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(由申请者提供)：加州大学洛杉矶分校-加州理工学院MSTP的使命是促进杰出内科科学家的教育。为了实现这一使命，我们目前的目标是：1)招收对科学知识表现出非凡程度的热情和终身致力于研究和领导能力的非常聪明和有成就的学生；2)帮助被录取的学生引导优秀的培训环境，鼓励个人思考，并为学生提供发展成为有成就的内科科学家所需的工具；3)提供全面的支持系统，以满足学员的需求；以及4)在指导来自代表性不足的种族群体和弱势背景的本科生的职业发展方面发挥越来越重要的作用。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由两名平等的联席董事、三名副主任和一支强大的行政团队运营，他们都深深地致力于该计划。该课程的平均学习时间为八年。综合的、以问题为基础的医学院课程特别适合MSTP学生，这是因为独立探索的时间增加了，而且更加重视有助于当前疾病病因、诊断和治疗知识的研究进展。对于他们的博士研究，学生们从各种各样的科学和工程博士项目中选择导师。当加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工学院在15年前签订合作协议时，MSTP对卓越的承诺可能是最明显的。这一合作关系每年为两名学生提供在加州理工大学进行论文研究的机会，不仅增加了学生可以获得的优秀导师的数量，而且似乎也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的大卫·格芬医学院和加州理工学院提供了大量的机构支持，使得MSTP的规模得以扩大，目前有97名学生参加了该计划。MSTP受益于加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工大学最近物理设施的显著改善，大学的财务状况，以及加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工大学招聘了大量优秀的新教师。