Clinical Investigator Training
Program (CITP)
The GCRC is the focal point for training young physician-scientists in the process of clinical investigation. In 1993, the Clinical Investigation Training Program (CITP) was created and funded. The program represents a unique merger between the fields of healthcare, academia, and industry; and is supported by the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Pfizer, Inc., and Merck and Company.
The goal of the fellowship is the training of physicians from a variety of clinical disciplines in the techniques and processes utilized in patient-oriented research. The program is based on a specific curriculum that allows trainees to develop direct experience in the performance of clinical investigation and, at the same time, through didactic course work, provides them with a strong foundation in the computational and statistical sciences, biomedical ethics, principles of clinical pharmacology, in vitro and in vivo measurement techniques, and many aspects of the drug development process. The program is funded by Pfizer Inc. and Merck and Co. which also contributes faculty to the didactic curriculum.
Upon completion of the two years of training, the fellows have developed a strong foundation in patient-oriented research. They are able to apply contemporary research tools to clinically relevant areas of investigation, and they are competitive for careers in patient-oriented research in academic medicine, industry, and regulatory affairs.
Fellows have the option to pursue a Master of Medical Sciences Degree from Harvard Medical School in conjunction with The Clinical Investigator Training Program. The degree is awarded at the end of the two-year period, upon successful completion of the program requirements.
CITP Program Description
CITP Application Form
For more
information please contact
Linda Bard (617) 667-4816.
The
Harvard-Thorndike GCRC is funded by Grant M01 RR01032 from the NCRR, NIH
Please send general questions about
the GCRC to the
Administrative Manager.
Technical questions about this Web site can be addressed to the GCRC's
Webmaster.
General Clinical Research Center
(GCRC)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
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