The Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Steering Committee consists of distinguished faculty members from the basic sciences as well as clinical departments. The committee meets monthly to oversee program operation, review academic and research performance of MSTP trainees, and evaluate applicants to the program.
Steering Committee members are also mentors and role models for MSTP students, and are always willing to respond to students' needs or questions. MSTP students must choose one of the basic science representatives to the Steering Committee to be a member of their PhD thesis committee. Descriptions of their research can be found on the MSTP Mentors page.
| Committee Member | Associated PhD Programs |
|---|---|
| Drew Adams, PhD | Genetics and Genome Sciences |
| A Bolu Ajiboye, PhD | Biomedical Engineering |
| Heather Broihier, PhD (MSTP Deputy Director) | Neurosciences |
| Dana Crawford, PhD | Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Genetics and Genome Sciences |
| Dominique Durand, PhD | Biomedical Engineering, Neurosciences, Physiology and Biophysics |
| Biomedical Engineering, Pathology - Cancer Biology | |
| Robert Fairchild, PhD | Pathology - Immunology |
| Alex Huang, MD, PhD (MSTP Director) | Pathology - Cancer Biology |
| Alan Levine, PhD | Molecular Virology, Pathology - Immunology, Pharmacology, Cell Biology |
| David Lodowski, PhD | BSTP representative |
| Dan Ma, PhD | Biomedical Engineering |
| Kimberly McBennett, MD, PhD (MSTP Clinical Associate Director) | Clinical Curriculum |
| Laura Nagy, PhD | Nutrition, Cell Biology, Pathology - Molecular and Cellular Basis of Disease |
| Reshmi Parameswaran, PhD | Pathology - Cancer Biology and Immunology |
| Polyxeni Philippidou, PhD | Neurosciences |
| Andrew Pieper, MD, PhD (MSTP Associate Director) | Pathology - Molecular and Cellular Basis of Disease, Neurosciences |
| Xin Qi, PhD | Physiology and Biophysics |
| Arne Rietsch, PhD | Molecular Biology and Microbiology |
| Ashleigh Schaffer, PhD | Genetics and Genome Sciences, Pathology - Molecular and Cellular Basis of Disease, Systems Biology and Bioinformatics |
| James Spilsbury, PhD | Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Clinical Translational Science |
| Catherine Stein, PhD | Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Clinical and Translational Science |
| Derek Taylor, PhD | Pharmacology, Biochemistry |
| Paul Tesar, PhD | Genetics and Genome Sciences, Neurosciences |
| David Wald, MD, PhD (MSTP Associate Director) | Pathology - Cancer Biology and Immunology |
| Jennifer Yu, MD, PhD | Pathology - Cancer Biology |
| Sarah Barker | Council President and Student Representative |
| Christian Essman (ex officio) | MD Admissions Representative |
| Tom McKenzie (ex officio) | MD Admissions Representative |
| Diane Dowd, PhD | MSTP Director of Administrative Operations |