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Hi, all.
I was wondering if any of you could give me insights into Penn Psychiatry. I am an entering MD/PhD student at Penn this fall and have my sights set on a career in molecular psychiatry.
I wanted any input you guys may have on any mentors that have particularly strong programs, reputation, etc. I am not sure if I have not looked thoroughly enough or if I am overlooking something, but I have found relatively few mentors in molecular psychiatry at Penn -- at least, fewer than I thought would be there based on my initial searching (but I am still ecstatic to be going!). The overwhelming majority of research is clinical, and the mentors in the Neuroscience/Neurobiology depts are mostly neurology -- alzheimers, parkinson's, etc.
Second -- and this is just out of curiousity -- how important is it for a PhD to sync up with residency choice? In other words, if I applied to psych with a PhD that was in virology or cancer, would it be a detriment? I understand that a PhD is mostly about the process of science, but I can't help but think the content has an impact.
Thank you so much!
I was wondering if any of you could give me insights into Penn Psychiatry. I am an entering MD/PhD student at Penn this fall and have my sights set on a career in molecular psychiatry.
I wanted any input you guys may have on any mentors that have particularly strong programs, reputation, etc. I am not sure if I have not looked thoroughly enough or if I am overlooking something, but I have found relatively few mentors in molecular psychiatry at Penn -- at least, fewer than I thought would be there based on my initial searching (but I am still ecstatic to be going!). The overwhelming majority of research is clinical, and the mentors in the Neuroscience/Neurobiology depts are mostly neurology -- alzheimers, parkinson's, etc.
Second -- and this is just out of curiousity -- how important is it for a PhD to sync up with residency choice? In other words, if I applied to psych with a PhD that was in virology or cancer, would it be a detriment? I understand that a PhD is mostly about the process of science, but I can't help but think the content has an impact.
Thank you so much!