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医学科学家。履行这一 使命，我们目前的目标是1）招募格外聪明和有成就的学生谁表现出不寻常的 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走向优秀的培训环境，鼓励个人思考， 为发展成为有成就的医生-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;和4）通过发挥越来越多的 在指导来自代表性不足的少数民族的当前和未来学生的职业发展方面发挥突出作用 通过辅导和外联，帮助弱势群体和弱势背景的人。为了实现这些主要目标， 尽可能有效地，加州大学洛杉矶分校-加州理工学院MSTP是由两个平等的共同主任，四个副主任， 一个强大的行政团队，所有人都深深致力于该计划。该计划的结构是为了 平均8年的研究和临床培训。我们基于问题的综合医疗 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，并鼓励受训人员从事研究项目， 将推进当前对疾病病因、诊断和治疗的认识。博士学位培训，学生 选择隶属于加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工学院研究生课程的导师，最常见的是在 遗传学和基因组学，免疫学，细胞和发育生物学，神经科学，生物信息学，生物工程， 或者我们新设立的社会科学课程。我们计划最近的一个里程碑式的成就是最近的第20届 加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工学院加入联合MSTP（1997年）的周年纪念日， 卓越的校园和我们的学员。第二个值得庆祝的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（1919年）及其惊人的崛起，以世界排名的研究机构， 教育和服务在不到100年的存在。加州大学洛杉矶分校百年运动的一个突出目标是 筹集40亿美元，其中三分之一用于研究。尽管竞争激烈的资金环境，加州大学洛杉矶分校- 加州理工学院MSTP是在一个时期的大幅增长，因为慷慨的机构支持，从大卫 加州大学洛杉矶分校格芬医学院和加州理工学院。这使得该方案的规模得以扩大， 现有学生107人。MSTP从以下方面的实质性改进和扩展中受益匪浅： 加州大学洛杉矶分校和加州理工学院的物理设施和研究能力，从两者的强大的财务健康 从大学，并从许多优秀的新教师招聘到我们的校园。

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.