About the Program
The Medical Scientist Training Program at Baylor College of Medicine is designed for highly motivated students. The successful applicant should have both an excellent scholastic record and sustained potential in research. Exposure to both laboratory bench work and clinical care in private practice, academic medicine or emergency room experience is also highly recommended. The combined degree program, while emphasizing continuity between clinical and basic sciences curricula, provides training that can lead to significant scientific contributions in academic and corporate research, clinical practice or a combination of both.
Research Opportunities
Students in the Medical Science Training Program may pursue their research under the auspices of any of the Baylor College of Medicine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences programs as well as Rice University Bioengineering Graduate Program.
M.D./Ph.D. Program Student Articles
Our program students are often included in Baylor College of Medicine news for their noteworthy contributions in research.
Marcus A. Florez
Too much of a good thing – persistent IFNγ depletes progenitor blood cells via BST2
Nathan P. Achilly
Early training delays symptom onset in mouse model of Rett syndrome
Hannah Campbell
Decreased levels of a protein kinase leads to atrial fibrillation
Moez Dawood
Reference genome comparison finds exome variant discrepancies in 206 gene
