Medical Scientist Program

Miles Berger Medical Scientist Training Program, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, and Department of Psychiatry, the University of California, San Francisco, CA... 

MSTP —Medical Scientists Training Program OTA —Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. 

The objectives of the Metals in Medicine Program Announcement (PA-01-071 now reissued as PA-05-001) are i) identification of new targets for drug discovery ii) development of new in vitro and in vivo diagnostics iii) elucidation of new basic concepts that will enable future therapeutics development dnd iv) stimulation of collaborations between inorganic chemists and medical scientists to ultimately increase flie inqiact of bioinorganic chemistry research on health. 

Professor and Chairman, Ivey Chair in Molecular Toxicology, University of Western Ontario Director, The Motherisk Program, Professor of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Medicine, and Medical Genetics, The University of Toronto Senior Scientist, The Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto... 

By 1975, Vietnam veterans, supported by some scientists and politicians, blamed Agent Orange as the cause of their own diseases and of birth defects in their children and demanded medical treatment and monetary compensation. Their efforts received a huge boost from two television programs that associated Agent Orange with cancer in veterans and birth defects in their children.6... 

This special issue reflects the integrated efforts of Department of Defense military and civilian scientists, technicians, and support personnel, along with their partners in academia and industry, who make up the Medical Chemical Defense Research Program. 

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