# Medical Scientist Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · 2020 · $1,330,140

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The combined MD-PhD program at Columbia University's College of Physicians and
Surgeons in New York City is designed to train Physician-Scientists who will become
the next generation of leaders in medical research. The growing complexity of both
medicine and science has made it increasingly challenging to sustain a pipeline of
Physician-Scientists. The Columbia Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) is
providing outstanding training and mentorship, thereby supporting this important
national mission. The MSTP at Columbia is embedded in rigorous, intellectual, and
interactive environment. Trainees undertake a modern 18-month preclinical medical
curriculum followed by two clinical rotations, PhD thesis research for 3 to 4 years and
finally another large block of clinical rotations. During the preclinical training, students
are engaged in graduate courses and lab rotations. During thesis research they further
develop clinical skills. Upon completion of the 7 to 8 year program, the trainees emerge
as rigorous, mature, young scientists who are also exceptional clinicians. The trainee
cohort has outstanding credentials. The program's leadership has decades of
experience in graduate and medical education. Students are trained by world-class
mentors in medicine and science and thereby learn to play a key role in the discovery of
important new scientific knowledge and the translation of scientific findings to clinical
practice.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9954089
- **Project number:** 5T32GM007367-45
- **Recipient organization:** COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** STEVEN L REINER
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,330,140
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1976-11-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9954089

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9954089, Medical Scientist Training Program (5T32GM007367-45). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9954089. Licensed CC0.

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