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 |
| Farren Briggs, PhD, ScM | Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| Heather Broihier, PhD (MSTP Associate Director) | Neurosciences |
| Sudha Chakrapani, PhD | Physiology and Biophysics, 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 |
| Pathology - Immunology, Cell Biology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry | |
| Alex Huang, MD, PhD (MSTP Associate Director) | Pathology - Cancer Biology |
| Alan Levine, PhD | Molecular Virology, Pathology - Immunology, Pharmacology, Cell Biology |
| Dave Lodowski, PhD | BSTP representative |
| Kimberly McBennett, MD, PhD (MSTP Clinical Associate Director) | Clinical Curriculum |
| Laura Nagy, PhD | Nutrition, Cell Biology, Pathology - Molecular and Cellular Basis of Disease |
| Polyxeni Philippidou, PhD | Neurosciences |
| Andrew Pieper, MD, PhD (MSTP Associate Director) | Pathology - Molecular and Cellular Basis of Disease, Neurosciences |
| Arne Rietsch, PhD | Molecular Biology and Microbiology |
| Jacob Scott, MD, PhD | 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 |
| Lan Zhou, MD, PhD | Pathology - Cancer Biology |
| Kevin Newhall | Student Representative |
| Christian Essman (ex officio) | MD Admissions Representative |
| Tom McKenzie (ex officio) | MD Admissions Representative |
| Diane Dowd, PhD | MSTP Director of Administrative Operations |