The Mission of the MN Postbaccalaureate Readiness in Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes has three goals: Enhance doctoral readiness by providing meaningful and extraordinary experiences in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (DEM); Provide career development activities and coursework aimed at enhancing research and professional skills; and Facilitate paths to graduate program admission (PhD, MD/PhD).
Thus, the central goal of our program is to enhance the Scholars readiness for graduate school during a two-year postbaccalaureate period. We define readiness along four different Axis: (1) Laboratory Competence; (2) Communication and Tools of Science; (3) Graduate Program Entrance; and (4) Navigating Graduate School and succeeding in Ph.D. programs related to diabetes research.
