Welcome to The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies! The Office was created in January 2006 to focus on and enhance the training environment for the roughly 320 graduate students and 120 postdocs within the Division of Biology and Medicine. In creating this office, Eli Y. Adashi, Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, made a commitment not only to growth in the overall numbers of our trainees, but also to increasing the diversity of this group and enriching trainees' preparation as scholars within the university setting and in their future career paths.
Our Office oversees admissions, recruitment, tracking, support, and professional development for students in all of our graduate programs. We handle appointments and support of postdoctoral fellows. We also facilitate fellowship and training grant applications in order to increase funding for graduate students and postdocs. In addition to Associate Dean for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Nancy L. Thompson, PhD, the Office is staffed by:
Tracey E. Cronin, Executive Assistant and Coordinator of Graduate Affairs, 863-3281Roberta M. Swanson, Postdoctoral Program Coordinator and Data Coordinator, 863-1614
Cheryl Whiteside, Financial Manager for Graduate Funding, 863-1981
Elizabeth McClaine, Training Grants Coordinator, 863-2067