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Three faculty members at WashU Medicine — Ana Maria Arbeláez, MD, the David English Smith Professor of Medicine; Rita Brookheart, PhD, an assistant professor in medicine; and Dominic Reeds, MD, a professor of medicine — have created a two-year guided research initiative for individuals who have recently earned their bachelor’s degrees. Named the Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases (PRIDE), the initiative is supported by a $405,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and will accept its inaugural group of four students in August.

The enrolled participants gain practical experience in a WashU Medicine laboratory concentrating on diabetes, endocrinology, or metabolic diseases. They also engage in coursework, professional advancement seminars, conferences and retreats, and they receive support in navigating the application process for a research-oriented biomedical graduate program.

Discover more about the initiative on the John T. Milliken Department of Medicine website.

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