The Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

The Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at UCLA in conjunction with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is designed for the education and training of exceptionally qualified individuals for careers in biomedical science. The MSTP requires an average of seven years of study leading to both the M.D. and Ph.D. degrees. The program seeks to provide an optimum environment for education and research utilizing the individual talents of participating faculty and students leading to a greater understanding of basic biology and of the causes and treatment of human disease. The program encourages independent thinking, creativity, self-motivated lifelong learning, personal responsibility and service.  Over a hundred faculty at UCLA and Caltech, including members of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, participate in the program. MSTP faculty members tend to be leading researchers expert in postgraduate training or exciting young faculty. The MSTP faculty has strong research funding support from a wide variety of sources including the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and many private organizations and foundations.

Additional information can be found at:

http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/mstp/

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