All National Training Centers (NTCs) offer excellent facilities, diverse research programs, and provide the opportunity for interaction with other students participating in the program.
Please be in touch directly with the National Training Centers to determine their availability and program deadline.
Program Directors: Wendy Bollag and Carlos Isales
Available positions: 8 - 11
PARIS Application Deadline: January 31, 2024
Program application portal: https://www.augusta.edu/mcg/phy/t35-application.php
Positions available for students enrolled at these institutions in Puerto Rico, although other applicants will be considered:
- Universidad Central del Caribe (UCC)
- Ponce Health Sciences University
- San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
Program Director: Jane (Jenny) Driver and Cara McLaughlin-Gavin
Program Administrator: Leslie Power
Available positions: 11
Partner sites:
- Boston University
- University of Massachusetts
- University of Mississippi
- Brown University
Program Director: Rainier Soriano
Program website: https://medinfo.mssm.edu/MSTAR
Available Positions: 15
Program Directors: Colleen Christmas
Program Administrator: Lindia Holmes
Available positions: 18
(Please note: The program duration at Johns Hopkins is 8 weeks.)
New York University application deadline: January 29, 2024 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time.
Program Director: Joshua Chodosh
Program Administrator: Emily Johnston
Application Link
NYU 2024 Project List
Available positions: 16
Program Directors: Cathy Lee (cathy.c.lee@ucla.edu), John Shen (johnshen@mednet.ucla.edu)
Program website: https://www.uclahealth.org/geriatrics/mstar
Contact email: uclamstar@mednet.ucla.edu
Available positions: 20
Partner sites: The UCLA Training Center includes positions at the partner sites below:
Students interested in training at UCLA, UCSF or UW must contact the respective program coordinator (UCLA & UCSF) or director (UW) prior to submitting their application. Please contact the UCLA Training Center for an application form as UCLA and its partner sites have their own application and will not accept applications forwarded from other MSTAR training sites.
Program Directors: Benjamin Han and Ellen Lee
Program website: https://medschool.ucsd.edu/research/aging/training/Pages/For-Medical-Students.aspx
Contact email: lajimenez@health.ucsd.edu
Available positions: 18
Program Director: Jan Busby-Whitehead
Associate Program Directors: Ellen Roberts and Joshua Niznik
Administrator: Kristen Ruck
Program website: https://www.med.unc.edu/aging/mstar
Available positions: 14
Interested applicants are required to contact the program and submit an interest form prior to completing their application. UNC Chapel Hill has its own application and will not accept applications forwarded from other National Training Centers.