Medical Students

Brewing Connections is a professional networking series coordinated by Yale Cancer Center’s Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) Office in conjunction with Yale Cancer Center Grand Rounds. The series creates an informal, welcoming space for trainees from medical students to junior faculty to engage with national leaders in cancer research and clinical care over coffee and pastries.

This event is open to all and is designed to foster meaningful conversation around career pathways, mentorship, and professional development. By bringing together trainees, faculty, and visiting speakers, Brewing Connections promotes relationship-building, knowledge exchange, and community across the Yale Cancer Center.

Each student's curriculum is tailored to match one's background and interests while at the same time providing essential Track-specific training. Most Tracks have recommended or required courses, but students can choose electives that are outside of these recommendations. It is quite normal to find students from many different Tracks sitting side-by-side in the same classes. Biological and Biomedical Sciences provides an extensive menu of graduate courses covering the full spectrum of research disciplines, and descriptions of our most recent course offerings.

Medical Student-Cancer Research Mentor Speed Dating

Yale Cancer Center scientists and physicians host members of Yale School of Medicine’s medical students for a "Speed Dating" style event each year, which gives the students time to briefly meet several members of Yale Cancer Center. Each interaction provides the students time to learn about different areas of cancer research and patient care, and exposed them to new opportunities.

YCC Trainee Colloquium

The Yale Cancer Center (YCC) Annual Trainee Colloquium provides a dynamic forum for Yale trainees to showcase their cancer research, share ideas, and foster interdisciplinary collaboration. Each spring, we invite predoctoral MD, PhD, and MD-PhD students, postdoctoral associates and fellows, residents, clinical fellows, and graduates of the Cancer Biology Training Program to submit abstracts describing their current work in cancer research.

The colloquium features presentations across four key research areas:

Submitted abstracts are reviewed by the CRTEC Core Team. Selected trainees will be invited to deliver oral presentations during the event. From these presentations, four Research Excellence Prize recipients will be chosen and announced at the colloquium. Each awardee will receive a certificate and a $250 prize. For more information or questions, please contact crtec@yale.edu.

The 2026 YCC Trainee Colloquium will take place on May 15, 2026. Abstract applications open Feb. 20, 2026.