International Graduate Exchange Trainee Program (IGET)

The IGET Program provides opportunities for Ph.D. candidates at foreign universities to perform dissertation research in the laboratory of a mentor at the Georgia Health Sciences University.

The first trainees arrived in January, 2002. As of January, 2008, seven trainees have completed their program and returned to China. Twenty one trainees are currently working in laboratories at the Georgia Health Sciences University.

Trainees receive financial support comparable to that awarded to biomedical sciences Ph.D. students at the Georgia Health Sciences University. Trainees receive a Ph.D. degree from their home institution. They do not receive a degree from the Georgia Health Sciences University.

Student Requirements

• They plan a career in academic medicine in their home country.
• They have completed Ph.D. coursework and are currently enrolled as a Ph.D. student at one of our partner schools:
• Wuhan University or Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University.
• They have been nominated by the partner institution.
• They plan to complete a Ph.D. dissertation in three years or less, then return home.
• They can qualify for a J-1 (exchange visitor) visa.

For full details about the program:

• Handbook for Trainees, Mentors, and Administrators (PDF)
• IGET Author Credit Examples (PDF)

Contacts

Wuhan University - Diana Liu Ping

Memorial Hospital - Pin-Ming Liu

Georgia Health Sciences University - Program Director, William Dynan - WDYNAN@georgiahealth.edu

Georgia Health Sciences University - Assistant Program Director, Rhea-Beth Markowitz - RBMARKOWITZ@georgiahealth.edu