1. Requirements for MMG Dissertation Committee Meetings
As a reminder, students should be meeting with their committees every 6 months starting in year 4.
One week prior to your meeting provide your committee members a one page document describing the progress on your project since the last meeting.
At the meeting, the following 4 slides will be required and should be presented in order:
Career Development Update
Scientific Update
Short-term goals accomplished
Current short-term goals
Additional slides can be added in between these
Within 1 week of your meeting, deliver your update, the slides you presented, and the signed MMG Dissertation Committee Meeting form to the Program Administrator for your permanent file.

2. Preparing Your IDP
1.) Before each meeting, complete the NIH IDP survey found here:
2.) Incorporate the results into your IDP slides where appropriate.

3. MMG Dissertation Committee Meeting Career Development Update Date of Last meeting: ____________ Date of Current Meeting: __________
What are your career goals, what are your plans to achieve them, what steps have you already taken, and what long term plans are you making? List any changes since last meeting.
Current putative plan(s) for life after grad school
Actions taken toward this goal
Plans for future actions
Possible barriers/issues to consider

4. MMG Dissertation Committee Meeting Scientific Update Date of Last Meeting: _____________ Date of Current Meeting: ______________
Papers published/submitted/in progress (list titles, authors, your contribution, and status)
Grants applied for/awarded
Meetings attended/abstracts (meeting name and date, abstract title, poster or talk)
Awards/recognition
Techniques developed or learned since last meeting

5. MMG Dissertation Committee Meeting Short term goals accomplished (since last meeting)
List experimental/thesis goals presented at last meeting and status

6. MMG Thesis Committee Meeting Current short term goals
List experimental/dissertation goals for the next 6-12 months and include brief description of how you plan to meet each goal that you list.