Stony Brook University, in conjunction with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory, sponsors a medical scientist training program (MSTP) leading to both the MD and PhD degrees. The purpose of the MSTP, partially funded by a competitive grant from the National Institutes of Health, is to train academic medical scientists for both research and teaching in medical schools and research institutions. Graduates of this program are equipped to study major medical problems at the basic level, and at the same time, to recognize the clinical significance of their discoveries.
Students enrolled in the MSTP attend medical school fortwo years and then pursue graduate study for three to four years. Upon completion of their graduate studies, students re-enter medical school and complete their clinical training. However, variations in this program of study can also be undertaken.
Students matriculated into the MSTP are considered to have been accepted into both the Medical School and the Graduate School (with an undeclared major for the latter; specific programs of study, e.g. Genetics, Pharmacology, or Neuroscience, are chosen at a later time).
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