M-TRAM Faculty Capstone Advisors (Current and Past)

The list of faculty on our website is not comprehensive. While students often select from this list for their capstone projects, they may also propose other Stanford faculty. With the faculty member’s agreement and M-TRAM leadership approval, students can complete their capstone project with a faculty member of their choice. These arrangements are typically finalized during onboarding before arrival at Stanford.

  • Nima Aghaeepour, PhD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics and Biomedical Sciences
     
  • Russ Altman, MD, PhD, Kenneth Fong Professor of Bioengineering, Genetics, Medicine, Biomedical Data Science and (by courtesy) Computer Science), past chairman of the Bioengineering Department
     
  • Allison Betof Warner, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Oncology), Director of the Melanoma Program and Faculty Leader of the Melanoma|Cutaneous Oncology Clinical Research Group in the SCI-Cancer Clinical Trials Office

  • Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, Baker Family Director of Stanford Sarafan ChEM-H, Anne T. and Robert K. Bass Professor, School of Humanities and Sciences

  • Vivek Bhalla, MD, FASN, FAHA, Associate Professor of Medicine / Nephrology, Director, Stanford Hypertension Center,  Stanford University School of Medicine

  • James D. Brooks, MD, Keith and Jan Hurlbut Professor of Urology, Director, U54 Stanford O'Brien Urology Research Center, Vice Chair, Department of Urology, Chief, Urologic Oncology, Department of Urology

  • Anne Lynn S. Chang, MD, Professor of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine
     
  • Ian Chen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease) and of Radiology (Veterans Affairs), Director, Translational Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Director, VA/PAVIR Summer Research Program

  • Steven Corsello, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine (Oncology), Assistant Professor (By courtesy), Chemical and Systems Biology, The Josephine Q. Berry Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research
     
  • Christina Curtis, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Genetics and Biomedical Data Science, Director of Artificial Intelligence and Cancer Genomics, Director - Breast Cancer Translational Research (Stanford Cancer Institute), Co-Director - Molecular Tumor Board, Stanford Cancer Institute
     
  • Dean Felsher, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Oncology) and of Pathology, TRAM Director, M-TRAM Faculty Director, Co-Director Cancer Nanotechnology Program, Department of Radiology, Stanford School of Medicine, Director of Admissions/Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, Director of Advanced Residency Training Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Co-Director of Spectrum KL2 Mentored Development Program, Stanford University, School of Medicine
     
  • Nathanael Gray, MD, PhD, Krishnan Shah Family Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, Co-Lead of Medicinal Chemistry (IMA: Innovative Medicines Accelerator)
     
  • Prasanna Jagannathan, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and of Microbiology and Immunology

  • Purvesh Khatri, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine (Biomedical Informatics), Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection

  • Peter S. Kim, PhD, Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor of Biochemistry, Lead Investigator, Infectious Disease Initiative, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
     
  • Crystal Mackall, MD, (Capstone Primary Advisor Faculty Mentor), Founding Director of the Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine

  • Vinit Mahajan, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Vice Chair for Research (Ophthalmology)

  • Alison Marsden, PhD, Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor of Pediatrics (cardiovascular disease), Bioengineering, and, by courtesy, Mechanical Engineering, Co-Director, NIH T32 CHIP (Computational medicine in the Heart: Integrated Program)
     
  • Everett Meyer, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Blood & Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

  • Paul Salomon Mischel, PhD, Fortinet Founders Professor of Pathology, and by courtesy, of Neurosurgery, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology
     
  • Sidhartha Sinha, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology), Director of Digital Health and Innovation, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 

  • Lei Stanley Qi, PhD, Associate Professor, Bioengineering

  • Paul J. Wang, MD, John R. and AI Giak L. Singleton Director of the Stanford Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering

 

  • Joseph C. Wu, MD, PhD, Director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute and the Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor of Medicine and Radiology.

Applications portal   

for the 2025/2026 academic year

is now open

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Important Dates

June 1-Oct. 9, 2024

  • Applications are being accepted for the 2025/26 Knight Hennessy Scholarship (KHS)
  • Apply here; deadline: Oct. 9, 2024
  • KHS application is SEPARATE from the M-TRAM application: you must apply to both to be considered for the scholarship
  • More info about KHS


Sept. 2024-Jan. 2025
M-TRAM applications accepted for 2025/26

Dec.2, 2024 
M-TRAM info session webinar for prospective students 

Jan. 31, 2025
Applications due

April - May 2025
Admission decisions

May 29, 2025
M-TRAM research symposium and in-person New Students Orientation

Sept. 22, 2025
First day of classes at Stanford (M-TRAM program starts)

 

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