In the article “Eight Years, One Vision: A Doctor-Scientist Who Will Bridge the Scientific and Clinical Worlds,” the University of Miami spotlights Kaylie Cullison’s, B.S. ‘16, journey to completing an eight-year M.D./Ph.D. at its Miller School of Medicine. Cullison discovered such programs after she landed a research position at the National Institutes of Health while studying biomedical engineering at GW Engineering. She hopes to utilize her dual role as a physician scientist to continue finding ways to improve medicine as she progresses in her career.
Here is an excerpt from the article: “Scientists are the backbone of medicine,” she said. “But Ph.D.s often work on niche, mechanistic questions, and basic science doesn’t always translate to the clinic. What physician-scientists offer is that we’re in the clinic every day. We see gaps in medical knowledge. We see where science is needed, right now. And then we take those problems back to the lab and try to solve them.”
Read the full article on the University of Miami’s website.