**[Students are invited to telephone conference calls\*]{.underline}**

**November 27 and 28, 2007 at 8:00pm (EST) to**

**Learn about a Scholarship Opportunity**

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**NIH/Oxford/Cambridge Scholars Program**

Scholarships for Students Seeking PhD or MD/PhD

Training in Biomedical Research

 

> ***An opportunity for exceptional students to train at the cutting
> edge of biomedical science -- an experience unlike any comparable
> doctoral training program!***
>
>        **[World Class Faculty and Research Facilities]{.underline}**
>
> PhD\--training typically 2 years at the National Institutes of
>
> Health and 2 years at Oxford University or Cambridge University
>
> MD\-- training available at top US medical schools through the
>
> Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
>
>        **[Flexible and Individualized Degrees]{.underline}**
>
> PhDs in as few as 3 years; average of 4 years
>
> Lab-based training and comprehensive advising and mentoring
>
> Individualized and accelerated coursework and tutorials
>
>        **[International Collaboration]{.underline}**
>
> Advanced environment in which each student helps to design and lead a
> scientific collaboration jointly conducted by NIH and Oxford
> University or Cambridge University labs
>
>        **[Multi-disciplinary and Creative Approaches]{.underline}**
>
> Draw upon resources from across scientific disciplines and from around
> the world in pursuit of discoveries which will lead to new fundamental
> discoveries and/or advances in human disease questions.

Develop leadership skills necessary for success in scientific discovery.

>        **[Fully Funded]{.underline}**

Tuition, stipend, travel funds, health insurance & support for research
activities!

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For further information about the Scholars Program:
[http://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov](http://oxcam.gpp.nih.gov/)

*[**\***To register for the telephone conference call and receive the
toll-free "800 number" and dial-in information, please
contact:]{.underline}*

**<nihoxcam@biomedalliance.org> or (301) 762-6155**

Scholars talk about their experiences in the program on the next
page......

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| ![](med     | **Sam Day** -- NIH Cambridge Scholar 2005              |
| ia/image2.j |                                                        |
| peg){width= | University of Arizona                                  |
| "1.23680555 |                                                        |
| 55555555in" | "Things are great! I\'ve just finished my first        |
| height="    | manuscript, which we are planning to submit to Nature  |
| 1.709027777 | Medicine! Also, next month I\'m giving a presentation  |
| 7777778in"} | at the international society for magnetic resonance in |
|             | medicine (ISMRM) annual meeting in Berlin. Not too bad |
|             | for my first 1.5 years of graduate school ... the      |
|             | model for fast-tracking willing students is a good     |
|             | one, and I hope that it sets the standard for a        |
|             | paradigm shift with regards to graduate education in   |
|             | the USA."                                              |
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| ![](med     | **Bhooma Avaramuthan --** NIH Oxford and Marshall      |
| ia/image3.j | Scholar 2005                                           |
| peg){width= |                                                        |
| "1.26388888 | Michigan State University                              |
| 88888888in" |                                                        |
| height=     | "I came into the NIH-Oxford program already having     |
| "1.76111111 | accepted an MSTP offer from Wash U St Louis. I         |
| 1111111in"} | currently have a 5 year deferral from Wash U with the  |
|             | understanding that I will be pursuing my PhD/DPhil at  |
|             | Oxford and will then do my medical training at Wash U. |
|             | The program has given me the flexibility for my        |
|             | medical and research training..."                      |
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| ![](me      | **Jon Roiser --** NIH Cambridge Scholar 2002           |
| dia/image4. |                                                        |
| png){width= | University of Cambridge                                |
| "1.24513888 |                                                        |
| 88888888in" | "For me, the scholars' program was unique in providing |
| height=     | the opportunity to work in two first class             |
| "1.66388888 | laboratories, learning both different techniques to    |
| 8888889in"} | investigate brain function, and complementary          |
|             | approaches to understand the root causes of mental     |
|             | illness. As a result of the program, I was able to     |
|             | secure a post-doctoral position in a leading center in |
|             | neuroscience research in London, which has             |
|             | subsequently led to a faculty position in just two     |
|             | years. This is without doubt due to the high-quality   |
|             | training and teaching I received during the            |
|             | NIH-Cambridge scholars' program."                      |
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| ![](me      | **Julia James --** NIH Oxford and Rhodes Scholar 2005  |
| dia/image5. |                                                        |
| jpeg){width | Hobart and William Smith Colleges                      |
| ="1.2423611 |                                                        |
| 11111111in" | "I came from a chemistry background and the NIH-Oxford |
| height="    | program allowed me to learn immunology quickly and     |
| 1.651388888 | become deeply immersed in HIV vaccine research both in |
| 8888888in"} | the Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine at     |
|             | Oxford and the Vaccine Research Center at NIH. I have  |
|             | enthusiastic and dedicated mentors that share my goal  |
|             | of having an impact on the global AIDS epidemic. "     |
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