Program Information

The Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI) hosts five rising second-year medical students each summer from Howard University of College of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine. Rising second-year medical students are matched with a Stanford Cancer Institute faculty member for an eight-week, full-time, on-campus research program that is funded by the Stanford Cancer Institute.

The program is part of Stanford Medicine’s Racial Equity to Advance Community of Health (REACH) Initiative, which helps scholars obtain valuable research experience and grow their professional networks. Stanford Cancer Institute leader Terrance Mayes, EdD, MSOL, and Stanford’s School of Medicine’s Dean Lloyd Minor, MD, lead the REACH initiative. Read more about the Stanford-REACH-HBMC Summer Research Program here.

The summer program aims to foster lifelong interactions and collaborations between the larger Stanford Medicine community and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) partner institutions. Scholars participate in learning and networking opportunities, including luncheons with the Stanford Cancer Institute leadership team, the Stanford Cancer Institute Breakthroughs in Cancer seminars and luncheons with seminar speakers, the Comprehensive Cancer Research Training Program, and other Stanford School of Medicine level events with other HBMC medical students matched with different School of Medicine departments.

Mateen Ghassemi

Mateen Ghassemi

Howard University College of Medicine
Mentor: Alyce Adams, PhD

Whitley Hatton

Whitley Hatton

Howard University College of Medicine
Mentor: Amanda Kirane, MD, PhD-c, FACS, FSSO

Courtney Jeffers

Courtney Jeffers

Morehouse School of Medicine
Mentor: Melody Smith, MD,MS

Elisse Kumah

Keshan Jackson

Morehouse School of Medicine:
Mentor: Quynh-Thu Le, MD

Elisse Kumah

Elisse Kumah

Howard University of College of Medicine
Mentor: Monte Winslow, PhD