A quarter-century of training physician-scientists

The Medical Scientist Training Program will celebrate its 25th year of training physician-scientists at the Yale University School of Medicine with a reunion this fall. Scheduled for Nov. 3-4, 2000, the reunion will be open to current trainees as well as graduates. It will feature scientific talks by graduates and panel discussions on the future training of physician-scientists and career pathways taken by graduates. A poster session will highlight the work of current students.

The program, generally referred to as the M.D./Ph.D. Program, trains medical students in the basic sciences through completion of a Ph.D. Since 1975 it has been funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. Most of the program’s 160 graduates have gone on to conduct biomedical research. Eighty students are currently training in the program and participation is expected to increase to 90 over the next five years, with continuing support from the NIH and funds from the School of Medicine.

For further information regarding the M.D./Ph.D. reunion, contact Susan Baserga, M.D./Ph.D. ’88, associate director of academic development at (203) 785-4403.