MD-PhD program graduates six students
Six students graduated from Penn State College of Medicine’s MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program in May.
The Medical Scientist Training Program is supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, awarded to the top MD/PhD programs in the country. The program, typically completed in eight years, prepares students for a successful career in medical research, academic medicine, or a related field.
MD/PhD students can pursue graduate studies in several programs:
- Biomedical Sciences, with options in:
- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- Virology and Immunology
- Translational Therapeutics
- Neuroscience
- Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences
- Engineering Sciences and Mechanics
- Physiology
Marie Bulathsinghala completed her PhD work in the lab of Sinisa Dovat.
Gene Cozza will complete a psychiatry residency at Northwestern McGaw/NMH/VA. He completed his PhD work in the lab of Todd Schell.
Zainul Hasanali will proceed to an internal medicine residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his PhD work in the lab of Clare Sample.
Lauren Kaminsky will proceed to the Internal Medicine Residency at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. She completed her PhD work in the lab of Christopher Norbury.
Steven Steinway will complete an internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins. He completed his PhD work in the lab of Thomas Loughran Jr.
Cody Weston will proceed to a psychiatry residency at Johns Hopkins. He completed his PhD work in the lab of James Connor.
Learn more about the MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program at Penn State College of Medicine.
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