UCSD MSTP

Official account for the Medical Scientist Training Program @UCSanDiego

[UC San Diego Neurological Surgery @UCSDNeuroSurg]

That’s a wrap with our summer SURF (@ucsd_mstp) program interns at #UCSDNeuroSurg! They gained valuable clinical and research experience under the guidance of faculty members Drs. David Santiago-Dieppa, Thomas Beaumont, Najla Kfoury-Beaumont and Joseph Ciacci.

[University of California @UofCalifornia]

Congratulations to the 2024 #GradSl winners!
1st Place: Iris Garcia-Pak @ucsandiego @ucsdneuro
2nd Place/People’s Choice: Kacie Ring @ucsantabarbara @eembucsb
3rd Place: Shannon Brady @ucriverside

[Alec J. Calac, PhD @ajcalac]

Honored to learn that I am the recipient of the @AMSANational Racial Justice in Medicine Award, honoring an individual who has done unparalleled work towards mitigating health disparities. I am happy to be at an institution that values and supports my advocacy. @UCSD_DCP ❤️

[UCSD MSTP @ucsd_mstp]

Great to see @bethanyfixsen and @jamesdhocker featured in the @BrighamMedRes Bulletin! We are sad to see you leave California, but so excited for your new journey in Boston!
https://t.co/dwYKxdPuyT

[Evan Masutani, MD, PhD @EvanMakes]

So incredibly grateful to have couples matched in San Diego with my wife @HanaMedDO!!! Our 👶🏻 Grace and 🐶 Ozzy are overjoyed! #Match2024 @UCSDMedSchool @WesternUCOMP @UCSDRadRes @ucsd_mstp @HsiaoMDPhD @albertssong @SanYsidroHealth

[James Hocker, MD, PhD @jamesdhocker]

Thrilled to have couples matched at @BrighamMedRes with @bethanyfixsen - we are so excited to start!!! Thank you to our family, friends, and mentors Neil Chi, @UCSDGlassLab, & Bing Ren #UCSDMatch2024 @UCSDMedSchool @ucsd_mstp @UCSDBMS

[UCSDRadRes @UCSDRadRes]

Congratulations to this amazing group of super stars! 🌟We're so excited to have you all!

Welcome to the FAMILY!🤩

#radres #matchday

[Meghana Pagadala MD PhD @meghatron2016]

So excited to bring some California to New York ❤️☀️😎

[Amir Zarrinpar @Zarrinparlab]

🎉Thrilled to welcome the newest cohort of trainees to the UCSD Physician Scientist Training Program! Here's to groundbreaking discoveries and advancing healthcare together. #UCSDPSTP #FutureLeadersInMedicine @ucsdim @UCSDHealthSci

[Lawrence T Wang @Lawreate7]

Matched to my #1 residency program, Cornell’s physician scientist track! Thank you to my family, friends, mentors, and organizations like @PDSoros @NIHOxCam @ucsd_mstp who supported me along this long road.

[Quynh P. Nguyen, MD, PhD (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @quynhtissential]

Peds ID here I come 🤩🥳🥰

[UC San Diego School of Medicine @UCSDMedSchool]

Co-author and medical student in the @ucsd_mstp program, Anna Lussier, said she took an interest in the incidents while treating migrants with falling injuries in a trauma unit. ⬇️

[UCSD MSTP @ucsd_mstp]

Congrats to @UCSDMedSchool MSTP Student Alec Calac @ajcalac on receiving the Fitzhugh Mullan Rising Star Award by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards for Excellence in Social Mission in Health Professions Education! @GWpublichealth

https://t.co/p7aGjRs49G

[Quynh P. Nguyen, MD, PhD (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @quynhtissential]

One step closer to becoming a doctor doctor. Baby girl Quynh leveling up to pediatrician Quynh very soon.

[UCSD MSTP @ucsd_mstp]

Congrats, Hunter! We are cheering you on from San Diego.

[Hunter Bennett @hbennett_mdphd]

Two weeks ago I was honored to receive the Paul and Barbara Insel Endowed Award on Behalf of a Medical Scientist Training Program Graduate from @ucsd_mstp, presented by our amazing (but twitterless) program directors Paul Insel and Neil Chi.

[UCSD MSTP @ucsd_mstp]

Swing by the Salk tomorrow to hear Elischa Sanders’ thesis defense!! 🥳🥳

[UCSD MSTP @ucsd_mstp]

Belated congratulations Quynh!! 🤩🤩 Check out her exciting work on memory CD4+ T cells!

[Quynh P. Nguyen, MD, PhD (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @quynhtissential]

My first first-author paper is finally out!!! Special thanks to @GoldrathLab for believing in my ability to get this done and @KennidyTakehara for carrying the project while I juggled med school ❤️

Hopefully more to come. CD4 T cells are the best 😎

https://t.co/2mdE7K7SEO

[UCSD MSTP @ucsd_mstp]

Congrats Meghana!! 🎊🎉

[Meghana Pagadala MD PhD @meghatron2016]

Finally out in @NatureComms 🙌

Excited to share our comprehensive analysis of host genetics underlying the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME)!
https://t.co/YA7ev5rdsA

[UCSD MSTP @ucsd_mstp]

Congrats Evan!! 🥳🥳

[Albert Hsiao 蕭, MD, PhD, FNASCI, FSCMR, FAHA 🐳 @HsiaoMDPhD]

Excited to see this work by @EvanMakes #AiDALab online @RadiologyCTI. Since we started applying this algorithm daily at @UCSDHealth, its striking how reliable it has been for detecting wall motion abnormalities and myocardial dyssynchrony. https://t.co/DEqZlE1k5f

[UCSD MSTP @ucsd_mstp]

Grace’s work is also featured in @Nature https://t.co/emaXuFkjue
We’re so proud of you! 🫶

[UCSD MSTP @ucsd_mstp]

Check out Grace McAuley’s (MS1) first first-author paper in @CellCellPress! Congratulations Grace!!! 🥳🥳🙌🙌

[Grace McAuley @Grace_Mcauley]

Today we report in @CellCellPress, a study led by the labs of Donald Kohn (@kohnlab) and Gay Crooks in collaboration with @davidrliu's team, in which we utilized adenine base editing to correct the mutation that causes CD3 delta severe combined immunodeficiency in HSPCs (1/8)