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Medical Scientist Training Program

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Medical Scientist Training Program

Our program offers outstanding medical education, augmented with pathways for students wishing to integrate clinical care with social action, in Global Health, Underserved Communities, Indian Health, Hispanic Health, Black Health Justice, and LGBTQ Health. Our program offers research opportunities in one of the most innovative biomedical research centers in the world. Our program offers work and life embedded in a vibrant city and in the unparalleled natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. We invite you to learn more about us.

Upcoming Events

MSTP Journal Club
November 21, 2024 12:00 pm
MSTP Dinner Meeting
November 21, 2024 6:00 pm
MSTP Journal Club
December 5, 2024 12:00 pm

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What's Happening

E24 White Coat Ceremony

We are excited to celebrate a monumental achievement for our first year medical students. Family and friends travel across the country to celebrate this accomplishment.

2024 Alumni Natasha Edman co-first author on Cell paper

Natasha's work in the Institute for Protein Design and the Baker Lab has been published in Cell. She helped lead a project showing they're able to direct human stem cells to form new blood vessels in the lab using computer-designed proteins.

Justin Thomas, E-22, wins 2024 ASH Minority Award

University of Washington is proud to announce that Justin Thomas, has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to participate as one of nine to participate as one of nine graduate students in the 2024 ASH Minority Hematology Graduate Award (MHGA). The Minority Hematology Graduate Award, part of the ASH Minority Recruitment Initiative,...

Courtnie Paschall, E-16 makes Husky 100 list

Courtnie Paschall, MSTP founder of Invirtualis Inc. has made the 2024 Husky 100 list. Courtnie’s PhD research in the School of Medicine has helped allow her to explore new pathways in medical technology and innovation through clinical experience. Leading a team of students in advanced neuroscience research and neurotechnology development, Courtnie built the first bidirectional...

New Paper in Nature Biomedical Engineering

First author Alex DeGrave (MSTP entry 2018) and co-author Joe Janizek (MSTP entry 2016), audit the inference processes of medical-image classifiers by leveraging generative AI and the expertise of physicians.

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