In the summer of 2022, National Bonner Summer Interns, Selah Ndouta, Capital University ‘22, Anu Baskar, George Mason University ‘24, and Camila Guayasamin, The College of New Jersey ‘24, led by Liz Brandt, Community Engagement Director, at the Bonner Foundation, worked on a strategic outreach project to increase Bonner’s currently underrepresented graduate school partnerships. This included with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Minority Serving Institutions, and in the STEM fields. The latest graduate school to partner with The Bonner Foundation to provide special benefits to Bonner students and alumni – the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine – was part of that effort.
University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine’s PhD programs in epidemiology and biostatistics offer students a unique, interdisciplinary framework in which they will develop and hone their skills as independent investigators. Through rigorous coursework and immersive research, students are trained to develop, apply, and extend biostatistical and epidemiological methodologies to address questions in the biomedical sciences and graduate prepared to assume leadership roles in academia, industry, and the non-profit sector.
Through the new partnership, the University of Pennsylvania will waive the application fee for applicants to the PhD programs in Biostatistics and Epidemiology who are Bonner Scholars and Bonner Leaders. Those seeking the waiver code should contact Liz Brandt, Community Engagement Director, at The Bonner Foundation, at liz@bonner.org. Additional questions about the partnership and programs at the Perelman School of Medicine can be directed to bgs@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.