Applications for Cullen Trust for Higher Education Fellowship Travel Awards

2009 Travel Award Recipients

To apply for a Cullen Trust for Higher Education Travel Award to attend the Symposium and Workshop, please submit the following to Patricia.Cruz@uth.tmc.edu no later than November 15, 2009.  Please use the subject line, “Application for Cullen Fellowship Travel Award _______  (insert your name)” in your email. Travel grants will provide domestic flights or ground transportation, one or two nights lodging, and a meal allowance. To apply for a travel grant you must currently be enrolled as a junior in good academic standing at an accredited U.S. college or university with an overall undergraduate GPA of 3.25  or higher (on a 4-point scale).

(1)  A CV (two pages maximum) that includes the following information:

Name, mailing address, email address, and phone
Colleges/universities and dates attended
Major and any minor fields of study
Overall undergraduate GPA
List of any undergraduate honors and achievements
Brief description of undergraduate research projects and citations of any  related publications, abstracts, and scientific presentations

(2) A brief statement (300 words or less) describing your interest in attending the Symposium and Workshop.

(3) A letter of recommendation from a faculty member familiar with your potential for doctoral research studies.  It is highly recommended that the letter be from a faculty member who has supervised your undergraduate research project(s).  The faculty member should submit his/her recommendation describing your potential for a career as an MD/PhD physician-scientist by email to Patricia.Cruz@uth.tmc.edu and indicate “Recommendation for _______ (insert your name)” in the subject line. 

Recommendations should be received no later than November 15, 2009.

Recipients of travel awards will be notified shortly after the application deadline.

 

 

3rd Annual Cullen Trust for Higher Education Translational Research Symposium
Friday, January 15, 2010
4 – 5:30 p.m.
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Basic Science Research Builidng, 3rd floor
Onstead Auditorium
6767 Bertner Ave.
Houston, TX 77030

We are currently working on the 2010 Symposium Schedule. To view last year's schedule, please click here.

Parking Information: The Commons Garage is the closest parking facility and is next to the Basic Science Research Building on 6550 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030. Parking will not be validated. For more information on parking fees and locations, please visit:

http://www.texmedctr.tmc.edu/root/en/Visiting/Parking/VisitorParking/ParkingLocate.htm

Driving Directions:

From North of Houston

VIA U.S. HIGHWAY 59

Follow U.S. 59 South past the downtown area and then, just after it turns to the west, take the Fannin exit. Go south (left) on Fannin about a mile to the Texas Medical Center. Once you reach the Medical Center, turn left (east) on John Freeman Blvd. (watch out for the train). Take the first right on Bertner Ave. and follow it past Moursund St. (stop sign) to the McGovern Commons garage, where you can park on floors 2-6. The Basic Sciences Research (Mitchell) Building is next to the Commons on Bertner Ave.

VIA INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 45

Follow I-45 South past the downtown area to U.S. 59. Take 59 to the Southwest (toward Victoria). Right after the 288 exit, take the Fannin exit. Go south (left) on Fannin and follow the directions above to the Basic Science Research (Mitchell) Building.

From West of Houston

VIA U.S. HIGHWAY 59

Take U.S. 59 to the West Loop (I-610). Take the exit to the south (right) and follow 610 to the Bellaire exit. At Bellaire take a left and head under the loop (East) toward the Medical Center. Take Bellaire about three miles (and a bunch of lights) to the Medical Center where it mysteriously becomes Holcombe. Go past Main St. and Fannin St. and turn left on Bertner Ave. After about a block and a half, Bertner Ave. angles to the right, and as it does you will see the McGovern Commons garage, where you can park on floors 2-6. The Basic Sciences Research (Mitchell) Building is next to the Commons on Bertner Ave.

VIA INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 OR U.S. HIGHWAY 290

Take either highway to the West Loop (I-610). Take the exit to the south (right) and follow 610 (past the Galleria and past U.S. 59) to the Bellaire exit. At Bellaire take a left (heading East) and follow the directions just above to the Basic Science Research (Mitchell) Building.

From South of Houston

VIA STATE HIGHWAY 288

Take 288 past the South Loop (I-610) and exit at MacGregor. Cross S. MacGregor and take a left at N. MacGregor. Follow N. MacGregor across Almeda, through Hermann Park by the golf course (where MacGregor becomes S. Braeswood) to the major intersection at Holcombe. Turn west (right) on Holcombe. At the second traffic light (Bertner Ave.) take a right. After about a block and a half, Bertner Ave. angles to the right, and as it does you will see the McGovern Commons garage, where you can park on floors 2-6. The Basic Sciences Research (Mitchell) Building is next to the Commons on Bertner Ave.

VIA INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 45

Take I-45 to the South Loop (I-610). Take the exit to the west (a left exit off I-45) and follow I-610 about 5 miles to the 288 exit. Take the downtown exit and follow 288 North to the MacGregor exit and follow the directions just above to the Basic Sciences Research (Mitchell) Building.

From East of Houston

Take I-10 or 225 west to the East Loop (I-610). Take the exit to the south and follow 610 as it becomes the South Loop and passes under I-45. From that point go 5 miles to the 288 exit. Take the downtown exit and follow 288 North to the MacGregor exit and follow the State Highway 288 directions above to the Basic Sciences Research (Mitchell) Building.

 

 

3rd Annual Cullen Trust for Higher Education
MD/PhD Career Development Workshop
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Baylor College of Medicine
Alkek Building, 3rd Floor, Lecture Hall N315
Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX

We are currently working on the 2010 Workshop Schedule. To view the 2009 Workshop Schedule please click here.

Registration: Pre-registration is required and must be received by December 15, 2010. Please click here to register for the Workshop. An email confirmation will be emailed to you. If you do not receive an email confirmation, please call 713-500-9874 or email Patricia Cruz Bruesch.

Parking Information: TMC Parking Garage 4 is the closest parking facility. Parking will not be validated. For more information on parking fees and locations, please visit: http://www.texmedctr.tmc.edu/root/en/Visiting/Parking/VisitorParking/ParkingLocate.htm

Driving Directions: For driving directions please visit: http://www.bcm.edu/maps/

 

 

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Contact Us:

For questions or more information please contact:

Patricia Cruz Bruesch, MPA
Program Coordinator
UT-GSBS
PO Box 20334
Houston, TX 77225-0334
Patricia.Cruz@uth.tmc.edu
713-500-9874

 

Baylor College of Medicine Medical Scientist Training Program:

713-798-5264
Toll-free: 877-540-MSTP
mstp@bcm.edu
www.bcm.edu/mstp

 

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston/ M. D. Anderson Cancer Center MD/PhD Program:

713-500-7511
www.uth.tmc.edu/schools/gsbs/mdphd/