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The Stony Brook University School of Medicine, in conjunction with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory, sponsor a medical scientist training program (MSTP) leading to both the MD and PhD degrees. The purpose of the MSTP, partially funded by a competitive grant from the National Institutes of Health, is to train academic medical scientists for both research and teaching in medical schools andresearch institutions. Graduates of this program are equipped to study major medical problems at the basic level, and at the same time, to recognize the clinical significance of their discoveries.

Stony Brook is located in a region of coves, beaches, and small historic villages on the North Shore of Long Island, approximately 50 miles east of New York City. The area has retained its distinctive New England flavor and combines the charm of a rural setting minutes from the waters of Long Island Sound with proximity to the cultural, scientific, and industrial resources of the nation's largest city. The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is about 25 miles west, and Brookhaven National Laboratory about 18 miles east of Stony Brook.

Stony Brook University, State University of New York, was founded in 1957 at Oyster Bay, Long Island. In 1960, it was designated the State University's fourth University Center with a mandate to develop undergraduate and graduate programs in the humanities, sciences, social sciences, and engineering. In 1962, it moved to its present location at Stony Brook, where it has grown to a campus with eighty-one buildings on 1,100 acres, including the nineteen-story University Hospital. Stony Brook is a Type I research University (ranked in the top 2%) and is one of the top three public research Universities in the country. The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has grown into one of the world's most important independent centers for biological research. The Brookhaven National Laboratory, one of the major government research centers in the country, is managed by Stony Brook and Battelle Memorial Institute and carries out important research in all areas of science and engineering.