Medical Scientist Training Program

医学科学家培训计划

• 批准号: 8688249
• 负责人: Siavash Kurdistani
• 金额: $ 140.38万
• 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/8688249
• 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）：UCLA-Caltech MSTP的使命是促进杰出医师科学家的教育。要履行这项任务，我们目前的目标是1）招募异常聪明和有成就的学生，他们对科学知识表现出了异常的热情，并致力于研究和领导力的终身承诺，2）帮助招收招生的学生，以鼓励个人思维的杰出培训环境，鼓励学生为学生提供成就的发展，以实现良好的教育者，并为您提供全面的支持者，3）3），3）3）3）来自代表性不足的种族和处境不利的背景的本科生。为了尽可能有效地实现这些目标，UCLA-Caltech MSTP由两个平等的联合导演，三个副董事和一个强大的行政团队运行，所有这些团队都深入致力于该计划。该计划的结构平均为八年。一项基于问题的医学院课程特别适合MSTP学生，这是因为时间增加了独立探索的时间，并增加了对研究进展的重视，这有助于当前对疾病病因，诊断和治疗的了解。为了他们的博士学位研究，学生从广泛的科学和工程博士学位中选择导师。程序。十五年前，当UCLA和Caltech订立了一项隶属关系协议时，MSTP对卓越的承诺也许是最明显的。该隶属关系为每年两名学生提供了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杰出导师的数量，而且似乎增加了该计划的知名度和招聘成功。加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）和加州理工学院（Caltech）的大卫·格芬（David Geffen）医学院的大量机构支持使MSTP的规模增加了，目前有97名学生参加了该计划。 MSTP从最近在UCLA和CALTECH，大学的财务状况以及招募大量出色的新教师到UCLA和Caltech的物理设施的巨大改善中获得了巨大的好处。