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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Dear BMSC Graduate Program Faculty,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">The Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program is in the midst of recruitment for Summer 2026. In order to engage faculty who are interested in accepting PhD students with the recruitment
process, <b><u>please respond to this email with one of the following options by October 3</u></b>:</span></p>
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<i>I am interested in accepting a PhD student in my lab next year, and I have available resources and funding.</i></p>
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<i>I am interested in accepting a PhD student in my lab next year, but I am unsure if I will have available resources and funding.</i></div>
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<i>I am not planning to accept a PhD student in my lab next year.</i></div>
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<b><u>If you are interested in accepting a student, please also let us know if you would like to serve on the admissions committee.</u></b></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Aptos Display", "Aptos Display_EmbeddedFont", "Aptos Display_MSFontService", "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b><i>Erica C. Heinrich, PhD</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Aptos Display", "Aptos Display_EmbeddedFont", "Aptos Display_MSFontService", "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><i>Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Aptos Display", "Aptos Display_EmbeddedFont", "Aptos Display_MSFontService", "Calibri Light", "Helvetica Light", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><i>University of California, Riverside | School of Medicine<br>
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