Parente's innovations caught the attention of Penn State's Schreyer Institute for Innovation in Learning, which is looking for other faculty and programs that can build on her model. D. Program in Penn State's College of Medicine has received a Medical Scientist Training Program Award from the National Institutes of Health. D. students over the next five years. The initial grant, covering the 1998-99 academic year, provides tuition and stipends for two students. The Penn State program provides students interested in careers in academic medicine and research the opportunity to obtain the necessary training in clinical and basic sciences.
Students can obtain two of the highest degrees offered in a seven-year period.
The program prepares trainees for careers in either basic or clinical research and students tend to pursue careers at academic health centers.