Ph.D. Partnership with
Kent State University

Kent State University/Cleveland Clinic Collaborative Doctoral Program

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Kent State University (KSU) have formed the Kent State University/Cleveland Clinic Collaborative Doctoral Program , a joint Ph.D. program. The first class of students in the joint academic venture enrolled in the Fall of 2001. All course work during the first year of the program is taught at KSU by KSU faculty. The curriculum is based on courses currently offered by the KSU departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences consisting of a series of core courses, complemented by electives. Students will complete three research rotations, one during the spring semester of the first year, and two during the first summer. Students will be required to do at least one rotation at CCF and one at KSU. Students will choose a lab for their thesis research by the beginning of the second full year in the program. A limited amount of advanced course work will be given during the second year and following years, by faculty at both institutions. For more information, please contact:

CCF Contact Faculty:
Dr. Alex Almasan
216.444.9970

KSU Faculty Contact:
Dr. Robert Dorman
330.672.2363

Participating CCF Faculty:

• Alexandru Almasan, PhD
• John Crabb, PhD
• Paul DiCorleto, PhD
• Serpil Erzurum, MD
• Candece Gladson, MD
• Linda Graham, MD
• Jaharul Haque, PhD
• Jane Hoover-Plow, PhD
• Donald Jacobsen, PhD
• John Kirwan, PhD
• Bruce Lamb, PhD
• Veronique Lefebvre, PhD
• Mark Luciano, MD, PhD
• Richard Padgett, PhD
• Dianne Perez, PhD
• Robert Silverman, PhD
• George Stark, PhD
• Bruce Trapp, PhD
• David Van Wagoner, PhD
• Qing Wang, PhD