Welcome!
WashU MSTP is pleased to offer opportunities for first and second-year undergraduates to experience the outstanding cutting-edge research at Washington University and the wonderful city of St. Louis and its surrounding areas.
Our program aims to combat the decline in the physician-scientist workforce by expanding the pool of applicants applying to MD/PhD programs. MSTP ACCESS primarily recruits undergraduates from institutions classified as Carnegie R2 and below, institutions that tend to have limited research opportunities and fewer students that apply to MD/PhD programs. As the primary goal of ACCESS is to provide ACCESS scholars with exposure to physician-scientist career paths, ACCESS scholars receive laboratory mentorship from current MSTP students, provided with diverse clinical shadowing opportunities, attend weekly seminars that will prepare them for both a successful summer experience and insight to the MD-PhD admission process, and have access to ongoing mentorship.
We are driven to meet the world’s challenges.
Washington University is a place where you can push the boundaries of what it means to learn. We are enriched by wide-ranging exploration and inspired by big ideas as we create new knowledge for an ever-changing world.