MSU dual medical degree program offers fellowships for translational research

Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health is supporting its mission of advancing translational research by funding some highly sought-after fellowships for the M.D.-Ph.D. program at Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine.

According to excerpts from the story:

With financial support for fellowships from Spectrum Health, six students at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine are pursuing the M.D.-Ph.D. program that supports the local mission of translational research. Loc Thang, a University of Michigan graduate who grew up in Grand Rapids, is one of them. At U-M, Thang was part of a special program in biomedical engineering, receiving both an undergraduate and master's degree at the end of five years.

He participated in the university's Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program for his entire time in Ann Arbor. "That's when I got intrigued," he said. "What I was doing, nobody else was doing. That was kind of cool. Every day, I became more interested in research."

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