Monthly Meetings with Program Leadership

Every month, the UF MD-PhD Directorate convenes a dinner meeting with all current MD-PhD Scholars. (Attendance is required.) The agenda consists of information/communications of interest to Scholars. Also, an open session is available for Scholars’ issues and concerns.

The monthly meetings are restricted to UF MD-PhD Scholars, Directorate members, and invited faculty. The function of the meetings are: 1) Communication of Program activities, UF MD-PhD Scholar achievements, meeting dates, etc.; 2) Organizational reports from the UF MD-PhD Student Council and its Wellness Committee. UF COM and UF Graduate School, etc.; 3) Developmental issues with time set aside for workshops for introduction of new MD-PhD programs. Attendance will be required.

Fall Retreat

The planning of the Fall Retreat is the responsibility of the Scholar Council, delegated to the rising GS1 class. It is convened over a full-day on a Saturday in the Fall semester at a site on or near the Gainesville UF campus. The  agenda includes social time for networking, a progress report from the MD-PhD Directorate, and a session in which all Scholars (GS2-GS4, plus MS3-MS4) present a poster describing their work.

Spring Symposium

The GS2 Scholars organize the Spring Symposium as a celebration of MD-PhD Research open to the UF HSC community. It is held in the Spring at a venue on the Gainesville UF HSC campus. The Symposium features a lecture by a distinguished national scientist, who is identified and invited by UF MD-PhD Scholars, as the Annual MD-PhD Symposium Speaker. A poster session of Scholar research is held in conjunction with the lecture.