Shannon Choi and Madeline Cooper
MSTP Students
Every year, about 10 students from diverse and varied backgrounds join the Stanford MSTP. In the past 50 years our program has trained more than 340 physician-scientists who have become leaders in modern biomedical research (Click to view Alumni).
MSTP Student Advisory Council (SAC)
The SAC provides student feedback and suggestions for programmatic improvement, which have led to important and expeditious changes including creation of the Clinical Re-Entry Skills Preparation Program in 2018, the Diversity Working Group in 2020, and longitudinal student “families” in 2021. The SAC comprises two representatives from each class who solicit input from their classmates and report anonymized feedback to the MSTP Directorate at quarterly meetings. The SAC also assists with organizing Town Halls for feedback and discussions among MSTP students and faculty.
Thesis Defenses
In the News
Francisco Galdos wins the 2023 Weintraub Award by the Fred Hutch Cancer Center, a prestigious recognition for 12 students across the country for exceptional achievement in graduate studies in the biological sciences.
Abby Thurm named as 2023 Hertz Fellowship Finalist.
Christopher Lopez, a leader in the Stanford American Indigenous Medical Students (SAIMS) group, is highlighed in Stanford Medicine SCOPE blog.
Three MSTP students (Quenton Bubb, Ester Elonga & Tania Fabo) named as 2022 PD Soros Fellows.
Three MSTP students (Gita Abhiraman, Daniel Liu & Olivia Zhou) named as 2021 Hertz Fellowship Finalists.
Jamie Brett's research featured on Stanford News - Exercise restores youthful properties to muscle stem cells of old mice.
Laura Bloomfield's research on forest loss & spread of disease was highlighted in Stanford News and NY Times.
Binbin Chen's research published in Nature Biotechnology!
Current MD-PhD Students
Our students listed below are grouped by the year they entered the program. Under their name we have listed their undergraduate institution, their Stanford thesis laboratory, and the Stanford graduate program or department they have joined.
2023
- Alyssa Amick
Yale University - Maggie Chen
Harvard University - Kerrigan Hall
The Ohio State Univeristy
- Jared Hysinger
Stanford University - Ally Kim
Wellesley College - Gabrielle Ndakwah
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Aidan Tousley
University of California, Santa Cruz - Chibuike Uwakwe
Harvard University - Helen Wang
Harvard University - Evelyn Wong
Harvard University - Harrison Zhang
Columbia University
2022
- Lauren Duan
Johns Hopkins University - Trae Dunn
Kennesaw State University - Elizabeth Ener
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- Aditi Gnanasekar
University of California, San Diego - Humza Khan
University of California, Los Angeles - Stewart Kim
Stanford University - Sharon Loa
University of Montana, Missoula - Clara Poupault
University of Massachusetts, Boston - Jingwei Jerry Song
Johns Hopkins University - Steven Truong
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2021
- Gina Duronio
Northeastern University - Freja Ekman
University of California, Berkeley
Lab of Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD
Department of Genetics - Esther Elonga
Harvard University - Kayla Kulhanek
University of California, Berkeley
- Chelsea Li
University of Virginia - Christopher Lopez
University of California, Davis - David Lu
Yale University - Joseph Noh
Stanford University - Kamsi Nwangwu
Yale University - Sarah Rockwood
University of California, Berkeley - Varun Shanker
California Institute of Technology
2020
- Mahad Ahmed
University of Washington
Lab of Ivan Soltesz, PhD
Program in Neurosciences - Kylie Burdsall
University of Southern California
Lab of Crystal Mackall, MD
Program in Cancer Biology - Sarah Dilorio
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab of Michael Longaker, MD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Maïgane Diop
University of Maryland, College Park
Lab of Brice Gaudilliere, MD, PhD & Catherine Blish, MD, PhD
Program in Immunology - Tania Fabo
Harvard University
Lab of Paul Khavari, MD, PhD
Department of Genetics - Cesar Garcia
Yale University
Lab of Laura Prolo, MD, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology - Jayakrishnan Gopakumar
Pomona College
Lab of Siddhartha Jaiswal, MD, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology - Omair Khan
Yale University
Lab of Irving Weissman, MD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - John Lu
Duke University
Lab of Michael Longaker, MD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Sofia Luna
Washington University, St. Louis
Lab of Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Karen Malacon
Harvard University
Lab of Michelle Monje-Deisseroth, MD, PhD
Program in Neurosciences - Shreya Malhotra
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Lab of Ivan Soltesz, PhD
Program in Neurosciences - Abby Thurm
University of California, Los Angeles
Lab of Lacramioara Bintu, PhD
Program in Biophysics - Ashley Utz
Stanford University
Lab of Peter Kim, PhD
Program in Biophysics - Christine Yeh
Stanford University
Labs of Sylvia Plevritis, PhD & Livnat Jerby, PhD
Program in Biomedical Informatics
2019
- Kenneth Brinson
United States Military Academy, West Point
Lab of Guosong Hong, PhD
Department of Materials Science & Engineering - Joshua Carter
Montana State University-Bozeman
Lab of Christopher Barnes, PhD
- Henry Cousins
Harvard University
Lab of Russ Altman, MD, PhD
Program in Biomedical Informatics
- Ibtihal Elfaki
Brown University
Lab of Paul Khavari MD, PhD
Department of Genetics - Brian Garcia Rodriguez
Florida International University
Lab of Brian Kobilka, MD
Program in Biophysics - Matthew Grieshop
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lab of Ami Bhatt, MD, PhD
Department of Genetics - Leandra Jackson
University of California, Irvine
Lab of Paul Khavari MD, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology - Rayyan Jokhai
Johns Hopkins University
Lab of Kyle Loh, PhD
Department of Developmental Biology - Aswini Krishnan
University of California, San Diego
Labs of Monther Abu-Remaileh, PhD & Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology - Richard Liang
University of California, Los Angeles
Lab of David Rehkopf, ScD, MPH & Gary Shaw, DrPH
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health - Kwat Medetgul-Ernar
University of California, San Diego
Lab of Mark Davis, PhD
Program in Biophysics - Kamal Obbad
Harvard University - Santiago Sanchez
University of Texas, Austin
Lab of Steven Artandi, MD, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology - Samantha Scharenberg
Stanford University
Lab of Monther Abu-Remaileh, PhD
Program in Biophysics - David Seong
Harvard University
Lab of Juliana Idoyaga, PhD
Program in Immunology - Courtney Smith
Stanford University
Lab of Jonathan Pritchard, PhD
Program in Genetics - Emily Trimm
University of Pennsylvania
Lab of Kristy Red-Horse, PhD
Program in Biophysics
2018
- Gita Abhiraman
Harvard University
Lab of K. Christopher Garcia, PhD
Program in Immunology - Lehi Acosta-Alvarez
University of Utah
Lab of Michelle Monje-Deisseroth, MD, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology - Khristian Bauer-Rowe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab of Michael Longaker, MD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Harrison Besser
Harvard University
Lab of Chaitan Khosla, PhD
Department of Chemistry
- Preksha Bhagchandani
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab of Seung K. Kim, MD, PhD & Everett Meyer, MD, PhD
Program in Immunology - Theodora Bruun
University of Toronto
Lab of Peter Kim, PhD
Department of Biochemistry - Quenton Bubb
Johns Hopkins University
Lab of Agnieszka Czechowicz, MD, PhD & Crystal Mackall, MD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Anthony Buzzanco
University of California, Los Angelee
Lab of Ted Jardetzky, PhD
Program in Immunology - Tejas Dharmaraj
Johns Hopkins University
Lab of Paul Bollyky, MD, PhD
Program in Immunology - Charlotte Herber
Yale University
Lab of Lisa Giocomo, PhD
Program in Neurosciences - Karan Kathuria
University of Texas, Austin
Labs of Ash Alizadeh, MD, PhD & Mark Davis, PhD
Program in Immunology - Daniel Liu
Princeton University
Lab of Irving Weissman, MD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Tara Murty
Harvard University
Lab of Crystal Mackall, MD
Program in Biophysics - Chelsea Nnebe
Howard University
Lab of Susan Tharin, MD, PhD & Julia Kaltschmidt, PhD
Program in Neurosciences - Timothy Wu
Stanford University
Lab of Mark Krasnow, MD, PhD
Department of Biochemistry - Olivia Zhou
University of Pennyslvania
Lab of Anne Brunet, PhD
Program in Biophysics
2017
- Shannon Choi
University of California, Davis
Lab of Calvin Kuo, MD, PhD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Madeline Cooper
Harvard University
Lab of Brad Zuchero, PhD
Program in Biophysics - Lori Dershowitz
Harvard University
Lab of Julia Kaltschmidt, PhD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Joshua Guild
University of California, Davis
Lab of Tushar Desai, MD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
- Isaac Jackson
University of Michigan
Lab of Michelle James, PhD
Department of Chemistry - Samuel Kim
Princeton University
Lab of Gerald Crabtree, MD
Program in Cancer Biology - Shamik Mascharak
Stanford University
Lab of Michael Longaker, MD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Adi Mukund
Duke University
Lab of Lacramioara Bintu, PhD
Program in Biophysics - William Shi
Bowdoin College
Lab of Maximilian Diehn, MD, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology
2016
- Alvaro Amorin
University of California, Berkeley
Lab of Natalia Gomez Ospina, MD, PhD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Timothy Chai
University of California, Los Angeles
Lab of Irving Weissman, MD
Program in Cancer Biology - Anthony Cordova
Stanford University
Lab of Lingyin Li, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology - Maria Filsinger Interrante
Stanford University
Lab of Peter Kim, PhD
Program in Biophysics - Andrea Garofalo
University of Chicago
Lab of Ash Alizadeh, MD, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology - Margaret Guo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab of Russ Altman, MD, PhD, & Paul Khavari MD, PhD
Program in Biomedical Informatics - Ved Topkar
Harvard University
Lab of Rhiju Das, PhD
Program in Biophysics - Vipul Vachharajani
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab of Alex Dunn, PhD
Program in Biophysics - Shivam Verma
Princeton University
Lab of Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD
Department of Chemical & Systems Biology - Aaron Wilk
Westmont College
Lab of Catherine Blish, MD, PhD
Program in Immunology - David Wang
Princeton University
Lab of Liqun Luo, PhD
Department of Biology - Kathryn Wu
Swarthmore College
Lab of Brad Zuchero, PhD
Program in Neurosciences - Angela Zhang
Harvard University
Lab of Joseph Wu MD, PhD
Department of Genetics
- Heather Des Jardin-Park
Harvard University
Lab of Michael Longaker, MD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Michelle Drews
University of Washington
Lab of Carla Shatz, PhD
Program in Neurosciences - Sofia Essayan-Perez
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab of Thomas Südhof, MD, PhD
Program in Neurosciences - Mollie Friedlander
Bowdoin University
Lab of Seung K. Kim, MD, PhD
Department of Developmental Biology - Francisco Galdos
Harvard University
Lab of Sean Wu, MD, PhD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Timothy Keyes
Princeton University
Lab of Kara Davis, DO
Program in Cancer Biology - Kei Masuda
Harvard University
Lab of Lisa Giocomo, PhD
Program in Neurosciences - Madeleine Scott
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab of Purvesh Khatri, PhD
Program in Biophysics - Kevin Thomas
Arizona State University
Lab of Scott Delp, PhD
Program in Biomedical Informatics - Jeffrey Wang
Harvard University
Lab of Raag Airan, MD, PhD
Program in Biophysics - Adele Xu
Stanford University
Lab of Maria Barna, PhD
Department of Genetics
- Jonathan Goodman
University of Pennsylvania
Lab of Gary Glover, PhD
Program in Biophysics - Joy He
Harvard University
Lab of Irving Weissman, MD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Lorenzo Labitigan
Yale University
Lab of Julie Theriot, PhD
Department of Biochemistry - Akshay Maheshwari
University of California, San Diego
Lab of Drew Endy, PhD
Department of Bioengineering - Daniel Mokhtari
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab of Daniel Herschlag, PhD
Department of Biochemistry - Benjamin Ober-Reynolds
Arizona State University
Lab of William Greenleaf, PhD
Department of Genetics - Ragini Phansalkar
University of Connecticut
Lab of Kristy Red-Horse, PhD
Department of Genetics - Benjamin Smith
Pomona College
Lab of Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD
Department of Chemical & Systems Biology - Avin Veerakumar
University of Pennsylvania
Lab of Mark Krasnow, MD, PhD
Department of Bioengineering - Jessica Verhein
University of California, Davis
Lab of Krishna Shenoy, PhD
Program in Neurosciences