The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) has received a 5-year, $1.5 million training grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medicine Sciences to fund MCW’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). The MSTP provides clinical and research training as an educational foundation for future academic physician scientists.
Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD, professor and interim chair of microbiology and molecular genetics at MCW, and director of the MSTP, is the recipient of the training grant. Gilbert C. White II, MD; Calvin B. Williams, MD, PhD; and Nita H. Salzman, MD, PhD are associate directors of the program and Carol Knapp is the MSTP office administrator.
There is a shortage of physician scientists who conduct research in the basic sciences and also have academic careers in medicine. This training grant supports students seeking a dual MD-PhD degree by providing a stipend and full tuition scholarship during all years of graduate and medical studies.
“MCW is one of the largest private medical schools in the nation, and also one of the fastest growing medical schools in the field of research. Our MSTP students gain knowledge and experience through a combination of classroom training, hands-on patient care, and a variety of research experiences, which puts our graduates on top-tier career paths,” said Dr. Barbieri.
This project is funded by NIH grant 2T32GM080202-06.
About the Medical College of Wisconsin
The Medical College of Wisconsin is the state’s only private medical school and health sciences graduate school. Founded in 1893, it is dedicated to leadership and excellence in education, patient care, research and community engagement. More than 1,200 students are enrolled in MCW’s medical school and graduate school programs in Milwaukee, and 26 medical students are enrolled at MCW-Green Bay. A regional medical education campus is scheduled to open in Central Wisconsin in 2016. MCW’s School of Pharmacy will open in 2017 or 2018 with an initial class size of 60 students. A major national research center, MCW is the largest research institution in the Milwaukee metro area and second largest in Wisconsin. In FY 2013-14, faculty received approximately $154 million in external support for research, teaching, training and related purposes, of which approximately $138 million is for research. This total includes highly competitive research and training awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Annually, MCW faculty direct or collaborate on more than 2,000 research studies, including clinical trials. Additionally, more than 1,350 physicians provide care in virtually every specialty of medicine for more than 425,000 patients annually.
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