Program Leadership
Internal Advisory Committee 2026-27
Jennifer Anolik, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology, Pathology and Lab Medicine, and Immunology, Microbiology & Virology
Associate Chair of Research, Department of Medicine
Director, Physician Scientist Training Program
TBD (Student Representative)
Current MSTP Student Council President
Laura Calvi, MD
Vice Chair for Basic & Translational Science, Department of Medicine
Professor of Medicine (Endocrine/Metabolism), Neurosurgery, Pharmacology & Physiology
Diane Dalecki, PhD
Professor & Chair of Biomedical Engineering
David Lambert, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Medical School Education
Professor of Medicine
Richard T. Libby, PhD
Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Education and Post-Doctoral Affairs
Professor of Ophthalmology
Adrienne Morgan, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Equity & Inclusion
Associate Professor, Health Humanities & Bioethics
Admissions Committee 2026-27
Hitesh Deshmukh, MD, PhD (AD HOC Member)
Division Chief of Pediatrics, Neonatology
Adam Dziorny, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Critical Care; Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Roman Eliseev, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Center for Musculoskeletal Research (Orthopaedics), Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pharmacology and Physiology
Sina Ghaemmaghami, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology
Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, PhD
Assistant Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Krystel Huxlin, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Center for Visual Science, Neuroscience, and The Institute for Optics; James V. Aquavella, MD Professorship in Ophthalmology
Whasil Lee, PhD
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacology and Physiology, and Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Yi-Fen Lee, PhD
Professor of Urology
Sam Mackenzie, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, Pediatrics, and Center for Health and Technology
Christine Mhorag Hay, MD (AD HOC Member)
Associate Dean of Medical Admissions; Associate Professor of Medicine
Marisol Herrera-Perez, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Todd Jusko, PhD
Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, Pediatrics, and Environmental Medicine
Richard T. Libby, PhD (AD HOC Member)
Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Education & Postdoctoral Affairs; Professor of Ophthalmology, Biomedical Genetics, Center for Visual Science A&S, and Pathology
Ania Majewska, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
David Mathews, MD, PhD
Director of Biophysics, Structural & Computational Biology Graduate Program; Associate Director of Center for RNA Biology; Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics; Lynne E. Maquat Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics
Cynthia Monaco, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology & Immunology
M. Kerry O'Banion, MD, PhD
Vice Chair and Professor of Neuroscience; Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
Michael O'Reilly, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology and Environmental Medicine
Mical Raz, MD, PhD, MSc (AD HOC Member)
Professor of Health Humanities and Bioethics and Medicine, Hospital Medicine
Regina Rowe, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases
Kristin Scheible, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology
Ruchira Singh, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Genetics
Eric Small, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, Biomedical Engineering, and Pharmacology & Physiology
Nathan Smith, MS, PhD
Associate Dean for Research Mentorship; Associate Professor of Neuroscience
Levy Sominsky
2nd year graduate student in the MD/PhD Program (Student Representative, 2nd term)
Laurie Steiner, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatology; Associate Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)