2016 Scientific Report
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VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE<br />
GRADUATE SCHOOL<br />
Steven J. Triezenberg, Ph.D.<br />
President and Dean<br />
Van Andel Institute Graduate School develops future leaders in biomedical research<br />
through an intense, problem-focused Ph.D. degree in cellular, molecular, and genetic<br />
biology. VAIGS has created an innovative curriculum that guides doctoral students<br />
to think and act like research leaders through problem-based learning. In doing so,<br />
students develop key skills of finding and evaluating scientific knowledge and of<br />
designing experimental approaches to newly arising questions. We also foster the<br />
development of leadership skills and professional behavior, and we seek to integrate<br />
graduate students into the professional networks and culture of science. VAIGS<br />
currently has 23 students and seeks to admit five to six students each year. VAIGS<br />
alumni have gone on to postdoctoral positions at leading biomedical research<br />
institutions throughout the United States. VAIGS is accredited by the Higher Learning<br />
Commission (www.hlcommission.org; 1-800-621-7440).<br />
Julie Davis Turner, Ph.D., Associate Dean<br />
Kathy Bentley, B.S.<br />
Patty Farrell-Cole, Ph.D.<br />
Michelle Love, M.A.<br />
Christy Mayo, M.A.<br />
Nancy Schaperkotter, A.M., LCSW, CEAP<br />
Kristie Vanderhoof, B.A.<br />
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