National Association of M.D./Ph.D. Programs

M.D./Ph.D. National Conference, Keystone, Colorado, July 29-August 1, 2005

• Agenda (PDF, 3 pages, 55KB):

Saturday, July 30

• Welcome and Introductions (PDF, 23 pages, 169KB)- Olaf Andersen, M.D.

• How MD-PhD Programs are funded
• Bert Shapiro, Ph.D.
• Clayton Wiley, M.D., Ph.D.

• Report of the CAS Task Force on Dual Degree Programs, Students, and Faculty (PDF, 8 pages, 82KB)- Clayton Wiley, M.D., Ph.D.

• The Troubled Student: When and How to Intervene (PDF, 44 pages, 86KB)- Susanna Parker, M.D.

• Incorporating Medical Students into a Clinical Research Training Program (PDF, 24 pages, 149KB)- Mark Roberts, M.D., MPP

• Training Clinical Investigators (PDF, 34 pages, 646KB)- Andrew Fishleder, M.D.

• AMCAS Student Application: Designating MD-PhD Programs (PDF, 8 pages, 340KB)- Michelle Sparacino

• AAMC Data and MD-PhD Students (PDF, 4 pages, 452KB)- Gwen Garrison, Ph.D.

• Break-Out Sessions
  • MD-PhD academic policies and procedures (PDF, 12 pages, 91KB)
  • Clinical experiences during the graduate school years (PDF, 12 pages, 36KB)
  • Admissions/Interview process, second visit, deadlines, transfers
  • Tracking (PDF, 7 pages, 19KB)
  • Clinical research in dual-degree programs

• Keynote Address- Jeremy Berg, Ph.D.

Sunday, July 31

• Careers of Recent MD-PhD Graduates
  • Rex Ahima, M.D., Ph.D. (PDF, 6 pages, 30KB)
  • Robert Blaustein, M.D., Ph.D. (PDF, 1 page, 13KB)
  • Douglas Graham, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Douglas Sawyer, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Brian Tseng, M.D., Ph.D.

• Outcome analysis of graduates from non-MSTP and recent MSTP graduates- Gordon Archer, M.D.

• How to put a MSTP application together; site visit prepration, grants management
  • Preparation of an MSTP Grant Application (PDF, 9 pages, 78KB)- Carol Latker, Ph.D.
  • Bert Shapiro, Ph.D.
  • Crafting a TG Application (PDF, 9 pages, 27KB)- Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann, M.D.
  • Things I look for in an MSTP (PDF, 3 pages, 18KB)- Gary Koretzky, M.D., Ph.D.

• Chair's Panel
  • Internal Medicine- William Bremner, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Pathology (PDF, 20 pages, 860KB)- Stephen Galli, M.D.
  • Radiology (PDF, 17 pages, 187KB)- Hedvig Hricak, M.D.
  • Neurology (PDF, 25 pages, 899KB)- Dennis Landis, M.D.
  • Internal Medicine (PDF, 8 pages, 158KB)- Dianna Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Psychiatry- Alan Schatzberg, M.D.

• MD-PhD training as perceived by the NIH Categorical Institutes; targeted recruitment of physician-scientists into selected disciplines
  • MD-PhD Training at NIMH (PDF, 25 pages, 225KB)- Thomas Insel, M.D.
  • NIDCD: Taste and Smell Program (PDF, 4 pages, 52KB)- Barry Davis, Ph.D.
  • NINDS- Story Landis, Ph.D.

Monday, August 1

• Business Meeting
  • President's Report (PDF, 8 pages, 55KB)
  • Secretary's Report (PDF, 4 pages, 45KB)
  • Compensation Survey of MD-PhD Program Directors (PDF, 14 pages, 370KB)- Tony Mazzaschi
  • Minutes (PDF, 4 pages, 36KB)

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