PGG prides itself on being a rigorous training program at Harvard Medical School. Here we showcase PGG student diversity, research productivity, time to degree, and placement of our students.
PGG Numbers
PGG was initiated in 2009 and since then, the number of students joining PGG has steadily increased.
PGG Student Diversity
PGG is committed to recruiting underrepresented minority (URM) students and will continue to actively expand this mission.
Time to degree
The average time-to-degree at PGG is 5.8 years. 92% of PGG students finish their training before the end of their sixth year.
Number of publications
93% of graduated PGG students have published at least one first author publication
Some of the journals that students have published in:
PLoS Genetics
Genetics
JBC
JMB
Nat Cell Bio
Nat Struct Mol Bio
American Journal of Genetics
PNAS, Cell Reports
PLoS Bio
Nature
Molecular Cell
Cell
Genes and Development
Neuroscience
Nature Genetics
PGG Student Placement
100% of our students have found employment immediately after graduating from our program
Academic positions include prestigious national and international research universities such as Princeton, Institut Curie, MGH, Boston Childrens, Rockefeller, Brigham and Womans, MIT, and Harvard
Biotech companies joined or founded include Biosummit, Fountain Medicine, Variant Bio, Regeneron, Egenesis, Clarion, Vertex, and Sana Biotech.