Deputy Scientific Director National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIDCD), NIH, 301-496-1601 robinsod@nidcd.nih.gov

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