Former Trainees

The training record of our virology trainers is outstanding and is the best measure of our ability to attract outstanding predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees and provide them excellence in training in virology.  The largest fraction of our past trainees, who have finished their training, now hold faculty positions (Assistant, Associate or full Professors) at academic institutions . These faculty include ones at top academic research institutions in the US including Duke, Fox Chase, Harvard, MIT, Yale, Michigan State University the Sloan Kettering and the Moffitt cancer centers, the Universities of Houston, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio State, Washington, and Wisconsin.  A total of 46 former trainees or 33% of our former trainees over that period who have finished their training, have acquired faculty positions.  Furthermore, 91% of these past trainees who have finished their training currently work in the biomedical sciences (including faculty, scientists in academia and research institutes, scientists in biomedical industry, and clinicians or veterinarians). The remaining 9% (12 out of 139) include 4 patent lawyers, 2 science writers/science consultants, an editor of Cell and 6 individuals who have either left science currently because of family reasons or are deceased.  Importantly, of the 14 VTG (5 predocs/9 postdocs) trainees who have now completed their training, 4 hold faculty positions in academia, 5 hold scientist positions in academia, 4 work in industry and one works in IP. Thus our trainees supported by the VTG have been equally successful. Altogether, this is an impressive record of achievement in training and provides evidence that our training program in virology provides an outstanding environment to provide excellence in training for the next generation of virologists. The VTG is a critical reason for this success.