TRIP: Translational Research Independent Project for MTRAM students

Catalog description

TRIP will be a translational research capstone project that will require approximately 5 hours per week Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer quarters and enable each student to test a hypothesis, develop an experimental plan, interpret results, understand the future research plan. Capstones will focus on early clinical translation (T0-T1) involving areas of strength of our M-TRAM faculty, including: drug therapy and delivery, vaccines, immune measurements and therapy and gene measurements and therapy. Project ideas can be student initiated, suggested by the faculty advisors, or arise from experiential learning (Industry and Clinical), but must be approved, supported and monitored by the M-TRAM leadership committee. Upon completion of the project, students will present their final results at the student research showcase at the TRAM annual symposium. In addition to the poster, students will also be required to prepare written research reports at the end of each quarter, summarizing their project's aims, hypothesis, meth