The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), together with the Association of University Professor of Neurology (AUPN), and the American Neurological Association (ANA) invite medical students to this clinician/scientist symposium held in June over a two-day weekend in Washington, D.C. All travel, lodging and meals are provided to those who attend.

The purpose of this symposium is to describe and discuss options for clinical training, strategies for successfully melding clinical and research careers, sources of and strategies for obtaining research support, and other aspects of career development in the neurosciences.

The goals of this symposium are to: 1) encourage medical students with neuroscience research training to pursue clinical training (with special emphasis on neurology) and choose clinician-scientist careers, 2) describe and discuss strategies for successfully melding clinical and research careers, 3) discuss the satisfactions and power of a combined research and clinical career, 4) describe and discuss the sources of and strategies for obtaining training and research support, and 5) provide an opportunity for students to meet academicians who have successfully combined clinical and research careers in neuroscience.

We are looking for medical students who have completed at least one year of research training during medical school in disciplines pertinent to neurobiology. The ideal candidate will have also completed some required clinical clerkships, as this is the time when many students will be making decisions about further clinical training. Medical students at other stages of their training may also be candidates. Both MD-PhD students and MDs with significant research training are encouraged to apply.