Research Activities: UCLA STAR

• The Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program
• The Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
• UCLA STAR
• Postdoctoral Training
• California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
• Institute for Molecular Medicine (IMED)
• Broad Stem Cell Research Center
• Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center 

UCLA Specialty Training and Advanced Research (STAR)



The UCLA Department of Medicine offers Ph.D. training combined with clinical fellowship training in the Specialty Training and Advanced Research (STAR) Program. Awardees of this program complete clinical training toward certification in a subspecialty of internal medicine as well as research training to complete a Ph.D. Participating subspecialties include Cardiology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Dermatology, Digestive Diseases, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hematology-Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Pulmonary-Critical Care and Rheumatology. Awardees select their mentors from faculty in the School of Medicine, the College of Letters and Science, the School of Public Health, the RAND Graduate School, and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). In general, the STAR Program begins with approximately 12 to 24 months of clinical fellowship. This is followed by research training in a PhD granting department. The remainder of specialty clinical training is integrated into these research years. The research portion is usually 3 to 4 years.

Additional information can be found at the UCLA STAR Website.