Welcome

UAB offers an NIH-funded Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), a combined MD/PhD program designed to prepare students for careers that combine laboratory investigation of disease mechanisms with the practice and teaching of clinical medicine in an academic setting.

Read a message from Dr Robin Lorenz, MD, PhD, the director of the UAB MSTP.

 

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Program Highlights

Join a unique and select group of students training to become tomorrow's leaders in science and medicine by earning a combined MD/PhD degree.

 

The UAB MSTP program offers:

  • Tuition waivers
  • Competitive stipends
  • Funding for books, medical equipment, travel
  • Dedicated and supportive mentors

 

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Visit UAB MSTP on Facebook to interact with other students in the program or if you have questions about the UAB MSTP

 

 

 

News and Events

MSTP Newsletter

The MSTP Newsletter is here! Check out the featured articles and the "Things to Do" recommendations by our MSTP students.

Graduate Student Research

The UAB MSTP congratulates all of the students who participated in the 2008 UAB Graduate Student Research Day and for the excellence they demonstrated in their research.

Congratulations to MSTP students for their research contributions!  Check out the list of featured publications by the UAB MSTP

Program Information News

Interview dates and admissions information for the UAB MSTP are available on the admissions process page.

The UAB MSTP announces residency appointments for the Class of 2008.  Congratulations!

The UAB MSTP welcomes a new class of nine students to the program for the Class of 2012.

 

Featured Student

Ryan Corrick
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
Lab: Joseph Messina, PhD
Department: Pathology

Congratulations, Ryan!...

Medical Student Research Day
Finalist, Intermediate-Term Project

"Fasting increases the severity of hepatic growth hormone resistance following trauma and hemorrhage"

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Student Directory

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