A full-time research experience with professional development training to prepare you for a career as a physician-scientist.
A full-time research experience with professional development training to prepare you for a career as a physician-scientist.
MD-PhD programs are looking for exceptional candidates who are ready for medical training and laboratory research. Through our two-year, structured training program, Postbac Fellows can immerse themselves in independent research projects with direct ties to human health and disease: from addiction to obesity, from cancer to fertility. The program also supports the professional development of each trainee through:
Participants also benefit from:
Program participants earn an annual stipend of over $41,000 and health benefits to defray cost-of-living expenses and training costs.
Undergraduate Institution: Minnesota State University Moorhead
Undergraduate Degree: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & Health and Medical Sciences with a minor in Neuroscience
JAX PI: Gareth Howell, Ph.D.
Research Focus at JAX: Investigating the TNF alpha (TNFa) pathway to determine its implications in the causation of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Undergraduate Institution: Allegheny College
Undergraduate Degree: Biochemistry with a minor in Philosophy
JAX PI: Karolina Palucka, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Focus at JAX: Investigating the molecular mechanism of how lung epithelial cells modulate immunity in the context of aging and response to viral infection. Within the lab, I am currently working on elucidating the roles that lung epithelial cells play in antigen presentation at various points of post viral infection.
Undergraduate Institution: Marshall University
Undergraduate Degree: Biology and Biochemistry with a minor in Pre-Professional Health
JAX PI: Mary Teena Joy, Ph.D.
Research Focus at JAX: Using mouse models to study and map the morphology of pyramidal neurons in the cortex after ischemic stroke. This work has the potential to re-contextualize how neuroplasticity is viewed after stroke.
Undergraduate Institution: Long Island University
Undergraduate Degree: Biochemistry
JAX PI: Lenny Shultz, Ph.D.
Research Focus at JAX: Amyloid beta plaques are a primary pathology of Alzheimer’s disease, yet research in mouse models has shown limited translatability to human disease. To bridge this gap, we are studying the impact of human microglia on amyloid beta plaque progression in vivo using humanized mouse models, contributing to disease mechanism insights and therapeutic development.
Undergraduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Undergraduate Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology with a minor in Computer Science
JAX PI: Beth Dumont, Ph.D.
Research Focus at JAX: Using genetically diverse mice to assess the role of genetic factors in female reproductive development and reproductive aging.
Undergraduate Institution: Reed College
Undergraduate Major: Neuroscience
JAX PI: Gregory Carter, Ph.D.
Research Focus at JAX: Researching potential mechanisms of pathogenesis in early onset Alzheimer’s Disease.
The Postbac at JAX Program supports academically ambitious individuals considering enrollment in an MD-PhD training program.
Eligible applicants:
Please note that we are not currently taking applications for the MD-PhD Postbac Fellows program.
Bar Harbor, Maine
Farmington, Connecticut
