Deadline Extended! Apply for Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) Program

Accepting Applications for Master of Science in Clinical Research Program 
Through the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Application deadline extended to May 1, 2025!

The Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) Graduate Program is designed to develop physician scientists interested in clinical research or biomedical informatics to:

• Design and conduct clinical research (clinical trials and observational studies)
• Successfully compete for funding (e.g., foundation grants, NIH K23, or R01's in clinical research)
• Analyze data and interpret research results
• Present research at scientific meetings and in the medical literature
• Critique and interpret the research of others

This MSCR graduate program is offered by the Department of Computational Medicine in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. It is typically a two-year program, including the requirement of a research thesis or capstone project, for those with career aspirations in academic medicine. The MSCR Program has a Clinical Research/Clinical Trials Track option and a Biomedical Informatics Track option. Tuition source is required.

Visit the MSCR program for complete admission requirements and further program/application details.

Applicants must:

• Have an affiliation with UCLA, Harbor-UCLA, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, or Charles R. Drew University (the CTSI partner institutions).
• Be U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals or lawfully admitted permanent residents of the U.S.
• Have a bachelor’s degree or the foreign equivalent.
• Have an MD, DDS, DMD, DO, DC, OD, or ND (Doctor of Naturopathy) degree; or be a doctorally prepared nurse; or have a PhD with clinical responsibilities.
• Have salary and tuition support for the duration of the program and a letter of commitment from their division or department.
• Have selected and established a relationship with a strong research mentor in a clinical department that also has support for the research.

Applications are accepted December 1, 2024 to April 1, 2025, for the academic year beginning in Sept/Oct 2025 (Fall Quarter).

See more TPTS program information.

Email: training@ctsi.ucla.edu