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Thank you for your interest in the Physician Scientist Training Program, the MD/PhD combined degree program at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. The PSTP recruits students from the top undergraduate institutions of the United States and Canada, and we are pleased that you would like to learn more about our program. The College of Medicine provides the PSTP student with basic science training in one of our outstanding PhD degree-granting programs as well as clinical training in a mix of superb hospital and outpatient settings. Students work closely with faculty and administrators to plan individual curricular pathways that will best take advantage of Cincinnati's exceptional research and clinical resources. We believe that custom design of curricular pathways provides the special training students will need to generate and apply new information to the understanding, prevention, and treatment of disease. Students in good standing are fully funded (tuition scholarship plus stipend and health insurance) in all years of the combined degree program.

The University of Cincinnati offers an MD/PhD student:

• access to strong research programs in the basic science and clinical departments
• interaction with outstanding graduate and medical students, and with a talented faculty committed to providing an environment which fosters your professional development
• strong administrative support
• interdisciplinary research programs in which both basic research scientists and clinicians participate, particularly in the areas of molecular genetics, developmental biology, environmental genetics, human genetics, neuroscience, cancer biology, cardiovascular biology and physiology, neonatology and infectious diseases
• excellent physical facilities for teaching, research and patient care

The PhD degree is granted through one of the College of Medicine's basic science departments or interdisciplinary programs. The graduate programs are:

• Biomedical Engineering
• Cancer and Cell Biology
• Environmental Health
• Immunobiology
• Molecular & Developmental Biology
• Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry & Microbiology
• Molecular, Cellular & Biochemical Pharmacology
• Neuroscience
• Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine
• Systems Biology and Physiology

If you wish to obtain more information about a particular PhD degree track, please do not hesitate to ask.

Students who wish to be considered for the Physician Scientist Training Program must submit the MD/PhD Program application. In addition, the MCAT or GRE examination is required. The GRE exam can enhance your application, even if you have taken the MCAT.

If you wish to be considered for the Physician Scientist Training Program students must apply through the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS).  Upon receipt of the AMCAS application, all applicants will receive an email directing them to the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine website to complete our On-Line Secondary Application.  The application will be considered complete when we have received the following materials:

AMCAS application
UC on line application
At least one set of MCAT scores and an optional GRE score, (the GRE exam can enhance your application, even if you have taken the MCAT.)
Letters of recommendation

Applications for the 2008 entering class are due by November 15, 2007

The College welcomes applications from women and from members of underrepresented minority groups.  If you have any additional questions, please call Laurie Mayleben at 513-55802380 or email us at physician.scientist@uc.edu.

Sincerely,

Leslie Myatt, Ph.D.
Director, Physician Scientist Training Program
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology

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