TRECOS
This interdisciplinary program is administered by the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Department as the Training Researchers in Community Settings (TRECOS) program and consists of a core of formal course work in epidemiology, bio-statistics and research ethics, a special research seminar series with nationally recognized clinical investigators, and a mentorship arrangement with an established clinical investigator leading to the completion of a clinical research project. Participants will complete the required courses leading to a certificate in an appropriate area such as epidemiology and biostatistics or clinical nursing research.

The program provides participants with in-state MSU tuition and fees (to a guaranteed maximum of 24 credits), allowance for software and academic supplies, an annual research budget, and travel support to attend a national meeting each year.

OMERAD
The Office of Medical Education Research and Development is a unit within the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University. Its mission is to improve medical education and related service programs through evaluation and research, consultation, relevant instruction, and programs of faculty development. Established in 1966, OMERAD is the oldest continuously operating office of medical education in the United States.

Lilly Teaching Program
The Lilly Fellows Program provides an annual year-long fellowship for six junior faculty members from across MSU. Lilly Fellows work with a senior faculty mentor on a project designed to enhance the fellows' teaching skills. Nominations for Lilly Fellows are selected from department chairs and school directors in February of each year (for fellowships to begin in the next academic year).

Committee on Institutional Cooperation Leadership
The CIC consists of the Big 10 universities plus the University of Chicago--sponsors the Academic Leadership program. Each institution annually selects Leadership Fellows to attend a series of three two-day seminars related to activities on their home campuses between seminars. The seminars maximize interaction among all the Fellows.

Community Campuses
Currently, all medical students at MSU’s College of Human Medicine spend their first two years on the East Lansing campus. Students then elect to spend their final 2 years at one of six community campuses including East Lansing, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Kalamazoo, Flint, and the Upper Peninsula. In coming years, it is anticipated that the Medical School class size will expand by 50, with some of the additional students spending their 2nd, 3rd and 4th years at the Grand Rapids campus. Eventually, it is envisioned that a full four-year campus will exist in Grand Rapids. The East Lansing campus will retain its full complement of medical students, residents and fellows during and after this expansion.

Grand Rapids Community Campus
The Grand Rapids Medical Education & Research Center for Health Professions (Education & Research Center) is a medical, health education and research consortium whose mission is to enhance the health of the Grand Rapids community through a variety of programs, education, research activities and services. The founding members of the consortium are Michigan State University, Spectrum Health, Saint Mary's Mercy Medical Center and Grand Valley State University.

The Education & Research Center is unique in that its focus on educational integration is not tied to clinical practice within the community. Instead the Education & Research Center offers:

• An education and research consortium that effectively integrates the training of residents, medical students and health professions students
• A research institute that will serve as the central vehicle for clinical research in Grand Rapids
• An educational organization that promotes education and research on a citywide basis - crossing hospital and university boundaries in a non-competitive manner
• An education and research center that is a model for integrative medical and health professions education.

You are invited to take some time to explore the web site at http://www.grmerc.net/.

The Grand Rapids area is home to a progressive, high-quality medical and health professions community with a strong track record of delivering comprehensive care to the region. More than 900 volunteer clinical faculty participate in the education of our students and residents, offering our trainees a diverse, highly talented and committed group of health professionals from which to learn. The Van Andel Research Institute is an independent research organization designed to improve human health by focusing on cancer research.