Welcome to HST!

Admitted MEMP candidates are invited to join us in Cambridge on March 3 and 4 for a variety of events designed to help you explore HST as you consider your options and select a graduate program. 

This weekend (March 4 -5) there is a disruption to the Red Line subway system that affects the Kendall Square stop. See the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) website for full details about their shuttle service.

FINAL SCHEDULE

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Friday, March 3: Overview

Morning:

  • Continental breakfast (8:30 am - 9:20 am) - E25-519
  • Faculty Lightning Talks (9:30 am - 11:30 am) - E25-401
    • Click here* for an UPDATED detailed schedule. 

 Afternoon:

  • Lunch (12:00 pm - 1:00 pm) - E25-3rd floor Innovation Space
  • Faculty Research Discussions (1:00 pm - 4:30 pm) - various locations 
    • Click here* for an UPADATED detailed schedule. 
    • During your visit, you will have many opportunities to interact with members of the HST community. While gaining a sense of the breadth of the program is important, we would also like to ensure that you meet faculty and students whose research interests align with your own. 
    • Additionally, you can independently arrange your own meetings with other faculty of interest, in-person or via zoom, at a mutually agreed upon time.  When you send an email, we advise you to identify yourself as a newly admitted HST PhD student and cc the faculty member's administrative assistant when possible. 
    • HST students are not restricted to working with faculty in IMES and HST, rather, you are permitted to join the lab of any MIT or Harvard faculty member, including laboratories at MIT, Harvard, affiliated hospitals, and research institutes.
  • Lab Tours (1:00 pm - 4:30 pm) - various locations
    • Click here to sign up before 5 pm Wednesday, March 1 to attend any lab tour.
    • Several faculty at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital, main campus, have opened their labs to visiting admitted MEMP students.

 Evening:

  • HST Dinner and Research Talk by Professor Tami Lieberman  (6:00 pm - 9:30 pm) - Sidney-Pacific at 70 Pacific St. (MIT building NW86)
    • 5:30 pm meet your escorts and the MIT shuttle at the Broadway Street entrance to the Boston Marriott Cambridge in Kendall Square for a ride to Sidney-Pacific. The shuttle will return you to the hotel after 9:30 pm or after the research talk ends.

Saturday, March 4: Overview

Daytime:

  • Brunches (9:30 am - 11:00 am) 
    Visitors are welcome to attend either brunch, regardless of gender identity.
    • HST Women's Group Brunch - E25-519 
      Continental breakfast with female HST students and faculty. 
    • Alternate Brunch - Meet in the Lobby of E25
      Current students will escort a group to a local restaurant for breakfast. 
  • Campus and City Tours (11:30 am - 2:00 pm) - Meet in the Lobby of E25
  • MEMP Mosaic Mixer (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm) - E25-519
    • Stop in to visit with current HST students and MIT UCEM fellows to learn about HST's diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice activities. Make vibrant connections with current students, learn about MIT resources for grad student support, and discover how MEMP students are involved in local efforts to engage those historically underserved in STEMM.
  • MEMP Info Session (4:00 pm - 5:00 pm) - E25-117 
    • Dr. Julie Greenberg, Director of Education, will answer your questions about all things HST. Topics may include the MEMP curriculum, academic milestones, funding, lab search, dual citizenship privileges, and anything else you want to bring up. 
  • MEMP Student Journeys (5:00 pm - 6:00 pm) - E25-117
    • Several current MEMP students will discuss why they chose to join HST and their individual paths thru the MEMP curriculum. They will share specifics related to their lab searches, concentration areas and class selection, and ongoing thesis research.

Evening:

  • Small group dinners with current students - Meet in the Lobby of E25
    (depart from Kendall Square at times TBD, no earlier than 6:15 pm)
    • Join a handful of other visiting candidates and MEMP student hosts for dinner - on us - at a local restaurant! This is another chance to learn more about life as a grad student, an insider's view of HST classes, and how students balance classes, research, extracurriculars and their personal lives.

Information for Out-of-Town Guests

Transportation

Please contact our travel agent, Susan McGonagle (susan [at] travelcoll.com (susan[at]travelcoll[dot]com)), to book your economy travel at HST's expense. We regret that we are not able to cover the cost of premium seats or business class.

When you email Susan, please include: 

  • Subject line: HST PhD Admissions Visit 2023

  • Your full name as it appears on your government-issued ID

    • First:

    • Middle:

    • Last:

  • Your date of birth

  • Point of departure - airport or train station

  • Travel dates - must be in March 2-5 timeframe

  • Preferred times to travel

  • Your cell phone number

Hotel

We will provide up to three nights' accommodations (arriving March 2 and departing March 5) at the Boston Marriott Cambridge in Kendall Square, Two Cambridge Center, 50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA. 

Rooms will be double occupancy, shared with one other visiting candidate of the same gender.  We regret that we cannot provide hotel accommodations for local visitors.

March 3 and March 4 getting around

Other Resources

Explore below for additional links that will help you learn more about our unique program and vibrant community.

The Basics

If you can't find what you are looking for, try Ask MIT.

Local Environment

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice at MIT

What Happens Next?

  • To accept or decline your offer of admission to HST's MEMP PhD Program via MIT:
  • After you accept your offer to join MEMP:
    • After we receive and record your acceptance, you will receive instructions on how to set up your MIT Kerberos account, which establishes your online identity at MIT. To complete this process, you will need your MIT ID number, which is listed near the top of your acceptance letter.
    • Complete and submit the MIT Medical Report form for 2023-2024, noting the HST-specific instructions
    • Arrange to have official, final transcripts sent directly from your undergraduate degree (and any graduate degrees, if applicable) to hst-phd-admissions [at] mit.edu (hst-phd-admissions[at]mit[dot]edu) or by postal mail to the Cambridge address below, as soon as they are available and no later than July 15, 2023. 
  • Important Dates
    • August 26-31: Move-In and Orientation
      • We recommend that incoming students arrive in the Cambridge/Boston area no later than Saturday, August 26.
      • MIT’s Graduate Student Orientation will begin on Sunday, August 27. You will receive more information as plans are solidified for MIT’s extensive, mostly optional, orientation activities during the last week of August.
      • HST will organize a formal orientation session sometime during the week of August 27; we will let you know when that date is confirmed.
    • September 6: MIT Registration Day and likely first day of classes at HMS
    • September 7: First Day of Classes at MIT

Questions?

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Contact us at wehst [at] mit.edu or stop by our office in E25-518!

HST in action

group of students ice skating

HST Joint Council (JC) ice skating social, winter 2022

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HST students volunteering at the 2022 Boston Marathon

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MEMP students during Intro to Clinical Medicine (ICM)