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Education and Training Programs
The Children's Memorial Research Center Training Program is a dedicated and distinguished endeavor, developing our brightest graduate and post-graduate scientists for prolific careers. Not only does the training prepare them for individual success, but, under the guidance of our faculty members, the students and fellows contribute breakthrough research and technologies and aid the application of basic science discoveries to clinical practice.
The Research Training Program is made up of graduate students of the Integrated Graduate Program (IGP) based at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, the Northwestern University Institute of Neuroscience (NUIN), and post-doctoral fellows. Each trainee carries out his or her research in a laboratory in one of the basic science programs at CMRC and participates in Training Program-sponsored events. These include monthly meetings at which there are scientific presentations presented by trainees, career-planning discussions, outside speakers from various disciplines, and other community-building efforts. Trainees contribute to the research center's Distingushed Lecturer seminar series by nominating, inviting and hosting one renowned scientist every year, and participate in a peer-reviewed travel fellowship program which provides awards to students and fellows to present their research at national and international conferences.
The CMRC Training Program is directed by Dr. Hans-Georg Simon, a faculty member in the Developmental Biology Program. Together with Dr. Simon, a committee of trainees plan and execute the numerous activities of the Training Program.
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