Training and Career Development

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A Commitment to discovery and learning

The professional and personal development of our medical students, graduate students, postdocs and trainees, and junior and senior faculty is paramount to accomplishing the overall mission of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, to improve Health and Healthcare.

Our dedicated faculty members are committed to providing excellence in teaching our trainees, and we in turn are committed to providing excellence in learning and development.

To uncover novel cures and treatments, we must evolve our methods and think at pace with a spectrum of rapidly changing human diseases.

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Graduate Students

Graduate Programs in Bioscience is organized to provide the best possible research training and professional development for graduate students pursuing PhDs in the life and biomedical sciences.

PhD Student Opportunities
Postdoctoral Scholars

Postdoctoral Scholars

The Office of Bioscience Postdoctoral Affairs serves postdoctoral scholars and provides resources and training for bioscientists across many professional areas.

Postdoctoral Scholar Opportunities
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MD Students

Outstanding opportunities to contribute to scientific discovery and be exposed to our world-renowned faculty whose ever-evolving innovations and groundbreaking research inform scientific and medical thought around the globe.

MD Student Opportunities
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Residents and Fellows

Programs and funding to attract the strongest research-oriented talent to UCLA and develop them to build competencies in clinical research, basic science research, and health service research.

Resident and Fellow Opportunities
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Physician-Scientists

​Physician-scientists are critical members of the healthcare workforce, connecting the worlds of medicine and research. Explore and embark on research careers with opportunities for students, house staff, and physician faculty.

Physician-Scientist Opportunities
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Faculty

DGSOM faculty elucidate biological processes and solve medical mysteries. Find the resources you need to fuel research regardless of your career level or line of inquiry.

Faculty Opportunities