MSTP Seminar Series

Upcoming Seminars

Past Seminars

Schedule 2012-2013

  • Aram Hezel, M.D. , Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), URMC - The field of pancreatic cancer, and the difficulties obtaining a good animal model for this disease
  • Laura Calvi, M.D. , Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrine/Metabolism Division), URMC - Finding Your Niche
  • Brian Poligone, M.D., Ph.D. , Associate Professor of Dermatology, URMC - My life, clinical experiences, and research in the department of dermatology
  • Monday, March 11, 2013 5:30 PM
    Stephanie Brown-Clark, M.D., Ph.D. , Associate Professor Medical Humanities & Bioethics - "The Biological Reasons Why Women Can't be Doctors" - historical perspectives from the 19th century
  • Monday, April 8, 2013 5:30 PM
    MSTP Fourth Year Medical Students Share Their Secrets of Success
  • Wednesday, May 8, 2013 5:30 PM
    Ed Palmer, M.D., Ph.D. , Esteemed UR-MSTP Alumnus Professor, Laboratory of Transplantation Immunology & Nephrology Permanent Member, The Basel Institute for Immunology Basal, Switzerland -

Schedule 2011-2012

  • Matt Bellizzi, M.D., Ph.D. , Neuroimmunology Fellow in the Department of Neurology, URMC - How I Chose My Lab with Handy and Career Path
  • Gary Brenner, M.D., Ph.D. , Associate Director, Center for Pain Medicine, Mass. General Hospital - How I Chose My Career Pathway
  • Harl Tolbert , Associate Director, Biological Sciences, Office of Technology Transfer - The Commercialization of Science & Intellectual Property in Biomedical Research
  • Gary Paige, M.D., Ph.D. , Professor & Chair, Neurobiology & Anatomy - A Jazz Approach to Neurobiology
  • MSTP Fourth Year Medical Students - How to Graduate...Finally!

Schedule 2009-2010

  • Marc Halterman, M.D., Ph.D. , Assistant Professor, Neurology and Pediatrics, URMC - Making the transition from residency to P.I.
  • Shaw-Ree Chen, Ph.D. , Assistant Director, Life Sciences Learning Center - Teaching, Learning, and Patient-Physician Communication
  • Thuy Phung, M.D., Ph.D. , Assistant Professor of Pathology - Blending Clinical, Research and Humanitarian Work in a Physician-Scientist Career
  • MSTP Fourth Year Medical Students - How to Graduate...Finally!

Schedule 2008-2009

  • Joseph Bliss, M.D., Ph.D. , Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Brown Medical School - From the Bench to the Bedside and Back: The Journey to Becoming a Physician-Scientist
  • Julie Fudge, M.D. , Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Rochester - How I Got Started on the Clinician-Scientist Path and My Adventures Along The Way
  • Thomas Carroll, M.D., Ph.D. , Internal Medicine Resident - First Year, University of Rochester - Insight into the Transition from MD/PhD M4 to Residency
  • Elias Zambidis, M.D., Ph.D. , Assistant Professor Oncology and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Patient-specific human pluripotent stem cells for modeling and treating hematologic disorders
  • David Mathews, M.D., Ph.D. , Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Universty of Rochester - Career Pathway and Pathway Independent RNA Folding
  • Shawn Newlands, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, FACS , Professor & Chair, Otolaryngology, University of Rochester - My Unique Path Down the MD/PhD Road