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The Leder Human Biology Program provides PhD students with the fundamentals of human biology and disease, through a series of courses that broaden their training and research interests. It demystifies the culture and practice of medicine, facilitating future collaborations with clinicians and physician-scientists, by bringing students into direct contact with physicians, patients, medical students, and physician-scientists.
Leder Human Biology T32 PhD Training Program
The principal focus of the LHB Program is on the training of graduate students who are committed to careers in translational medicine, and who will benefit from and contribute to the discipline at Harvard. This Program provides the organizational, curricular, and intellectual infrastructure for creating a community of students and faculty engaged in disease-oriented research and in the translation of principles of human biology and disease mechanisms to clinical applications.
The LHB Program provides PhD predoctoral students at Harvard with a working knowledge of the fundamentals of human biology and disease, primarily through a series of courses, to enrich their basic science training and broaden their research interests. The LHB Program also demystifies the culture and practice of medicine, facilitating future collaborations with clinicians and physician-scientists, through activities designed to bring students into a hospital environment into direct contact with physicians, patients, medical students, and physician-scientists. The full program runs for one and one half years, beginning in Spring of the G1 Year, and it will be interdigitated with a student's other graduate program requirements. Students who successfully complete the LHB Program will receive a certificate of distinction with their PhDs. Students who do not enter the LHB program but wish to learn about human biology will have access to LHB courses on an ad hoc basis. After the formal LHB Program is completed, students will be encouraged to continue to develop careers in human biology through ongoing mentoring and extracurricular activities throughout their time at Harvard.
Program Co-Directors:
Connie Cepko
Professor of Genetics
Investigator for HHMI
HMS, Genetics, NRB 360
E-mail
617-432-7618
Thomas Michel
Professor of Medicine (Biochemistry) and Federman Chair in Medical Education
Dean for Education, Harvard Medical School
Senior Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital
E-mail
617-732-7376
A detailed description of the Leder Human Biology and Translational Medicine Program can be found at http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/Leder_Human_Biology/Program.html