CTSI 500 Stars Initiative
A Bright Future Starts Here
As a participant you’ll receive:
- real-life practical education and research training (non-credit)
- lifelong mentorship & support
- career and professional development
- hands-on experiences with CTSI teams and partners
- the opportunity to serve your community
The CTSI 500 Stars Initiative offers 8 weeks (about 2 months) of training and educational opportunities working with CTSI regional partners. Internship sites may include research labs, research support settings, clinical care settings, community sites, and much more. We offer experiences in clinical and translational science settings at CTSI partner and collaborator sites shown here, as well as in the community.
Hear from our 500 Stars Students
My favorite thing personally would be our session in the cadaver lab. We got to learn a lot of things about how our own bodies work.
Aaron Lee
2023 First-year 500 Stars Student
Program Expectations
- Interest in health science career pathways
- High School Students must meet proficiency or higher/2.5 CGPA or higher AND must by at least 16 years of age starting the program
- College/Graduate students must maintain a 3.0 CGPA or higher
- Students must commit to the 8-week summer internship
We are the 500 Stars Initiative
Who We Are
The CTSI 500 Stars Initiative is a ten-year, comprehensive, multi-institutional, and community-focused, education and workforce diversity plan, with the overarching objective of replenishing, while increasing diversity in the translational science workforce. Student family members are essential to career achievement and success; as such, the program also engages family members throughout the entire student experience.
We offer direct, hands-on, professional experiences in clinical and translational science settings at CTSI partner and collaborator sites, as well as in the community. The Initiative works with well- established regional partners to move the translational workforce along existing regional diversity pipelines. Our Initiative takes both direct and supportive roles in the educational and workforce diversity pipeline.
Our Vision
Our Mission
Our Goal
Our Team
Reza Shaker, MD
Assoc Provost, Sr Assoc Dean, Ctr Dir, Chief, Prof
Contact Us
Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin
500 Stars Initiative
8701 Watertown Plank Rd., Suite M1350
Milwaukee, WI 53226
(414) 955-8200
