Welcome

UF College of Medicine Graduate Students

Office of Graduate Education

Brett Looney

Course Management, Fiscal, Web

273-8602

Medical Science Bldg. room M-130

Susan Gardner

Admissions, Student Records

273-8601

Thomas Rowe, Ph.D.Department of Pharmacology and TherapeuticsAssociate Dean Graduate Education (interim)

Richard Snyder, Ph.D.Department of Molecular Genetics and

MicrobiologyDirector, Master of Science in Translational Biotechnology

Graduate Education

Year 1: Core Curriculum, and Research Rotations

IDP Curriculum

Year 2: Advanced Courses (Modules), Journal Club, and Laboratory Research

Qualifying Exam

Year 3+: Dissertation Research, Journal Club, and Advanced Courses

Please consult your IDP Handbook and the IDP website for IDP policies & procedures!

BiochemistryMolecular Biology

Physiology Pharmacology

Immunology Microbiology

Cancer Biology

Molecular Cell Biology

Genetics

Neuroscience

IDP-Biomedical Science

GMS 6003: Essentials of Graduate Research & Professional Development• Course Director: Dr. Wayne McCormack• Tuesday, August 19, 10:00 am, LG-110 (Brain Institute)

GMS 6001: Fundamentals of Biomedical Science• Course Director: Dr. Jim Resnick• Section Directors: Drs. Art Edison, Bill Dunn, Jeff Harrison, Jim Resnick • Monday, August 25, 8:30 am

Course management system - Sakai

Fall Semester Core Curriculum

Fall Semester

Two Research Rotations (begin Sept. 8)• Written rotation report – submit to mentor and online• Oral rotation reports – scheduled in Journal Clubs

Selecting rotations:• IDP website – Faculty/Research web page• Schedule meetings with faculty August 25-29

Lab Rotations

LakeNona

Whitney Lab Marine Bioscience

Fall Semester

Must attend one journal club per week, signing in, and filing a report about the journal club online

Can move among different journal clubs

Not all journal clubs are recommended

for first year students.

Journal Clubs

IDP Core Curriculum

Spring Semester Core Curriculum

Your choice of courses (total of ≥ 6 credits)• Introductory/Foundation courses for concentrations• IDP advanced modules (many 1 credit)• Some advanced concentrations have recommended tracks!

One Research Rotation

GMS 7003: Responsible Conduct of Biomedical Research

Journal club

Upcoming Events

Student Mixer: Mother’s Pub and GrillSaturday, August 16, 7:30 pm

UF Graduate School Orientation: Reitz UnionMonday, August 18, 8:30 am - all students

International Student Orientation3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Welcome Reception: Biomed. Science Atrium

Thursday, August 28, 5:00 pm

All Graduate Students, Faculty & Staff

Common Graduate Student Stuff

You are students

You are employees (Graduate Assistants)• Union contract with rights and

responsibilities: Read the contract -Know the rules

You must maintain a B average

Your Status

US citizens and permanent residents who are not Florida residents: file a “Declaration of Domicile” register to vote in Florida register your car in Florida get a Florida driver’s license

See Student Handbook & web for detailed info

In-State Residency

Student office – place to hang out (CG 80)

E-mail accounts (GatorLink) – ALL official

correspondence

Short-term loan program: Susan Gardner

Gator-1 UF ID cards

Student web pages & photos (yes/no)

UF Online directory (yes/no)

General Info

jfantone@ufl.edu

Important (Helpful) People

Office of Student Counseling

& Development

Dr. Beverly Vidaurreta

Confidential, short-term counseling

E-mail: dr.vidaurreta@gmail.com

Pager: 413-6313 (emergency use only)

Are available in the Departments to help with registration and Graduate School paperwork beyond your first year.

Graduate Secretaries

Basic Science Department Chairs

Rotation presentations Advanced curricula & Journal Clubs Oversight of student progress

Concentration Directors

Concentration Directors

Kevin Brown, Ph.D.,Co-Director

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Robert McKenna, Ph.D., Director

Genetics

Lei Zhou, Ph.D., Director

Peggy Wallace, Ph.D., Co-Director

Immunology & Microbiology

Richard C. Condit, Ph.D., Co-Director

Clayton Mathews, Ph.D., Co-Director

Molecular Cell Biology

Alexander Ishov, Ph.D., Director

Maria Zajac-Kaye, Ph.D., Co-Director

Neuroscience

Jennifer Bizon, Ph.D., Co-Director

Harry Nick, Ph.D., Co-Director

Physiology & Pharmacology

Jeffrey Harrison, Ph.D., Co-Director

Hideko Kasahara, MD.,Ph.D.,Co-Director

Basic Science Department Chairs

Henry V. Baker, Ph.D.Molecular Genetics

& Microbiology

Jeffrey Martens, Ph.D.Pharmacology & Therapeutics

James B. Flanegan, Ph.D.Biochemistry &

Molecular Biology Lucia Notterpek, Ph.D.Neuroscience

Michael J. Clare-Salzler, M.D.Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine

Charles Wood, PhDDepartment of Physiology and

Functional Genomics.

Yehia Daaka, Ph.D.Anatomy & Cell Biology

Robert A. Burne, Ph.D.Oral Biology

2014-15 Officers: Shweta Kailasan - President Brittany Lee - Vice-President Miranda White - Secretary Jared Taylor - Treasurer Allyson Shea – Social Chair James Thomas – Community Services Chair Cody Kilar – Athletic Chair Angela McCall – Recruiting Chair Brittany Rife and Rosha Poudyal – Career Development IDP Advisory Board representatives: Phil Doerfler, Kim Hawkins,

Justin Kaspar

GSO web link from “IDP Students” web page

Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

Questions?