Academic Institute

Houston Methodist and Texas A&M Health Science Center have partnered to collaborate on innovative research and medical education. Students pursuing an MD/PhD degree have the opportunity to enroll in medical and graduate science classes at Texas A&M Institute for Biosciences and Technology (IBT) in Houston and complete three to four years of doctoral thesis work with a faculty mentor at Houston Methodist Research Institute.

Students have the opportunity to experience translational and interdisciplinary research and education, while also taking advantage of the state-of-the-art facilities and services available at the research institute. This program boasts a number of unparalleled opportunities:

• Access to a global research collaboration network of multidisciplinary faculty who are experts in the translational research space
• Exposure to translational research strategies and infrastructure that move medical research from concept to cure
• Opportunities to attend seminars and didactic programs offered by Houston Methodist Research Institute in clinical and translational research
• Access to the Texas Medical Center, which is the largest medical center in the world, with 7.2 million yearly patient visits and 171,000 annual surgeries

Learn more about the Texas A&M MD/PhD Program