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  • Graduate Student Handbook
  • Preface
  • PART I. POLICIES AND RESOURCES
  • CHAPTER 1
    • 🗒️Academic Policies
      • Academic Integrity
      • Policies and Procedures on Ethical Practices in Research
      • The Responsible Conduct in Research and Rigor and Reproducibility Courses
      • Ownership and Use of Research Data, Reagents, Records, Protocols, or Code
      • Responsibilities of Authors
        • Protecting Whistleblowers
        • Financial Conflict of Interest in Research
      • General Rules of Conduct for ISMMS Students
  • CHAPTER 2
    • 🗒️Administrative and Financial Policies
      • Tuition
        • PhD and MD/PhD in Biomedical Sciences or Neuroscience
        • Master’s Degree Programs and PhD in Clinical Research
      • Funding Package and Direct Compensation
      • Financial Assistance and Services
        • Financial Counseling
        • Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) for Financial Aid
        • Additional Work and Funding Resources
          • Supplemental Work-in-Another-Department (WIOD)
          • Tuition Waivers for Non-Faculty Mount Sinai Employees
          • Work-Study Positions
          • Travel Awards
  • CHAPTER 3
    • 🗒️Enrollment and Registration
      • Pre-Enrollment Policies
      • Registrar's Office
      • Guidelines for Registration and Cross-Registration
        • Add/Drop
        • Maintenance of Matriculation
        • Full-time Equivalency Status
        • Courses Taken at Partner Institutions
        • Visiting Scholars
        • Non-Matriculating Status and Course Auditing
        • Registration Holds
        • PhD Student Registration
      • Grading Policies
        • Grading, Course Examinations, and Missed Examinations
        • Calculation of GPA
        • Retaking Courses to Improve GPA
        • Graduate School Grade Appeals Process
        • Transfer Credits and Course Exemptions/Waivers
      • Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy
        • Time to Degree Policy
        • Academic Standing
        • Committee for Academic Review (CAR)
          • Membership of CAR
          • Appeals Process
        • Program-Specific Criteria for Satisfactory Academic Progress
      • Leave, Withdrawal, and Readmission
        • Leave of Absence (Voluntary)
        • Leave of Absence (Involuntary)
          • Administrative Leave
          • Academic Progress Leave
        • Parental Leave
        • Return from Military Service
        • Withdrawal and Readmission
        • PhD in Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience Student Vacation Policy
      • Transcripts
  • Chapter 4
    • 🗒️Student Affairs and Services for Graduate Students
      • Student Services and Resources
        • Career Services and Strategy
        • International Student Services
        • Student Health Services
          • Student Mental Health Services
            • Referrals
            • WellConnect
        • Disability Services
        • Student Housing
          • Real Estate Office
        • Academic Informatics and Technology
          • The Library
          • Aufses Archives and Mount Sinai Records Management Division
          • Academic IT Support Center (ASCIT)
        • Affirmative Action
        • Safety and Security
          • Sexual Assault
          • Harassment
            • Definitions of Unacceptable Behavior
            • Grievance Committee
          • Mistreatment
            • Mistreatment Policy
            • Reporting and Consulting Mechanisms
          • Clery Act
          • Fire Safety
          • Alcohol and Drugs
            • Alcohol Policy – Levinson Student Center
            • Drug Testing
          • Infection Control
        • Office of the Ombudsperson
      • Campus-Wide Policies, Regulations, and Requirements
        • Rules of Conduct
        • Student Behavior
        • Faculty, Staff, and Student Relations
        • FERPA
        • ISMMS Social Media Guideline
        • Acceptable Use of Technology Policy
          • Use of Hardware and Software
          • Web, Data, and Cloud Storage
          • Email and Collaboration Technology Usage
          • Protected Health Information and Other Confidential Information
          • Secure Messaging and Encryption
        • ISMMS Policy on Business Conflicts of Interest
        • Student Intellectual Property
  • PART II. PROGRAMS OF STUDY
  • Chapter 1
    • PhD in Biomedical Sciences and Neuroscience
      • Program Information
      • Program Requirements
        • Curricular Requirements
        • Requirements to Graduate
        • Standards for Maintaining Satisfactory Progress
      • Curriculum
        • Seminars, Works-in-Progress, and Journal Clubs
        • Lab Rotations
          • Rotation Guidelines
          • MD/PhD Student Rotations
      • Selecting a Multidisciplinary Training Areas (MTA)
      • Advising
        • Academic Advisor
        • Selecting a Research Mentor
        • Changes to a Research Mentor-Mentee Partnership
          • Mentoring Changes due to the Relocation of the Research Mentor
          • Mentoring Changes due to an Unproductive Partnership
          • Procedures for Dispute Resolution
        • Thesis Advisory Committee
          • Specific Criteria
          • Procedures
      • Thesis Proposal
        • General Considerations
        • The Written Document
        • The Oral Presentation
        • The Thesis Proposal Committee
        • Deadline
      • Dissertation Defense
        • Written Document Format Options
        • The Dissertation Committee
        • The Defense and Seminar
        • Dissertation Deposit
      • Transfer to Master degree (MPhil or MSBS)
      • Program Specific Policies
        • Program Alumni and Alumni Association
  • Chapter on Multidisciplinary Training Areas
    • Multidisciplinary Training Areas
      • Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in Medicine (AIET)
        • Typical Curriculum
      • Cancer Biology (CAB)
        • Typical Curriculum
      • Development, Regeneration, and Stem Cells (DRS)
        • Typical Curriculum
      • Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics (DMT)
        • Typical Curriculum
      • Genetics and Genomic Sciences (GGS)
        • Typical Curriculum
      • Immunology (IMM)
        • Typical Curriculum
      • Microbiology (MIC)
        • Typical Curriculum
      • Neuroscience (NEU)
        • Typical Curriculum
  • Chapter 2
    • MD/PhD Program
      • Program Information
      • Program Requirements
        • Curricular Requirements
        • Requirements to Graduate
        • Standards for Maintaining Satisfactory Progress
      • Curriculum
        • Core Graduate School/PhD Curriculum
        • Medical School/MD Curriculum
        • Annual MD/PhD Retreat
        • Milestones and Maximum Time to Degree
      • Advising
      • Thesis/Dissertation
  • Chapter 3
    • Clinical Research Education Program
      • Program Information
      • Program Competencies
      • Program Requirements
        • Curricular Requirements
          • PhD in Clinical Research (PhDCR)
        • Graduation Requirements
        • Standards for Maintaining Satisfactory Progress
          • Consequences of failure to maintain satisfactory progress
      • Curriculum
        • CRTP and MSCR Curriculum
        • PhDCR Curriculum
        • Requirements for Coursework on Responsible Conduct in Research (RCR)
        • Independent Study
        • Electives Offered in Other Programs or at Other Institutions
      • Advising
        • Faculty Advisors
        • Near-Peer Mentoring Program
        • Thesis Research Mentors (MSCR)
        • Dissertation Research Mentors (PhDCR)
        • Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee (MAC)
      • Master's Thesis
        • Registration, Mentor Selection, and Thesis Proposal
        • Master's Thesis First and Final Drafts
        • Timelines for the Master’s Thesis and Forms
        • Student Checkout Requirements
      • Doctoral Dissertation (PhDCR)
        • Written Dissertation Research Proposal
        • Oral Presentation of Dissertation Research Proposal
        • Admission to Candidacy
        • Written Dissertation, Defense, and Deposit
        • PhDCR Timeline and Required Forms
    • MD-MSCR/PORTAL Program
  • Chapter 4
    • MS in Biomedical Sciences (MSBS)
      • Program Information
      • Program Requirements
        • Curriculum Requirements
        • Requirements to Graduate
        • Standards for Maintaining Satisfactory Progress
      • Curriculum
      • Advising, Thesis Committee, and Research Mentor
      • Changes to a Research Mentor-Mentee Partnership
        • Mentoring Changes due to the Relocation of the Research Mentor
        • Mentoring Changes due to an Unproductive Partnership
        • Procedures for Dispute Resolution
      • MSBS Thesis
        • Formatting, Depositing, and Defending the Thesis
        • The Master’s Thesis Review Committee
        • Deadlines and Publications
        • Required Forms
      • Master's to PhD
  • Chapter 5
    • MS in Biomedical Data Science (MSBDS)
      • Program Information
      • Program Requirements
        • Curricular Requirements
        • Requirements to Graduate
        • Standards for Maintaining Satisfactory Progress
      • Curriculum
      • Advising
      • Capstone Project
  • Chapter 6
    • MS in Biostatistics Program
      • Program Information
      • Program Requirements
      • Curriculum
        • Theory and Methods Track
        • Clinical Applications Track
      • Capstone Project
  • Chapter 7
    • MS in Genetic Counseling
      • Program Information
      • Program Requirements
        • Curricular Requirements
        • Requirements to Graduate
        • Standards for Maintaining Satisfactory Progress
      • Advising
  • Chapter 8
    • MS in Healthcare Delivery Leadership (MSHCDL)
      • Program Information
      • Program Competencies
      • Program Requirements
        • Standards for Maintaining Satisfactory Progress
      • Curriculum
      • Advising
      • Capstone Project
  • Chapter 9
    • Master in Health Administration (MHA)
      • Program Information
      • Program Competencies
      • Program Requirements
      • Curriculum
      • Advising
      • Internship and Capstone Project
        • Students Enrolled or Pursuing 2 Programs
  • Chapter 10
    • Graduate Program in Public Health
      • Master of Public Health (MPH) and Advanced Certificate in Public Health (ACPH)
        • Program Information
        • Additional Information for International Students
        • Program Competencies
        • Program Requirements
          • Curricular Requirements
            • Master of Public Health
            • MD-MPH Program
            • DPM-MPH Program
            • Mount Sinai Residents and Fellow Physicians
            • Advanced Certificate in Public Health
          • Requirements to Graduate
          • Standards for Maintaining Satisfactory Progress
          • Students Enrolled or Pursuing 2 Programs
        • Curriculum
          • General Public Health Track
          • Biostatistics Track
          • Outcomes Research Track
          • Global Health Track
          • Health Care Management Track
          • Environmental Health Sciences Specialty Track
          • Epidemiology Track
          • Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Track
          • Advanced Certificate in Public Health
        • Advising
          • Specialty Track Advisors
        • Culminating Experience
          • Description of the Thesis, First Author Manuscript, and Capstone
          • Public Health Research Day
          • Culminating Experience Submission Deadlines
      • Master of Science in Epidemiology
        • Program Information
        • Additional Information for International Students
        • Program Competencies
        • Program Requirements
          • Requirements to Graduate
          • Standards for Maintaining Satisfactory Progress
        • Curriculum
        • Advising
        • Thesis or First Author Manuscript
          • Public Health Research Day
          • Thesis/Manuscript Submission Deadlines
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The Thesis Proposal Committee

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The Thesis Proposal Committee is composed of the Thesis Advisory Committee with the possible addition of an MTA co-director or another senior MTA faculty member designated by the MTA-Director(s) who will serve as chair of the committee for the Thesis Proposal exam. If an MTA co-director or other senior MTA faculty member are already a member of the Thesis Advisory Committee, no additional members are needed for the Thesis Proposal Committee. If the chair of the Thesis Advisory Committee does not have extensive experience with Thesis Proposal Exams, an MTA co-Director or a senior MTA faculty member (delegated by the MTA co-Directors in consultation with the trainee and their Thesis Advisor) will be added to the committee to serve in this role. The chair of the Proposal Committee must meet the same criteria as the chair of the advisory committee. Participation of nonvoting members of the advisory committee in the Thesis Proposal exam is optional; if they are present, they must remain silent.

The Chair of the Committee must enforce all rules of the Examination, including those pertaining to the role of the dissertation advisor, as outlined below. In addition, each student is strongly encouraged to discuss the expectations of the Thesis Proposal Committee Chair as they develop their Thesis Proposal.

The meeting should be structured as detailed in the

If the Committee determines further work necessary, the Chair will provide this information, in writing, to the student. A copy of this memo, detailing conditions and deadline, must accompany the Voting Form, which should be submitted electronically within two days of the proposal presentation. The Chair of the Committee will report the discussion to the dissertation advisor.

It is possible for a Committee to consider a student’s performance satisfactory for the oral presentation of the work achieved and work planned, but still consider the written proposal to be inadequate (in detail, style, citation quality, figure/table/legend presentation, etc.). The student may only be permitted one re-take the oral presentation, but the Committee may ask for as many revisions of the written proposal as are necessary to achieve a satisfactory proposal. This process can occur under the supervision of a subcommittee and must be completed before the student can be advanced to Candidacy.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students will automatically be advanced to candidacy after all the General Program Requirements, the Advanced Coursework for the MTA, and the Thesis Proposal Exam have been successfully completed.

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