Is Baylor College of medicine a good school for research?

[reese07]

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I know it's not top tier like Harvard, Stanford,etc. but is it a good place to get your PhD? My current circumstance requires me to stay in the Houston area and I'm worried that getting a PhD is already enough of a risk for my future. Would going to BCM hold me back from getting a quality research experience where I can get a good job at either academia or industry?

 

[CrossCurrent]

Baylor is great...

 

[reese07]

And this is meant for only the Phd program, not MD/PhD

 

[nysw]

BCM has the advantage of being located in the world's largest medical center, thus having active collaborations with a whole bunch of institutions. A PhD at BCM would NOT hold you back. Just make sure you find a quality mentor (which would be the advice at any institution).

 

[gbwillner]

It's THE top place for human genetics, or at least one of the top with very few peers

 

[Retro Virus]

Baylor is very well respected in biomedical research and is definitely a name that opens doors, particularly in the region. That said, your future prospects are going to be mostly based on what you produce during grad school and the reputation of your mentor(s), so it depends on what you are interested in doing and with whom who you are interested in working. Given that there are a couple of options for PhD programs in Houston, I would look up the various institutions' faculties, consider their reputations and interests, and try to go where you'll have the best chance of matching with a compatible mentor.

 

[member77077]

Baylor has 1 graduate school, but several programs within the school. Some of them are departments ( Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics, Neuro, Immuno, Microbiology and Virology) and some are interdisciplinary programs (Cellular and Molecular Biology, Developmental bio). While all operate under the umbrella of the graduate school and most have the same or similar core classes together, each program operates a little differently and has different requirements and protocols. Overall, most students seem pretty happy and get a good research experience. Although, as others have mentioned, a ton depends upon the mentor and the individual student.