Dual-Degree Options at CHM Offer Plenty Diverse, Rich Opportunities
Sonia Kumar is a fourth-year MD/PhD student The MSU College of Human Medicine (CHM) offers a number of special programs that are available to students with a wide range of interests. Within those programs, our dual degree options are an important part of our identity, as we work to enhance our student's abilities in the fields of both research and health policy. There are two dual-degree options for applicants to consider— MD/PhD and MD/MPH . MD/PhD The Director of the US National Institutes of Health and former head of the Human Genome Project, Francis S. Collins, is a physician-geneticist who recently published a piece titled, " Why the World Needs More Scientists ." It's a good read. Collins says he's "convinced that rigorous, well-designed research is essential not only for the discovery of new ways to detect, treat, and prevent disease, but also for the most efficient development and cost-effective dissemination of such advances to the