{"id":6024,"date":"2008-06-01T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2008-06-01T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"<span class=\"txt\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9033\" src=\"http:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/md-phd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"740\" \/>From small beginnings in 2004, the M.D.\/Ph.D. program has expanded"},"modified":"2016-04-05T14:16:37","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T14:16:37","slug":"m-d-ph-d-program-grows-thrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/m-d-ph-d-program-grows-thrives\/","title":{"rendered":"M.D.\/Ph.D. program grows, thrives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"txt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9033\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/md-phd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/md-phd.jpg 525w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/md-phd-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/md-phd-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>From small beginnings in 2004, the M.D.\/Ph.D. program has expanded to accommodate 11 students. The applicant pool has increased from 12 initially to 70 this year. Martin Adamo, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and director of the program, reports that five more students will enter the program this summer. The program has been successful in recruiting underrepresented minority students, with the new enrollment increasing the total to 10 of the 16 students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Janell Carter, the program\u2019s first student, is completing the graduate school portion of the dual-degree program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From small beginnings in 2004, the M.D.\/Ph.D. program has expanded to accommodate 11 students. 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