Ph.D. Partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation has developed a unique collaboration in training with the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. The agreement involves programs in both clinical medicine and biomedical research. In the former, medical students and residents can opt to train at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in a variety of specialties and for varying lengths of time. There are opportunities for Morehouse medical students to do summer research related to ongoing projects in the basic science laboratories of the Lerner Research Institute.

In addition, graduate students seeking their Ph.D.'s under the guidance of a primary research supervisor on the Morehouse School of Medicine faculty can opt to choose a secondary supervisor with common or complimentary research interests from among the Lerner Research Institute's Staff members, and perform a portion (for example, 9 to 18 months) of their Ph.D. research in the selected CCF Laboratory. The program affords participating Morehouse Ph.D. students access and exposure to two laboratory facilities, two faculties, two research communities, etc. It also affords the primary Morehouse School of Medicine and secondary Cleveland Clinic Foundation supervisors the opportunity to collaborate in research where they have common interests. Funds to support the joint research training program are available through a grant from the Nordson Corporation Foundation and a training grant in cardiovascular research from the NIH (NHLBI).

Contact Faculty at CCF:
Guy M. Chisolm, Ph.D.