Prospective Trainees

Specialty Training and Advanced Research

The STAR Program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is a unique curriculum designed for optimal training of physician-scientists.
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By the Numbers

STAR Graduates’ Successes

Fellows/residents admitted to the STAR Program complete clinical training toward board certification in internal medicine, its subspecialties.
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Your Career Track

Career Tracks

The STAR Program begins with approximately 12-24 months of fellowship clinical training, followed by combined clinical and research training in one of four research career tracks. Learn More >

• Discovery of enhanced bone growth could lead to new treatments for osteoporosis

  01/17/2019

• UCLA scientists create a renewable source of cancer-fighting T cells

  01/17/2019

• California must build workforce to serve older adults’ behavioral health needs, UCLA report says

  01/16/2019

• Father of two thanks blood donors who saved his life

  01/16/2019

• UCLA researcher uses big data to help optimize cancer treatment

  01/15/2019

• UCLA researchers correct genetic mutation that causes IPEX, a life-threatening autoimmune syndrome

  01/10/2019

• UCLA study shows tumors are not as addicted to glucose as previously thought

  01/09/2019

• UCLA receives $5 million to expand geriatric care and training

  01/07/2019
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Quick Resources

• Learn more about how to apply to the STAR program
• STAR Leadership
• STAR Program FAQs

Partners

• California Institute of Technology
• Pardee RAND Graduate School

Why Choose UCLA STAR?

"As a philosophy, STAR encourages you to lead rather than to follow and that’s the path that most (STAR) awardees take. They choose to reach for the stars rather than sit back and admire them.”

- Tamer Sallam, MD PhD (STAR Program Assistant Director)