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Annual MSTP Outreach Conference
This fair entitled Transforming Tomorrow's Thinkers (T3) allows undergraduates, high school students, parents, educators, and counselors to learn about physician-scientist careers. It was held Saturday, April 4th, 2009 and had an amazing turn out considering the rainy, cold weather! 31 high school students, 108 undergrad students and 3 advisors participated in learning more about what training for an MD/PhD degree entails. Much positive feedback was received from the evaluations filled out at the end of the day, and we anticipate holding this conference every other year. more info...
The MD/PhD program provides training for some of the most demanding and rewarding careers available today. Typical careers combine the excitement of discovery with the satisfaction of helping people. Success in such careers requires many talents and considerable commitment. Thus, your choice of university for preparation is a major decision.
At Rochester, we develop talent through interactive research, teaching, patient care, and individual mentoring. The University is a medium sized, private research university with an endowment of about a billion dollars. There are roughly 4,000 undergraduate, 2,000 graduate, and 400 medical students. Research and training occurs under the single roof
of the Medical Center and immediately adjacent departments of the College. Clinical aspects of medicine are intertwined with coursework and research from the beginning to the end in Rochester's MD/PhD Curriculum. Many research projects are collaborations between scientists and physicians in different departments, thus facilitating the interdisciplinary approach necessary to solve complex problems in medicine. Rochester's size and physical layout allows an interactive, cooperative, informal, and supportive atmosphere that optimizes both intellectual and personal growth.
Candace Gildner
The thing that really stands out for me is how supportive and approachable the faculty are. They are very caring about students.
Program students take advantage of outstanding opportunities in a wide range of areas, reflecting an appreciation that research aimed at understanding human health and disease takes many forms. Rochester is committed to providing the very best environment for research. For example, over $500 million has been invested in the past 7 years to construct and populate two new research buildings, effectively increasing research opportunities by 50%. New training programs in Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Medicine have been established. To keep pace with these changes, the University expanded its MD/PhD program, increasing the number of new trainees from 2 or 3 per year in 1999 to 8 in 2004. The National Institutes of Health has consistently recognized Rochester as an outstanding place for MD/PhD training: we are entering our 34th year as an MSTP funded institute.
Developing the skills and expertise required to become a physician-scientist requires a great deal of time and effort. The thrill of discovery and the satisfaction of bringing science and medicine together, however, provide rewards that are matched by few endeavors. Rochester's program and environment are designed to maximize this synergism. We invite you to consider our institute for your combined degree training.
M. Kerry O'Banion, MD, PhD, DirectorDoug H. Turner, PhD, Associate Director
