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Translational Research: What are the advantages and where do we fit in?

Hung Doan, The University of Texas Medical Branch

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I’m sure many have heard that MD-PhD students may someday be “doctor-doctors,” but besides having two degrees, what does it mean to be an MD, PhD, a physician-scientist? Ultimately, the goals of many if not all MD-PhD Training Programs is to train competent physician-scientists and physician-scholars. In turn we first entered these programs inspired by the goals of alleviating human suffering not only through directed patient care, but also through our talents and interest in biomedical science and research.