The P2P Advantage
The P2P experience can change your perspective about science and research.
Outcomes
- 100% of the 2023 P2P cohort obtained paid summer student research experiences at places like Tufts, Harvard, UMass Medical School and U Mass Boston
- 25% of our P2P alumni participated in the NIH-funded BDBS summer program at Tufts.
- One former student is currently member of our NIH PREP (post-bac) program.
What our former trainees say about P2P
Erin O'Neil (P2P 2024)
I honestly believe that this experience was the best thing I have done for myself so far in my scientific journey. It taught me that I am capable of much more than I give myself credit for, and helped me to build confidence in my scientific skills. This program allowed me to gain skills, a better scientific mindset, grow in my career and to form a stronger idea of how to follow my career path.
Erin is now completing her senior year at the University of Massachusetts - Boston and conducting research as part of her studies in one of the laboratories there.
Read a story about Erin's experience.
Rosita Ramirez, P2P 2023
If it hadn’t been for the P2P program, I wouldn't have had any knowledge of summer programs and wouldn't be where I am now. I really grew so much personally, professionally and academically, and it also provided me with life-long friends!
Rosita also participated in the Harvard/MIT Equitable Access to Research (HEART) MD/PhD Summer Program in 2023. Rosita is now working as a researcher at Boston Children's Hospital.
Shauna Kelly (P2P 2020)
The Pathway to PhD program was one of the highlights of my college career; it provided a clear and realistic picture of what going for a PhD is like. Not only was the research we were doing interesting, but we got the chance to work with a few different model organisms like C. elegans, E. coli, and C. difficile. The graduate students were very welcoming and eager to share their own experiences of what grad school is like both in and out of lab. Lastly, being able to present our findings to a small panel was GREAT practice. I also wound up making friends with my fellow P2P participants and now we all work in the same lab!
Shauna is now a PhD candidate at UMass Boston in the McCusker Lab.
Najah Walton (P2P 2017)
The Pathways to PhD Program allowed me to explore the diverse landscape of research being performed at Tufts while also gaining hands on experience with research techniques that I had not been exposed to before. Each week was an exciting new challenge to learn cutting edge science, perform techniques in varying scientific disciplines, and practice interpreting and presenting research findings. My time in P2P connected me with mentors that were instrumental in my decision to pursue graduate school at Tufts.
Najah graduated with her PhD in Neuroscience from GSBS in 2023. While in training here, she was a recipient of the prestigious Ford Foundation Fellowship. She is currently a postdoctoral scholar at Tufts and is planning to attend medical school in the future.
Brian Hall (P2P 2018)
For me, the P2P program did all that it was advertised to do and more. Not only did I get a realistic hands on experience of the day to day life of a PhD student, which helped guide me on what the next steps of my life would be, but it also presented a perfect opportunity to network and practice marketable skills of my resume such as presenting data, public speaking, and research in biohazard lab. I would highly recommend this program.
After graduation, Brian completed an MS at Northeastern University and is now a Senior Technical Research Assistant at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston.
Dora Kadish (P2P 2017)
The P2P program gave me the push I needed to pursue a PhD of my own. Before that, the various paths following post-graduate life held closer resemblance to a far-fetched dream rather than a tangible idea. I knew that I did not want to go to medical school, and I would not reach my full potential with only a Master's. The P2P program allowed me to know exactly what it meant to get a an advanced degree in the sciences, thus allowing me to feel comfortable and confident in pursuing that degree.
After graduation, Dora completed an MS at the University of California - Irvine and is now a Scientist II at Immunome.