Biomedical Graduate School: A Planning Guide to the Admissions Process

David McKean, PhD is Professor Emeritus of Immunology, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. During his thirty years as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded investigator on the research faculty of Mayo Clinic he published 134 peer-reviewed research publications and was actively involved in PhD and MD-PhD education programs both as a student mentor and administrator. His academic administrative responsibilities included Dean of Mayo Graduate School, Chair of the Mayo Immunology Department, and Admissions Committee member of both the Mayo Graduate School PhD program and Mayo MD-PhD program. He also participated as a reviewer of graduate and postgraduate fellowship applications and faculty research grants sponsored by the Howard Hughes Foundation, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, and National Institutes of Health. Ted Johnson, PhD is a Professor of Biology and the Director of the Biomedical Studies at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Ted has been involved in undergraduate education and advising students for thirty five years. He is the chair of the Health Professions Committee which prepares committee evaluations for students pursuing careers in medicine, dentistry, and other vocations in the biomedical arena. He has served as Chari of the Biology Department and was the Associate Dean of Students. He has participated as a reviewer of graduate fellowships applications sponsored by the Howard Hughes Foundation and undergraduate research grant applications for the National Science Foundation.