Alfred Chin, fifth year student in the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, has received an F30 Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Mr. Chin is currently working in the Alushin Lab at The Rockefeller University toward his PhD.
I arrived at the Tri-Institutional Campus in September 1972 to pursue post-doctoral training in biophysics with Alexander Mauro at The Rockefeller University. I was recruited to Cornell University Medical College, now Weill Cornell Medicine, in 1973, where I embarked on my independent research career in membrane biophysics.
The Olaf S. Andersen Physician-Scientist Award was created by the Incoming Class of 2017 to honor the legacy of Dr. Olaf Andersen, who was Director from 1996 until 2021. Each year, MD-PhD students in their 3rd year of medical school are nominated by their peers and mentors for the award, with the recipient chosen by the Executive Committee. The award, in addition to the honor and prestige it brings, comes with a $3,000 prize.
The Class of 2024 is the largest class in Tri-I history! The 21 students who entered the residency match matched at leading programs and institutions in the country, including Columbia, Harvard, Stanford, UPenn, Weill Cornell, and Yale.We have:
Won Jun Kim, fifth year student in the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD program, has received an F30 award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Rebecca Gelfer, a fourth year student in the Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, has received a 2023 Graduate Hematology Award from the American Society of Hematology (ASH).
Rohan Roy, a fourth year student in the Tri-I MD-PhD program, has been awarded an NIH F30 research grant. This award will support Mr. Roy's work in the Hudspeth Lab at The Rockefeller University, where he is currently working on his PhD.