Apply to Workforce Development Program

The Translational Biomedicine Program welcomes applicants who have diverse educational and scientific backgrounds and varied research interests. Applicants must have a strong interest and background in a health science profession and knowledge of basic sciences and medicine.

Admission requirements

Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate College; see the Manual of Rules and Regulations of the Graduate College.

Applicants must also meet the following criteria:

  • Have a doctoral-level degree in a biomedical discipline (MD, DO, DDS, DNP, PhD, PharmD, DVM, or equivalent)
  • Employed by the University of Iowa as one of the following:
    • Assistant professor
    • Associate professor
    • Instructor
    • Fellow physician
    • Postdoctoral scholar/fellow
  • Engaged in scientific research with a University of Iowa mentor who has funding from a peer-reviewed source
    • National Institute of Health
    • National Science Foundation
    • Another foundation, and so forth
  • Hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited American college or university or an equivalent degree from an international institution, as determined by the University of Iowa Office of Admissions
  • Grade Point Average of at least 3.00 or the international equivalent, as determined by the University of Iowa Office of Admissions
  • Graduate Record Exam (GRE) General Test combined verbal and quantitative score of 300 on the revised test (or 1050 on the old test) and an analytical writing score of 4.0 or above; applicants who already hold a graduate or professional degree may seek a waiver of the GRE requirement.

Applicants whose first language is not English must score at least 100 (Internet-based) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), or they must have a score of at least 7.0, with no subscore lower than 6.0, on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

Application materials to submit:

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Statement of research interest and career goals
  • 3 letters of recommendation
    • 1 letter must be from the applicant’s UI research mentor
    • The program recommends that the second be a letter of support from the applicant’s department chair

All prospective students, and their mentors, must guarantee that once they are accepted as students in the program, they will be able to devote essentially all of their time over a two-year period to training. For instance, a fellow in the Carver College of Medicine might spend no more than two months each year working on clinical assignments (e.g., two months of inpatient assignments or one month of inpatient assignments and one-half day per week in a clinic).

 

Help the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Iowa continue making new strides in medical research by citing the NIH CTSA program grant UM1TR004403.

Workforce Development