T32GM145402

Medical Scientist Training Program - Project Summary / Abstract

This application will support and renew the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at Stanford University School of Medicine. In over 50 years of continuous NIH funding, over 350 trainees have graduated from this program, many of whom have become leaders in their fields of academic medicine and biomedical research. Our program provides a superb environment and unique advantages for fulfilling our mission "to train a diverse cohort of pioneering physician scientist (PS) leaders dedicated to a lifetime of biomedical discovery that improves human health through innovation."

Dual degree pre-doctoral training in the Stanford MSTP has durably produced successful outcomes in our trainees, based on several metrics used to compare MD/PhD programs nationally, including low attrition and time to degree conferral, publication record, and high retention of graduates in biomedical research careers.

This proposal describes important changes in the Stanford MSTP. Program enhancements include a significantly increased level of institutional support, reflected in increased staffing and faculty effort to direct the MSTP; increased financial support for student training by the School of Medicine; integrated training in rigorous, reproducible, responsible, and safe research conduct throughout the curriculum; improved mentoring and monitoring mechanisms for students throughout their training; enhanced career development training and physician scientist community building; new physician scientist training tracks for MD-only students and recruitment for internal admission to the MSTP; enhanced integration of MD-only trainees in MSTP activities; and substantial new initiatives to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels of the program.

Together, the increased institutional support, increased effort by School of Medicine faculty and leadership, dedicated program enhancements, and integration of clinical and graduate training have changed, expanded, and improved the Stanford MSTP. Support through this proposal, heavily leveraged with School of Medicine and university resources, will support continuing innovation in training physician scientists at Stanford.

The Leland Stanford Junior University

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES (NIGMS) SUPPORTS BASIC RESEARCH THAT INCREASES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCES IN DISEASE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION. NIGMS ALSO SUPPORTS RESEARCH IN SPECIFIC CLINICAL AREAS THAT AFFECT MULTIPLE ORGAN SYSTEMS: ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PERI-OPERATIVE PAIN, CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY ?COMMON TO MULTIPLE DRUGS AND TREATMENTS, AND INJURY, CRITICAL ILLNESS, SEPSIS, AND WOUND HEALING.? NIGMS-FUNDED SCIENTISTS INVESTIGATE HOW LIVING SYSTEMS WORK AT A RANGE OF LEVELSFROM MOLECULES AND CELLS TO TISSUES AND ORGANSIN RESEARCH ORGANISMS, HUMANS, AND POPULATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, TO ENSURE THE VITALITY AND CONTINUED PRODUCTIVITY OF THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE, NIGMS PROVIDES LEADERSHIP IN SUPPORTING THE TRAINING OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS, ENHANCING THE DIVERSITY OF THE SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE, AND DEVELOPING RESEARCH CAPACITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

93.398 - Cancer Research Manpower

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) [HHS - NIH]

National Cancer Institute (NCI) [HHS - NIH]

Stanford, California 94305 United States

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Medical Scientist Training Program (T32) (PAR-21-189)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 335% from $1,825,192 to $7,940,810.