CMB Trainee & Faculty Expectations

• Sign the AAMC Compact Between Biomedical Graduate Students and Their Research Advisors (PDF)
• Attend a “Center of Open Science” Workshop of reproducible science
• Attend and Participate in the CMB data dinner
• Present a poster or give a talk at each CMB retreat
• Attend two Medical Center hours per year and participate in a “Walker Elementary School STEM night”
• Join the CMB Hike
• Class requirements
  1. Statistics Class
  2. Advanced topics in Cell and Molecular Biology (Cell 8301)
  3. Effective Science Writing for Grants and Fellowships (Cell 8405)

CMB Trainee Opportunities

• Attend a Research Conference
• Invite and Host a Scientific Speaker

• Attend a BIMS mentor training course at least once ever 3 years
• Coach a CMB student from another department in the Data dinner presentation and provide feedback on this presentation
• Participation in the CMB programmatic activities especially the CMB retreat
• Active participation in one of four categories:
  1. Directing a graduate student course or teach in the two CMB sponsored classes: Advanced Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology or Advanced Writing Skills
  2. Acting on a graduate student recruitment or admissions committees
  3. Participation in URM mentoring programs
  4. Teach in ethics training or contributing to UVA’s continuing efforts to ensure a diverse student population