# Medical Scientist Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · 2023 · $58,054

## Abstract

The University of Illinois at Chicago provides a Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) of combined MD and
PhD training, requiring seven to eight years for completion of the requirements for both advance degrees. The
University of Illinois at Chicago is the largest institution of higher education in Chicago, and has been one of the
fastest growing comprehensive universities in the nation. During the last decade the College of Medicine made
growing, dedicated investments in both PhD and MD-PhD training.
The curriculum for MSTP students includes the major portions of the medical school and graduate college
curricula in a manner designed to minimize duplication and provide an integrated physician-scientist education.
Most Medical Scientist Training Program students pursue PhD training in one of the five basic science
departments of the College of Medicine, or in the interdepartmental Neuroscience program that is housed in
the College. Others obtain PhDs with the Bioengineering Department that is joint between the Colleges of
Medicine and Engineering. Additionally, some can and do select training with investigators located among
several programs in other colleges, including the School of Public Health and the College of Pharmacy. All
participating departments and programs have rigorous, well-established graduate training programs, careful
supervision of students, many NIH-funded investigators, and many connections to clinician-scientists. In
academic year 2015-16 there are 61 students in the program.
The value of physician-scientists to biomedical research is widely recognized, as is the need for programs to
bolster the number of such researchers. Compared to other physicians, MD-PhDs stand out for their scientific
insight into bedside problems, and as innovative champions of progress in medicine. MD-PhD programs are a
major source of the nation's physician-scientists, and arguably provide the best route to such careers.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10913682
- **Project number:** 3T32GM079086-15S2
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Mark I Rosenblatt
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2023
- **Award amount:** $58,054
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2007-07-01 → 2024-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10913682

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10913682, Medical Scientist Training Program (3T32GM079086-15S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10913682. Licensed CC0.

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