The Rockefeller University

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The Rockefeller University

• Sarah J. Schlesinger MD

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The Rockefeller University Hospital

• Founded in 1910 the first center in the U.S.
  devoted to clinical research
• Site of the 1944 discovery that genes are made of
  DNA
• In the 1950s, served as the model for the NIH
  clinical research centers
• Recently modernized now a state-of-the-art
  research facility
• Current research focuses on AIDS, addiction,
  blood disorders, cancer, diabetes, heart disease,
  hepatitis, nutrition, obesity and weight loss,
  psoriasis, schizophrenia

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Translation I Bench to Bedside

• Unique Institutional Culture and Structure
• Leveraging Strength of the University
• New Course Development
• Prototype Clinical Immunology

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Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and
Translational Science
K-12 Program Implementation

• Application Process
• Recruitment (6)
• Curriculum
• Coordination with PhD program
• Institution of thesis requirements