[Biomed_grad_faculty] Urgent Please Respond: Requesting Availability for BMSC Lab rotations

[Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff]

Dear BMSC Grad Program faculty,

Part 1:
I hope this message finds you well. The Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program is thrilled to announce our incoming PhD cohort for 2026! These five students will arrive on campus on July 1 for orientation and the start of their first summer lab rotation. They will be reaching out to you to inquiry about possible lab rotations. Please respond to their inquiries.

The 2026 PhD Cohort:

  *   Joseph Garcia, MS, UC Riverside; jgarc569 at ucr.edu<mailto:jgarc569 at ucr.edu>
  *   Mirna Haffar, BS, UC Riverside; mhaff002 at ucr.edu<mailto:mhaff002 at ucr.edu>
  *   Alfredo Ruiz Rivera, BS, CSU San Bernardino; aruiz066 at ucr.edu<mailto:aruiz066 at ucr.edu>
  *   Huy Vu, MS, University of Michigan; hvu063 at ucr.edu<mailto:hvu063 at ucr.edu>
  *   Aysha Walker, BS, San Diego State University; awalk071 at ucr.edu<mailto:awalk071 at ucr.edu>

Part 2:
Please respond to the three questions below by Friday, June 26th.


1.                  Do you have the capacity (both financial and in mentorship space) to take a Biomed PhD student? Their first year is fully funded by the program. Home lab PIs would begin support Summer 2027 and onward.



Yes_________ ;  No_________ ;  Maybe (pending grant funding)_________




2.                  Which quarter are you willing to have a student rotate (SU, FA, WI, SP)?

Yes_________ ;  No___________;  Quarter_____________


3.                  If you do not have space to permanently mentor a graduate student, do you have availability in your lab for technical rotations? If so, which quarter?

Yes_________ ;  No___________;  Quarter_____________

All incoming PhD students are required to complete three 10-week lab rotations starting this summer.
We are also working with the students to have them complete lab safety training by the start of the summer. If you need additional information about the incoming students, please reach out to me and Hermila Torres. We can provide you with a copy of their CV and transcript.
Best regards
Seema
Seema Kaushalya Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD
Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences
Director, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences
School of Medicine, University of California Riverside
Rm 3140, Multidisciplinary Research Building
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