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 our second cohort of T32 scholars below:
Learn more about our second 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
Ryan Halvorson, MD
Resident, Orthopaedic Surgery
Project: Markerless Motion Capture and Movement Quality Algorithms to Predict Injury Risk in High School Sports
Zsofia Torok, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
Project: Identifying Sex-Specific Pathways of Hypothalamic-Ventricular Crosstalk in Bone Homeostasis
Mentor: Holly A. Ingraham, PhD