We thank the Office of Biomedical Graduate Education at GU Medical Center for their generous funding of the program, as well as the members of the Medical Center Graduate Student Organization executive board who helped launch the program. We also thank the 28 applicants and 24 reviewers who participated during the first 3 yr of the program. Finally, we thank Drs. Barry Wolfe and G. William Rebeck, who served as faculty advisors for the first and second years of the program, respectively. They provided insight into the NIH peer-review format and valuable feedback on areas for improving the program. P.A.F. received support from HD046388. S.B.D. received support from F31AG043309 and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, DGE-0903443.