Supporting Clinician Scientists on their way

Combining clinical activity and research is a balancing act and often only possible by protected research periods. In addition to the existing programs at the Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, the MSNZ Clinical Fellowships offer a complementary funding scheme. Clinicians of all career stages are supported by protected research leaves for 6-12 months: during their studies, during their residency or on their way to habilitation. In addition, the MSNZ promotes medical doctorates in close collaboration with the Carus-Promotionskolleg.

The call for fellowships was launched in fall 2020. This spring and summer, five selected applicants start off their projects. The MSNZ portraits the different career paths that lead to becoming a Clinician Scientist. There is the clinician becoming fascinated by computational methods during her doctorate and then broadens her expertise through postgraduate studies and parallel research work being part of the Biomedical Genomics group. Or the clinician who joins Dresden after his PhD in Cambridge to start his residency and further his research in the field of immunotherapy in collaboration with the CRTD. Many faces, many stories - with the ambition to answer open clinical questions in the laboratory. The MSNZ welcomes all of you. We are pleased to walk with you on this journey.