Program Benefits

  • Individualized professional and career development plans to prepare for competitive graduate program application and admissions 

  • One year of sustained research-intensive experience in a cutting-edge OHSU research lab 

  • Competitive research assistant salary and health benefitss

  • Professional development funds that can be used towards graduate school application fees or registration for a scientific conference

  • Mentorship from OHSU faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and current graduate students

  • Weekly Growth Sessions that are designed to address and overcome  aspects of the “hidden curriculum” in biomedical graduate education