UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program

We’re excited to bring back our 4th Annual Bike Week for Brain Tumor Research supporting this May 4-11 with a group ride & beach day on Sunday May 4th! The funds we raise will help support brain tumor research, patient financial aid, and support communities. Also, the top 2 riders with the most miles that week will win an ABTA swag bag!

Please consider donating/signing up at the link in bio (tinyurl.com/mstp25bikeweek), and see you in May! And help spread the word! 🧠 🚲

It’s Match Day!! 🩺

Congrats to our MSTP class of 2025 on their matches!!! We are so excited and happy for you!! 🎉

🌟 The 2025 UCLA MD-PhD Summer Research Fellowship Program application is open now! 🌟 Are you an undergraduate interested in the MD-PhD track? Want to spend a summer conducting research at UCLA? Start your application now! 🔬🥼🩺

Link in bio for the application!

For more information about the program: https://mstp.healthsciences.ucla.edu/ucla-md-phd-undergraduate-summer-fellowship/

If you play trivia in West LA, you might be up against some of our MD PhD students! The trivia crew earned 2nd place at trivia night last week! Keep up the good work. 🥈

We loved meeting everyone at last week in Pittsburgh, PA! Our co-director, program manager, and current students spent several days at our booth speaking with the next generation of physician scientists! 🩺 If you missed us please check the link in our bio to our helpful informational sessions on YouTube and we hope to see you back at next year!

We are at this week! Stop by our booth to learn about our MD/PhD program, our summer research fellowship for sophomores and juniors, and talk to current students and staff! We can’t wait to meet you!

We loved meeting everyone at this year! Our co-director, program manager, and two current MSTP students got to speak with prospective students about the MD-PhD path and why we chose UCLA-Caltech. We hope these conversations helped you along your journey toward becoming a physician scientist.

Special congrats to .ucla for winning chapter of the year!! Go Bruins!! 💙 💛

Out today in Nature Immunology: MEF2C regulates NK cell effector functions through control of lipid metabolism by Li et al! Joey Li is a PhD3 in the O’Sullivan lab. Congratulations!!!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-024-01811-2

Our students are excited to bring back our 3rd Annual Bike Week for Brain Tumor Research supporting the American Brain Tumor Association this May 19-26 with a group ride & beach day on Saturday May 25th! The funds we raise will help support brain tumor research, patient programs including financial aid, and support communities.

We’ve upped the prize for the rider with the most miles this year—in addition to the ABTA’s generous swag bag that includes a brain knit hat, shirt, and baseball cap, local favorite Bonsai Coffee Bar will also be awarding a free drink & food item to the winner!

Please consider donating/signing up at the link below, and see you in May! And help spread the word! 🧠🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

tinyurl.com/mstp24bikeweek

Mildred Galvez (MS3) published her work in Cancer Immunology Research, which reports that immune cells can still fight cancer even when the cancer cells lack an important protein recognized by immune cells. See the full press release below. Congratulations Mildred!! 🎊

Study reveals hidden immune defense against cancer Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have found certain immune cells can still fight cancer even when the cancer cells lack an important protein that the immune system relies on to help track down cancer cells.

🩺 It’s a match! 🩺

Congrats to the MSTP Class of 2024!!!! We are so happy for you all and rooting for you in the next part of your journey.

Fun fact: This year we have THREE graduates from our Social Sciences Track. We also have TWO new parents in this year’s graduating class.