Shannon Choi and Madeline Cooper
MSTP Students
Every year, 8 to 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
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.
2021
- Gina Duronio
Northeastern University - 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
- Kylie Burdsall
University of Southern California - Sarah Dilorio
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Maïgane Diop
University of Maryland, College Park
- Tania Fabo
Harvard University - Omair Khan
Yale University - John Lu
Duke University - Karen Malacon
Harvard University - Abby Thurm
University of California, Los Angeles
Lab of Lacramioara Bintu, PhD - Ashley Utz
Stanford University - Christine Yeh
Stanford University
2019
- Kenneth Brinson
United States Military Academy, West Point - Joshua Carter
Montana State University-Bozeman - Henry Cousins
Harvard University
Lab of Russ Altman, MD, PhD
- Ibtihal Elfaki
Brown University
Lab of Paul Khavari MD, PhD - Brian Garcia Rodriguez
Florida International University
Lab of Brian Kobilka, MD - Matthew Grieshop
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lab of Ami Bhatt, MD, PhD - Leandra Jackson
University of California, Irvine
Lab of Paul Khavari MD, PhD - Kwat Medetgul-Ernar
University of California, San Diego - Kamal Obbad
Harvard University - Samantha Scharenberg
Stanford University
Lab of Monther Abu-Remaileh, PhD - Emily Trimm
University of Pennsylvania
Lab of Kristy Red-Horse, PhD
2018
- Gita Abhiraman
Harvard University
Lab of K. Christopher Garcia, PhD
Program in Biophysics - 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 - 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 - 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 - Aditya 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
- Ellie Beam
Duke University
Lab of Amit Etkin, MD, PhD
Program in Neurosciences - 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 - Katherine McNamara
Princeton University
Lab of Christina Curtis, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology - Suhas Rao
Harvard University
Lab of Roger Kornberg, PhD
Program in Biophysics - 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
- Amin Aalipour
Stanford University
Lab of Sanjiv Gambhir, MD, PhD
Department of Bioengineering - Amira Barkal
Oregon State University
Lab of Irving Weissman, MD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Winston Becker
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Lab of William Greenleaf, PhD
Program in Biophysics - Binbin Chen
Georgia Institute of Technology
Lab of Russ Altman, MD, PhD
Department of Genetics - Leighton Daigh
Georgetown University
Lab of Tobias Meyer, PhD
Department of Chemical & Systems Biology - Jonathan Goodman
University of Pennsylvania
Lab of Gary Glover, PhD
Program in Biophysics - Gunsagar Gulati
Harvard University
Lab of Irving Weissman, MD, & Aaron Newman, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology - 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 - John Pluvinage
Stanford University
Lab of Tony Wyss-Coray Lab, PhD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine - Akshay Sanghi
John Hopkins
Lab of Michael Snyder, PhD
Department of Genetics - Stanford Schor
Caltech
Lab of Shirit Einav, MD
Program in Cancer Biology - 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 - Ericka von Kaeppler
Yale University
Lab of Bill Robinson, MD
Program in Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
- Daniel Berenson
Yale University
Lab of Jan Skotheim, PhD
Department of Biology - Thomas Chew
University of California, San Diego
Lab of Liang Feng, PhD
Program in Biophysics - Sasidhar Madugula
University of Illinois
Lab of EJ Chichilnisky, PhD
Program in Neurosciences - César Márquez
Harvard University
Lab of Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD
Program in Cancer Biology - Payton Marshall
University of California, Berkeley
Lab of Paul Bollyky, MD, PhD
Program in Immunology - Arek Melkonian
University of California, Los Angeles
Lab of Chaitan Khosla, PhD
Department of Chemical Engineering - Paras Minhas
University of Pittsburgh
Lab of Katrin Andreasson, MD
Program in Neurosciences - Yong Tang
University of California, San Diego
Lab of Ellen Yeh, MD, PhD
Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology - Nielson Weng
University of California, Berkeley
Lab of Chaitan Khosla, PhD
Department of Chemistry - Catherine Yao
University of California, Los Angeles
Lab of Anthony Oro, MD, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology
- Megan Garland
Boston University
Lab of Matt Bogyo, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology - Brian Hsueh
Princeton University
Lab of Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD
Program in Neurosciences - Amar Mirza
University of Georgia
Lab of Anthony Oro, MD, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology - Suchita Rastogi
Washington University
Lab of John Boothroyd, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Immunology - Caitlin Roake
Stanford University
Lab of Steven Artandi, MD, PhD
Program in Cancer Biology - Holly Stewart
Tufts University
Lab of Jennifer Ahern, PhD, MPH
Department of Epidemiology, UC Berkeley
- Laura Bloomfield
Stanford University
Lab of James Holland Jones, PhD
Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environmental Resources - Daniel Kim
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Labs of Paul Khavari MD, PhD, & Anshul Kundaje, PhD
Program in Biomedical Informatics - Luke Pennington
Haverford College
Lab of Ted Jardetzky, PhD
Program in Immunology - Gerald Tiu
Harvard University
Lab of Maria Barna, PhD
Department of Genetics