On August 3rd, 2023, Dr. Faye Rogers hosted the Biomedical Summer Undergraduate Research FellowshipSymposium. The Yale BioMed Amgen Scholars Program is a research-intensive summer training program in biomedical research for undergraduate students who plan to obtain a PhD or MD-PhD in the biomedical sciences. Introductory remarks were given by Barbara Kazmierczak, MD, PhD, Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation MD-PhD Program Director; Professor of Medicine and of Microbial Pathogenesis; Vice Chair for Basic Science Research, Internal Medicine; Co-Director BioMed Amgen Scholars Program and Nancy Brown, MD, Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of the Yale School of Medicine and C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine
The goals of this program are to recruit students from diverse backgrounds and experiences to careers in biomedical research and to provide them with knowledge, skills and resources to help them succeed as scientists or physician-scientists.