Vickery Trinkaus-Randall, PhD, and Steven Borkan, MD, Receive $1.6M Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Award to Train MD/PhD Students
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Congratulations to Vickery Trinkaus-Randall, PhD, professor of biochemistry & cell biology, and ophthalmology, and Steven Borkan, MD, associate professor of medicine, who have received a multi-PI Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The $1.6 million award is the first received by BU for the MD/PhD program. It will contribute to the training of at least four MD/PhD students per year to become clinician scientists through research and clinical training opportunities.
Trinkaus-Randall and Borkan both serve as co-directors of the MD/PhD program. Learn more about the MSTP Award in the full Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine article, published here.