The mission of the UCSF Musculoskeletal (MSK) Training Program is to prepare a diverse community of Ph.D. scientists and M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. residents and fellows for a lifetime of scholarly pursuits that lead to in-depth understanding and improved care of patients with MSK diseases.
The program also emphasizes basic, clinical and translational science education by providing curricular opportunities designed explicitly for musculoskeletal science; individualized development plans that utilize evidence-based approaches for career planning; exposure to state-of-the-art methods and techniques through workshops, invited lectures, monthly research-in-progress seminars, journal clubs, and an annual retreat; and scientific communication through grant-writing and publication-writing activities and presentations at national meetings.
Learn more about the inaugural cohort of T32 scholars below:
Learn more about the inaugural cohort of T32 scholars below:
Eva González Díaz, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Orthopaedic Surgery
Project: Investigating the role of the gut microbiome in musculoskeletal tissue aging
Mentor: Christopher Hernandez, PhD
Syed Ali, MD
Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery
Project: CRP as an early predictor of fracture-related infection (FRI)
Upasana Bharadwaj, MD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Project: Large-scale imaging analysis of the association between thigh muscle biomarkers and knee osteoarthritis outcomes using deep learning