Medical Scientist Training Program

医学科学家培训计划

• 批准号: 8551353
• 负责人: Siavash Kurdistani
• 金额: $ 139.03万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1983
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1983-07-01 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8551353
• 关键词: Medical; Scientist; Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of the UCLA-Caltech MSTP is to promote the education of outstanding physician-scientists. To fulfill this mission, our current goals are to 1) recruit exceptionally bright and accomplished students who exhibit an unusual degree of passion for scientific knowledge and a life-long commitment to research and leadership, 2) help guide admitted students toward outstanding training environments that encourage individual thinking and provide students with the tools needed to develop into accomplished physician-scientists, 3) provide a comprehensive support system to meet the trainees' needs and 4) play an increasingly prominent role in guiding the career development of undergraduate students from under-represented ethnic groups and disadvantaged backgrounds. To accomplish these goals as effectively as possible, the UCLA-Caltech MSTP is run by two equal Co-Directors, three Associate Directors, and a strong administrative team, all of whom are deeply committed to the Program. The Program is structured for an average of eight years of study. An integrated, problem-based medical school curriculum is particularly well suited for MSTP students, due to increased time for independent exploration and increased emphasis on research advances that contributed to current knowledge of disease etiology, diagnosis, and treatment. For their Ph.D. research, students choose mentors from a wide array of science and engineering Ph.D. Programs. The MSTP's commitment to excellence was perhaps most apparent when UCLA and Caltech entered into an affiliation agreement fifteen years ago. This affiliation, which provides an opportunity for two students per year to perform their thesis research at Caltech, not only has increased the number of outstanding mentors available to students, but also appears to have increased the Program's visibility and recruitment success. Substantial institutional support from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and from Caltech has permitted an increase in the size of the MSTP, with 97 students currently enrolled in the program. The MSTP derives great benefit from recent dramatic improvements in physical facilities at both UCLA and Caltech, from the financial health of the universities, and from the recruitment of a large number of outstanding new faculty members to UCLA and Caltech.

描述（由申请人提供）： 加州大学洛杉矶分校-加州理工学院 MSTP 的使命是促进杰出医师科学家的教育。为了完成这一使命，我们当前的目标是 1) 招收非常聪明、有成就的学生，他们对科学知识表现出非凡的热情以及对研究和领导力的终生承诺，2) 帮助引导录取的学生走向卓越的培训环境，鼓励个人思考，为学生提供成长为有成就的医学科学家所需的工具，3）提供全面的支持系统，以满足学员的需求，4）在指导本科生职业发展方面发挥日益突出的作用。代表少数民族和弱势群体背景。为了尽可能有效地实现这些目标，加州大学洛杉矶分校-加州理工学院 MSTP 由两名平等的联合主任、三名副主任和一支强大的管理团队负责管理，他们都坚定地致力于该计划。该计划的平均学习时间为八年。基于问题的综合医学院课程特别适合 MSTP 学生，因为他们有更多的时间进行独立探索，并更加重视研究进展，这些进展有助于当前疾病病因学、诊断和治疗的知识。对于他们的博士学位。研究中，学生从众多科学和工程博士中选择导师。节目。十五年前加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工学院签订附属协议时，MSTP 对卓越的承诺最为明显。这种隶属关系每年为两名学生提供在加州理工学院进行论文研究的机会，不仅增加了学生可用的优秀导师的数量，而且似乎还提高了该项目的知名度和招聘成功率。加州大学洛杉矶分校大卫格芬医学院和加州理工学院的大力机构支持使得 MSTP 的规模得以扩大，目前有 97 名学生就读于该项目。 MSTP 受益匪浅，得益于最近 UCLA 和加州理工学院物质设施的显着改善、大学财务状况的良好状况以及为 UCLA 和加州理工学院招募了大量优秀的新教师。