Courses
Doing a PhD in the States is longer than in most other countries. Coursework, journal club, qualify/candidacy exam and etc can take up to 2 years. To me the whole training process is challenging and rewarding. I ,therefore dedicate this page to my fellow students, hoping that the summary of my past experiences in graduate school can be of help to you.
If you are thinking about applying for graduate schools in biomedical sciences, or just start one, I recommend you read this book
The PhD Process: A Student's Guide to Graduate School in the Sciences
and the following papers
How to succeed in science: a concise guide for young biomedical scientists. Link to PubMed
The importance of stupidity in scientific research. Link to PubMed
Best practices for computational biology. Link
Courses I took before Columbia relevant to what I am doing:
Structural Biology and Proteomics
Decision Making Technologies
Bioorganic Mechanisms
Molecular Modeling and Drug Design
Courses I took at Columbia:
Introduction to Computer Application in Biomedical Informatics
Methods in Biomedical Informatics (I, II)
Computational Biology (I, II)
Cell Biology
Computational Human Genetics
Introduction to Biostatistical Methods
Machine Learning
Internship at GlaxoSmithKline (Collegeville, PA), Summer 2007
Courses I audited at University of Chicago:
Human Genetics
Statistical Methods for Gene Networks
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Something I found very useful in my final year: