UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program

摘要 加州大学洛杉矶分校-加州理工学院MSTP的使命是教育和培养杰出的内科科学家。为了实现这一点 使命，我们目前的目标是：1)招收表现不凡、才华横溢、成就斐然的学生 对科学知识的热情和对研究、医学、服务和领导的终身承诺；2) 帮助引导被录取的学生进入优秀的培训环境，鼓励个人思考和 为成长为有成就的内科科学家提供工具；3)提供全面的支持 系统，以满足学员的需求；以及4)通过发挥越来越多的 在指导当前和未来来自代表不足的民族的学生职业发展方面的突出作用 通过辅导和外展，提高对弱势群体和弱势群体的认识。为了实现这些主要目标， 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、四名副主任和 一个强大的管理团队，所有人都深深地致力于该计划。该计划的设计目标是 平均八年的研究和临床培训相结合。我们以问题为基础的综合医疗 学校课程强调灵活性，特别适合MSTP学生，因为它提供了 增加独立科学探索的时间，并鼓励学员从事以下研究项目 将促进当前关于疾病病因、诊断和治疗的知识。对于博士培训，学生们 选择与加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工学院研究生项目有关联的导师，最常见的是 遗传学与基因组学、免疫学、细胞与发育生物学、神经科学、生物信息学、生物工程、 或者是我们新设立的社会科学赛道。我们节目最近的一个里程碑式的成就是最近的第20个 加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工学院联合成立MSTP(1997)周年纪念 卓越的校园和我们的实习生。第二个值得注意的庆祝成就将是即将到来的 加州大学洛杉矶分校成为加州大学校园的百年纪念(1919年)及其惊人的崛起为世界一流的研究机构， 教育、服务在不到100年的时间里。加州大学洛杉矶分校百年纪念活动的一个突出目标是 筹集40亿美元，其中三分之一专门用于研究。尽管资金环境竞争激烈，但加州大学洛杉矶分校- 加州理工MSTP正处于一个大幅增长的时期，因为大卫大学慷慨的机构支持 加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工大学的格芬医学院。这使得该计划的规模得以扩大， 有107名在校学生。MSTP从以下方面的重大改进和扩展中受益匪浅 加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工大学的物理设施和研究能力，得益于这两家公司强大的财务健康 大学，从招聘许多优秀的新教员到我们的校园。

ABSTRACT The mission of the UCLA-Caltech MSTP is to educate and train outstanding physician-scientists. To fulfill this mission, our current goals are to 1) recruit exceptionally bright and accomplished students who exhibit unusual passion for scientific knowledge and a life-long commitment to research, medicine, service, and leadership; 2) help guide admitted students toward outstanding training environments that encourage individual thinking and provide tools for development into accomplished physician-scientists; 3) provide a comprehensive support system to meet trainees' needs; and 4) enhance physician-scientist diversity by playing an increasingly prominent role in guiding the career development of current and future students from under-represented ethnic groups and disadvantaged backgrounds through mentoring and outreach. To accomplish these major goals as effectively as possible, the UCLA-Caltech MSTP is led by two equal Co-Directors, four 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 combined research and clinical training. Our integrated problem-based medical school curriculum emphasizes flexibility and is particularly well suited for MSTP students because it provides increased time for independent scientific exploration and encourages trainees to pursue research projects that will advance current knowledge of disease etiology, diagnosis, and treatment. For Ph.D. training, students choose mentors affiliated with a broad array of UCLA and Caltech graduate programs, most frequently in genetics & genomics, immunology, cell & developmental biology, neuroscience, bioinformatics, bioengineering, or our newly instituted social sciences track. A recent milestone achievement of our Program was the recent 20th anniversary of the affiliation between UCLA and Caltech into a joint MSTP (1997) for the mutual benefit of these preeminent campuses and our trainees. A second remarkable celebratory achievement will be the upcoming centennial of UCLA becoming a UC campus (1919) and its amazing rise to a world-ranked institution in research, education, and service in under 100 years of existence. A prominent goal of UCLA’s Centennial Campaign is to raise $4 billion, one-third of which is earmarked for research. Despite a competitive funding climate, the UCLA- Caltech MSTP is in a period of substantial growth because of generous institutional support from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and from Caltech. This has permitted an increase in the size of the Program, with 107 current students. The MSTP benefits tremendously from substantial improvements and expansion in physical facilities and research capabilities at UCLA and Caltech, from the strong financial health of both universities, and from the recruitment of many outstanding new faculty members to our campuses.