Overview of programs
Mayo Clinic is committed to advancing the science of medicine by training and mentoring the next generation of clinicians and scientists — the people who will lead the research and healthcare teams of tomorrow.
Clinical and translational science is focused on speeding the movement, referred to as translation, of scientific discoveries into effective, accessible medical treatments that improve health. Translation of biomedical discoveries depends on the availability of a highly skilled clinical research workforce.
Mayo Clinic's Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS) offers education and career development programs that span the career spectrum, including pre- and postdoctoral programs, courses for allied health staff, and more. Investigators who have completed CCaTS education programs go on to make significant contributions to the understanding of health and the human body.
Education and career development opportunities offered by CCaTS include:
Certificate programs
- Eligibility: Any Mayo Clinic physician, scientist, fellow or resident with a doctoral degree, or employee with a bachelor's degree in a discipline applicable to clinical research who plans to participate on a research team
- Time commitment: 12 credits completed over one year. Applicants must have adequate protected time to complete course requirements within designated program length.
- Cost: Program fee of $9,000
- Benefits: Certificates offer exposure to subject matter and collaboration with Mayo Clinic professionals and other industry leaders. Some certificates also incorporate mentored research experience, publications, and projects.
- Outcomes: Certificate from Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
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Clinical Trialist Training Program (CTTP)
- Eligibility: Mayo Clinic senior associate consultant, within seven years of initial consultant appointment or completion of terminal training program (the highest degree in a field of study)
- Time commitment: Two years
- Cost: Program funded by Mayo Clinic CCaTS and trainee's division or department
- Benefits: Protected research time, mentored clinical trial experience, graduate-level education related to clinical trials
- Expectations: 40% protected research time to complete didactic and experiential program components
- Outcomes: Design and development of a pilot clinical trial, development of skills essential to leading clinical trials
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KL2 Mentored Career Development Program
- Eligibility: Early-career clinicians and scientists employed by Mayo Clinic with a 1.0 FTE
- Time commitment: Three years
- Cost: Program funded by the National Institutes of Health and Mayo Clinic CCaTS
- Benefits: Salary plus research and travel fund, up to program limits
- Expectations: Completion of a clinical and translational science research project, 75% to 100% protected time
- Outcomes: Ability to apply for extramural research grants as an independent investigator and lead a research team
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M.D.-M.S. Program
- Eligibility: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine students
- Time commitment: One year of coursework plus other milestones completed throughout medical school
- Cost: Program fee covered by award
- Benefits: Mentored research experience
- Expectations: Completion of a thesis
- Outcomes: Master of Science degree (M.S.) from Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
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M.D.-Ph.D. Program
- Eligibility: Predoctoral students
- Time commitment: 7 to 8 years
- Cost: Tuition covered by program
- Benefits: Stipend, guaranteed internal fellowship
- Expectations: Completion of a thesis
- Outcomes: Medical degree (M.D.) from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine; doctoral degree (Ph.D.) from Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
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Postdoctoral Master's Degree Program
- Eligibility: Any Mayo Clinic physician, scientist, fellow or resident with a doctoral degree in a discipline applicable to clinical research who plans to have a research career leading a research team
- Time commitment: 45 credits completed over two years
- Cost: Program fee of $20,000
- Benefits: Mentored research experience
- Expectations: Completion of a thesis resulting in a minimum of one first-author manuscript
- Outcomes: Master of Science degree (M.S.) from Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
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Ph.D. Program
- Eligibility: Predoctoral students and clinical or research fellows
- Time commitment: 68 credits completed over 4 to 5 years
- Cost: Tuition covered by program
- Benefits: Stipend, guaranteed internal fellowship, mentored research experience
- Expectations: Completion of a thesis
- Outcomes: Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) from Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
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Workforce Development
- Eligibility: All research team members
- Time commitment: Varied; classroom and online learning
- Benefits: Convenient and flexible education on research concepts and methods
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