Gerstner Sloan-Kettering Clinical Program
The clinical component of our PhD program is available for those students who wish to gain an in-depth understanding of the intimate relationship between the laboratory and the clinic.
The goal of the clinical program, which is an important and unique aspect of the Gerstner Sloan-Kettering curriculum, is to encourage students to develop a clinical perspective as to how benchwork can be applied in the clinic. This perspective includes an understanding of the following:
- The clinical lexicon
- The workings of clinical trials
- What is or is not a significant clinical result
- The difficulties of proving efficacious treatments
- The peculiarities of specific diseases and how human physiology can dictate the mode of intervention
- The various mechanisms and technologies that exist for the development of new innovative treatments
- The challenges clinicians face in the clinic
