This two-year predoctoral training program is designed for medical students and is integrated into the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine five-year MD/Research track.

Click here for an online version of the application form.

Applicant agrees to the following:

• • Commit to 2 years of training
  • Participate in the weekly Friday geriatric seminars (1.5 hours per week) and Pepper seminars (twice monthly)
  • Take at least one of the aging concentration courses in the CRTP, or if pursuing a basic science area, an alternative source of formal learning about aging research such as the month’s Biology of Aging seminar
  • Create and maintain a career portfolio with goals and timelines, self-assessment, and progress reports every 6 months
  • With the mentor, develop and submit to the T32 director a proposal for a specific project with publishable findings, preferably prior to starting the year but at minimum by month 3 of the training year

Application should include:

• • Completed Application Form
  • Statement of Career Goals (not to exceed 1 page)
  • Reference letters from applicant’s proposed mentor and one other reference
  • Curriculum vitaeor biographical sketch
  • Primary mentor’s NIH biographical sketch