Getting Started for PREP Trainees

Welcome and congratulations on being selected as a PREP Trainee at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry!

Your Departmental Administrator will take care of the vast majority of details that must be attended to in order for you to get started with our institution.

The Office for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs (GEPA) also helps to support the PREP Trainees in the School of Medicine and Dentistry. GEPA is here to help you, so please be sure to contact us if you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, etc. The GEPA online Trainee Handbook contains a wealth of information that will help you get to know the University of Rochester, the School of Medicine and Dentistry and everything we have to offer! Make sure to review this valuable resource.

Program Directors

Jacques Robert, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Elaine Smolock, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Program Coordination

Ben Lovell
Admissions Coordinator
Office for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs

Jennifer Brennan
Program Coordinator

Daisy Bird
Department Finance Manager