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Agenda: 2017 NIH Graduate & Professional School Fair (The 2018 Agenda will be posted prior to the event.)

TimeSession or Event
8:00 am Registration Opens
8:45 - 9:00 am Welcome and Logistics
9:00 - 9:45 am Plenary Talk: Writing Your 6-Word Memoir, Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director, Office of Intramural Training & Education, NIH
9:45 - 10:00 am Break
9:45 am - 2:15 pm Exhibits OPEN
10:00 - 11:00 am Concurrent Sessions 1:
  • Getting to Medical School
  • Getting into a PhD Program in the Biosciences
  • A Master's Degree: Will it Get You Where You Want to Go?
11:00 - 11:15 am Break
11:15 am - 12:15 pm Concurrent Sessions 2:
  • MD/PhD: Is It for You?
  • Public Health: From Admissions to Career Opportunities
  • Psychology: From Admissions to Career Opportunities
  • Getting to Dental School
12:15 - 2:15 pm Photo Booth Open in Room H
12:15 - 1:00 pm Concurrent Sessions 3:
  • Psychology "Mixer"
  • Dental "Mixer"
1:00 - 1:15 pm Break
1:15 - 2:15 pm

Concurrent Sessions 4:

  • Computational Biology/Bioinformatics "Mixer"
  • Bioengineering "Mixer"
2:15 - 2:30 pm Break
2:30 - 3:30 pm Concurrent Sessions 5:
  • Successfully Surviving Graduate or Professional School
  • Coming (or Coming Back) to the NIH