monthly events

2023-2024 - 2022-2023 - 2022 - 2020-2021 - 2019-2020 - 2018-2019
2017-2018 - 2016-2017 - 2015-2016 - 2014-2015 - 2013-2014 - 2012-2013 - 2011-2012
2010-2011 - 2009-2010 - 2008-2009 - 2007-2008 - 2006-2007 - 2005-2006 - 2004-2005

2023-2024

Unless otherwise noted, events are at 5:00pm and followed by a reception, which typically ends by 7:00pm.

You can now watch our events online. Click on the link and login with your pennkey and password: MD-PhD Monthly Event FY24

Sept. 25
9-146 Smilow

PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE SERIES
Kicks off with annual “Choosing Rotation Mentors and Dissertation Mentors” panel discussion presented by PhD-phase students years 4 and up
Required for 1st and 2nd years; optional for 3rd years

Oct. 19
Law Auditorium

Grand Rounds featuring Emerson Hunter, VMD-PhD student and Jonathan Sussman, MD-PhD student
Title: Going Viral Down Under: Koalas, Cancer, and Endogenous Retroviruses
Faculty consultants: Ben Stanger, MD, PhD, Hanna Wise Professor in Cancer Research, PSOM; Andrew Modzelewski, PhD, Asst Professor of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Penn Vet; Ingo Helbig, MD, Asst Professor of Neurology, CHOP
MSTP Steering Advisor for the session: Dr. Bob Heuckeroth

Nov. 13
BRB
Auditorium

Grand Rounds featuring Maggie Tamburro, MD-PhD student and Beth Lemmon, VMD-PhD student
Including thanks and celebration of Aimee Payne

Jan. 22
Law Auditorium and Lobby

Student invited Penn guest speaker - Rachel Niehuus, MD, PhD
Graduate of UCSF’s MD-PhD program with a PhD in Medical Anthropology; completed general surgery residency at Emory; and currently completing her Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care here at Penn

Visions of Healing: Dispatches from an Anthropology of Humanitarianism

Feb. 26
Law Auditorium and Lobby

Grand Rounds featuring Joy Chiu, Nipun Kottage and Caroline Wechsler
Yellow Fever Dreams: Vaccines, Empire, and Global Health
Faculty consultants: Ramah McKay, PhD, Associate Professor, Undergrad Chair; Robert Aronowitz, MD, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences; Stephen Gluckman, MD, Medical Director, Penn Global Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
MSTP Steering Advisor for the session: Dr. Rahul Kohli

Mar. 28
Law Auditorium and Lobby

4th annual MSTP Anti-Racism event

Dana-Ain Davis, PhD
Professor, Anthropology, Psychology, Queens College; Director and Professor, Women's and Gender Studies; Director, Center for the Study of Women and Society
Traumatic Repercussions: Black Women, Birthing, and Obstetric Racism

Apr. 10
Law Auditorium and Lobby

Alumni Panel on Careers in Industry/Biotech/Pharma/Institutes

May 15
Law Auditorium and
JMEC Atriums

Celebration of MD-PhD Class of 2024
We will build on the success of last year’s wonderful celebration and the event will likely featuring talks by some of the graduating students on their journeys and lessons learned, as well as slide shows and celebratory toasts!!

2022-2023

Unless otherwise noted, events are at 5:00pm and followed by a reception, which typically ends by 7:00pm.

You can now watch our events online. Click on the link and login with your pennkey and password: MD-PhD Monthly Event FY23

Sept. 12
Law Auditorium

PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE SERIES
Kicks off with annual “Choosing Rotation Mentors and Dissertation Mentors” panel discussion presented by PhD-phase students years 4 and up
Required for 1st and 2nd years; optional for 3rd years

Oct. 24
Law Auditorium

Grand Rounds featuring Christina Chen and Alfredo Lucas
Working Title: Novel applications of functional and structural neuroimaging for improving diagnosis and management of epilepsy
With faculty consultant, Kate Davis, Associate Professor of Neurology
MD-PhD Steering Cmt Grand Rounds advisor: Rahul Kohli, MD, PhD

Nov. 14
BRB Auditorium

Grand Rounds featuring Feng Hu and Raymond Ng
Working Title: Precision medicine: where biology, statistics, and ethics collide
With faculty consultant, Qi Long, PhD, Professor of Biostatistics
MD-PhD Steering Cmt Grand Rounds advisor: Bob Heuckeroth, MD, PhD

March 20
via Zoom

3rd annual MSTP Anti-Racism event

Student-selected guest speaker Christen Smith, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Anthropology and African and African Diaspora
Director, Center for Women’s and Gender Studies, UT Austin
Creator of the Cite Black Women campaign and collective https://www.citeblackwomencollective.org/

April 20
CRB Austrian Auditorium

Grand Rounds featuring Brian Goldspiel, Emily Shea and Karen Xu
Title: The Powerhouse of Medicine: the Past, Present and Future is Mitochondrial

Faculty consultants:  Rebecca Ganetzky, MD, Asst Prof of Pediatrics, and Joe Baur, PhD, Professor of Physiology
MD-PhD Steering Cmt Grand Rounds advisor: Max Kelz, MD, PhD

May 10
Law Auditorium and JMEC Atriums

Celebration of MD-PhD Class of 2023
We will build on the success of last year’s wonderful celebration and the event will likely featuring talks by some of the graduating students on their journeys and lessons learned, as well as slide shows and celebratory toasts!!

2022

Unless otherwise noted, events are at 5:15pm and followed by a reception, which typically ends around 6:15pm.

If you would like to view previously recorded events, please click on the link and login with your pennkey and password: MD-PhD Monthly Event FY22

January 24
via Zoom

Spotlight on Steering
Donita Brady, PhD, MSTP Steering Member, Harrison McCrea Dickson, M.D. and Clifford C. Baker, M.D. Presidential Professor of Cancer Biology and Assistant Dean for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (IDE) in Research Training
Making Every Penny Count: From Copper Conducted Signaling in Cancer to Transforming the Culture and Climate in Research

More info about Dr. Brady at:
https://www.med.upenn.edu/mstp/steering-cmt.html
https://www.med.upenn.edu/idealresearch/our-team.html#personnel-description1
https://www.med.upenn.edu/bradylab/

Will include discussion of her own training/career journey and also updates about what’s happening with IDEAL Research and her role as Assistant Dean for IDE

February 23
JMB Reunion

Spotlight on Steering
Bob Heuckeroth, MD, PhD, MSTP Steering Member, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Irma and Norman Endowed Chair for Research in GI Motility Disorders

Still trapped in the bowel, but no longer mouth pipetting radioactive sequencing reactions

For more info about Dr. Heuckeroth:

https://www.chop.edu/doctors/heuckeroth-robert-o
https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8687685
https://www.med.upenn.edu/mstp/steering-cmt.html

March 30
via Zoom
5:00pm

2nd Annual MSTP Anti-racism Event with leadership from the MSTP Student Diversity Action Committee (DAC)*
Featuring opening remarks from Skip Brass followed by guest speaker Dr. Adia Benton, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern
More info about Dr. Benton at: https://anthropology.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/adia-benton-.html
Pathogen Matters: on the challenge of writing about one pandemic during another
*Big thanks to DAC for selecting the speaker for this event!!!

April 4
Law Auditorium

Planning for the Future Series:  Penn MSTP Alumni Outcomes and Career trajectories
Skip will do a talk and share data from the comprehensive alumni analysis we are currently working on for the MSTP grant renewal

May 11
Law Auditorium

Celebration of MD-PhD Class of 2022
We will build on the success of last year’s wonderful celebration and the event will likely featuring talks by some of the graduating students on their journeys and lessons learned, as well as slide shows and celebratory toasts!!

2020 - 2021

If you would like to view previously recorded events, please click on the link and login with your pennkey and password: MD-PhD Monthly Event FY21

MD-PhD Class of 2021 Celebration
May 13, 5:00pm
Featuring a video montage, graduate slide show, and toasts to the Class of 2021!

Planning for the Future event: Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and a thesis mentor
September 14, 1:00pm
required for 1st years and strongly recommended for 2nd & 3rd years
Featuring a panel of more senior students, moderated by Drs. Skip Brass and Rahul Kohli

Grand Rounds featuring Naveen Jain, Karun Kiani and Daniel Park
October 28, 5:00pm
Tripping as Therapy: Psilocybin in Treatment Resistant Depression
Faculty consultants: Max Kelz, MD, PhD, David E. Longnecker Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care & Josh Woolley, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
MSTP Steering Event Advisor: Rahul Kohli, MD, PhD

1st annual MSTP Anti-Racism Grand Rounds
January 25th, 5:00-6:30pm
Race, Racism, and Genetics: Scientific and Social Issues
Featuring an update by Skip Brass on MSTP Anti-Racism worked followed by keynote talk by guest speakers
Dr. Dorothy Roberts and Dr. Sarah Tishkoff

Spotlight on MSTP Steering Series

Erle Robertson
A career learning from microbes
January 27, 5:00pm

Audrey Odom John
From parasites to pandemic – a career in pediatric infectious diseases
February 2, 5:00pm

Max Kelz
The Accidental Anesthesiologist: The Physician Scientist Path Down the Road Less Travelled
March 18, 2:00pm

2019 - 2020

Unless otherwise noted, events are at 5:00pm and followed by a reception, which typically ends by 7:00pm.

You can now watch our events online. Click on the link and login with your pennkey and password: MD-PhD Monthly Event FY20

September 9
BRB Auditorium

Jeff Myers, MD, PhD
How to have a sustainable, enjoyable, and meaningful career as a Physician-Scientist
Professor and Chair of the Department of Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
(event co-sponsored by Penn’s chapter of APSA (American Physician
Scientist Association))
https://faculty.mdanderson.org/profiles/jeffrey_myers.html
https://gsbs.uth.edu/faculty/faculty-directory/faculty-profiles.htm?id=1346575
https://www.ahns.info/about-ahns/past_presidents/jeffrey-myers-md-phd/
Talk to be followed by a reception for all 6:00-6:45 in the BRB lobby
--small group dinner for students with Skip and Dr. Myers 7:00-9ish.

September 16
Law Auditorium - JMEC
Start time: 5:15PM

Planning for the Future event: Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and a thesis mentor
required for 1st years and strongly recommended for 2nd years
(pizza available for attendees at 5:15 PM)

October 14
BRB Auditorium

Planning for the Future event:  Panel discussion about research in residency
Featuring:  Dr. Peter Klein (Internal Medicine), Dr. Taku Kambayashi (Pathology), Dr. Jeanine Ronen (Pediatrics), Dr. Geoff Aguirre (Neurology)
and Dr. Matt Kayser (Psychiatry)

November 18
BRB Auditorium

Spotlight on Steering – featuring short talks by two MSTP Steering Cmt Members:
Ben Stanger - Dr. Doctor Or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Journey
Kara Maxwell - Finding order in the chaos: Navigating a physician scientist career as a dual professional couple

December 16
BRB Auditorium

Grand Rounds featuring Amy Davis and Sara Rendell
Contagious Containment: Infectious Disease Concerns from ICE Detention Practices
Faculty consultants: Adriana Petryna, PhD, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Anthropology; Director, MD-PhD Program in Anthropology and Robby Aronowitz, MD, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences; Dept Chair of History & Sociology of Science
MSTP Steering Event Advisor: Rahul Kohli, MD, PhD

January 27
BRB Auditorium

Student invited Penn faculty speaker
Michael Silverman, MD, PhD
Leveraging the early-life microbiome and immune system to prevent disease
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Penn MSTP alum!

February 10
BRB Auditorium

Grand Rounds featuring John Bernabei and Andy Revell
Tentative title: Support or Supplant? How AI will change the ways we practice medicine
Faculty consultant: Brian Litt, MD, Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the University of Pennsylvania Epilepsy Center
MSTP Steering Event Advisor: Mark Kahn, MD

March 18
Law Auditorium - JMEC
Postponed

P. Kay Lund, PhD
The NIH really does care about you: programs and strategies to promote recruitment and retention of physician-scientists and scientists
Director, Division of Biomedical Research Workforce (DBRW), NIH (joint visit for MD-PhD program and PSP folks)

April 6
BRB Auditorium
Postponed

Grand Rounds featuring Naveen Jain, Karun Kiani and Daniel Park
Title: TBA
Faculty consultants: Max Kelz, MD, PhD, David E. Longnecker Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care & Josh Woolley, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
MSTP Steering Event Advisor: Rahul Kohli, MD, PhD

May 14
BRB Auditorium
Cancelled

Student invited Guest Speaker, Dr. Euan Ashley
Associate Dean, School of Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Genetics, and Biomedical Science; Associate Dean; Director, Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease; Director, Clinical Genomics Program, Stanford University
and Graduating MD-PhD student reception
https://ashleylab.stanford.edu/

2018 - 2019

Unless otherwise noted, events are at 5:00pm and followed by a reception, which typically ends by 7:00pm.

You can now watch our events online. Click on the link and login with your pennkey and password: MD-PhD Monthly Event FY19
 

September 4
JMB Reunion
Start time: 5:30PM

Planning for the Future event: Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and a thesis mentor
required for 1st and 2nd years, and recommended for 3rd year students who have not finalized a thesis lab choice yet
(pizza available for attendees at 5:15 PM)

September 19
BRB, 14th Floor
MSTP Happy Hour
November 12
BRB Auditorium

Spotlight on Steering – featuring short talks by two MSTP Steering Cmt Members:
Jaimo Ahn - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace my Challenges
Aimee Payne - Blisters, B cells, and Biotech: my unexpected journey after MSTP

December 10
BRB Auditorium

Student invited Penn faculty speaker
Raj Jain, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Regenerative Cardiovascular Biology Program Institute
of Regenerative Medicine
The role of 3D genome organization in organogenesis

January 28
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Emma Lewis, Elle Saine

Physician-Scientists without Borders: The Maternal Mortality Crisis and How Multidisciplinary Science Improves Public Health
Faculty consultant: Michal Elovitz, MD, Professor of Ob-gyn;
Grand Rounds advisor: Rahul Kohli, MD, PhD

March 14
BRB Auditorium
“Planning for the Future” series event, featuring
  • Daria Babushok, Assistant Professor, Medicine and Pediatrics
  • Ramin Herati, Instructor, Medicine
  • Kara Maxwell, Assistant Professor, Medicine and Genetics
  • Hasina Outtz Reed, Measey Senior Research Fellow, Medicine
  • Natalie Terry, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
  • Adam Wolpaw, Instructor, Pediatrics
April 8
BRB Auditorium

Grand Rounds: Josh Franklin, Michelle Munyikwa, Utpal Sandesara
Intersections of Anthropology and Medical Education
Faculty consultants: Adriana Petryna, PhD, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in Anthropology, and Horace DeLisser, MD, Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, PSOM
MSTP Steering Event Adivsor: Skip Brass, MD, PhD

April 29
BRB Auditorium
Natalie Gong and Suna Li
MD-PhD and VMD-PhD team in neuroscience
You snooze, you lose (orexin neurons): the neurobiology of narcolepsy
Faculty consultants: Matt Kayser, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry (PSOM) and Evelyn Galban, MS, DVM, Associate Professor, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery (Vet)
MSTP Steering Event Advsior: Rahul Kohli, MD, PhD
May 16
BRB Auditorium
Student invited Guest Speaker, Neil Chi, MD, PhD
The Road Not Taken: Tracing the footsteps of an aspiring physician-scientist
Professor of Medicine, Director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic and Cardiac Tissue Harvest and Biorepository Core, UCSD
and Graduating MD-PhD student reception

2017 - 2018

You can now watch our events online. Click on the link and login with your pennkey and password: MD-PhD Monthly Event FY18
 

September 14
JMB Class of '62
Start time: 5:30PM

Planning for the Future event: Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and a thesis mentor
required for 1st and 2nd years, and recommended for 3rd year students who have not finalized a thesis lab choice yet
(pizza available for attendees at 5:15 PM)

October 5
BRB, 14th Floor

MSTP Happy Hour

November 6
BRB Auditorium

Grand Rounds: Divyansh Agarwal, Daniel Zhang
Suturing a Path(way) Through Science
With faculty consultant: Paige Porrett, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery

December 7
BRB Auditorium

Student invited Penn faculty speaker
Matthew Kayser, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, and an alum of the Penn MSTP!
Using fruit flies to study how sleep wires the brain
January 22
Law Auditorium -
JMEC

Student Invited Guest Speaker
Sarah-Jane Leslie, PhD
Dean of the Graduate School
Class of 1943 Professor of Philosophy
Vice Dean for Faculty Development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty
Director of the Program in Linguistics
Founding Director of the Program in Cognitive Science at Princeton University.
The Brilliance Trap: Genius and Gender

February 12
BRB Auditorium

Grand Rounds: Kate Beattie, Adeeti Aggarwal
The underappreciated sensations: itch and pain
With faculty consultant, Wenqin Luo, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

March 20
BRB Auditorium

SkipFest!!!

A celebration Skip Brass’ 20th anniversary as Director of the Penn MSTP Featuring a talk by Skip, remarks by students, and lots of other festivities
including a happy hour style reception with fancy hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine

April 5
BRB Auditorium

Grand Rounds: Anthony Angueira, Ben Emert & Nick Perkons
Medical Applications of Crispr Cas9 in Genome Editing
With faculty consultants Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Junwei Shi, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology
MD-PhD Steering Cmt Grand Rounds advisor: Rahul Kohli, MD, PhD

April 26
BRB Auditorium

Grand Rounds: Robyn Allen, Ian Penkala, & Rebecca Rosenthal
Working dog scent detection of neoplasia
With faculty consultant, Cynthia Otto, DVM, PhD, Associate Professor of Critical Care, Dept of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine
MD-PhD Steering Cmt Grand Rounds advisor:  Dennis Kolson, MD, PhD

May 10
BRB Auditorium

Student invited Guest Speaker, Cigall Kadoch, Ph.D.
Structure and Function of Mammalian SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Human Disease
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
and Graduating MD-PhD student reception

2016 - 2017

You can now watch our events online. Click on the link and login with your pennkey and password: MD-PhD Monthly Events FY 17
 

September 6
JMB Class of '62
Planning for the Future event: Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and a thesis mentor
required for 1st and 2nd years, and recommended for 3rd year students who have not finalized a thesis lab choice yet
(pizza available for attendees at 4:45 PM)
September 27
BRB Auditorium
Student Invited Guest Speaker
Dianna Milewicz, MD, PhD
President George Bush Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
Division Director, Professor, Vice-Chair - Medical Genetics, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas – Houston
The Genetic Basis of Vascular Disease: Insights from the Patients
October 17
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Josh Franklin, Sara Rendell
Fat talk: anthropological perspectives on weight/obesity
With faculty consultant: Adriana Petryna, PhD., Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in Anthropology
November 14
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds presented by: Sabine Schneider and Christina Wright
Mucking with the Microbiome: The Role of the Early Life Microbiome in Human Health and Disease
With faculty consultant: Gary Wu, MD, Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Professor in Gastroenterology
December 12
BRB Auditorium
Student invited Penn faculty speaker
Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, PhD
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
3D Epigenome reconfiguration in brain development and reprogramming
January 23
BRB Auditorium
"Planning for the Future" series event:
Good Work: What Makes a Meaningful Career, a talk by Reb Rebele, of Wharton and Masters in Applied Positive Psychology program
February 15
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Rafi Fernandez, Ben Philipson
How a Rare Disease Forged a Physician Scientist
With faculty consultant: Dave Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc Research Assistant Professor of Medicine; Associate Director, Patient Impact, Orphan Disease Center
March 20
BRB Auditorium
5:15 PM
Planning for the Future event:
How to Commercialize an Academic Scientific Breakthrough
- Business start-ups, including bridges to academia
Steven Nichtberger, MD
Managing Partner, GBF Advisors, LLC; Chairman, ControlRad Systems; Chairman and Founding CEO, Hutchison Bio; Adjunct Professor, Dept of Healthcare Management, Wharton
April 10
Law Auditorium - JMEC
Planning for the Future event
Lessons Learned From Your Predecessors
MSTP alumni careers and data outcomes
Followed by a post-residency Fellowship level panel discussion
(food available for attendees prior to the event)
May 11
BRB Auditorium
Student invited Guest Speaker, Catherine J. Wu, MD (Wu lab)
Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard in Hem-Onc, Member of the Broad Institute and Founder/Scientific Advisory Board Member of Neon Therapeutics
and Graduating MD-PhD student reception
July 24
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Samy Belfer, Aimee Juan and Cedric Xia
The Neuro's of Epilepsy: Neurobehavior, Neuroepigenetics and Neuroengineering
With faculty consultant: Kathryn Davis, M.D., M.S.T.R.,
Assistant Professor of Neurology

2015 - 2016

You can now watch our events online. Click on the link and login with your pennkey and password: MD-PhD Monthly Events FY 16

September 21
Law Auditorium - JMEC
“Planning for the Future” series event: Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and a thesis mentor
required for 1st and 2nd years, and recommended for 3rd year students who have not finalized a thesis lab choice yet
(pizza available for attendees prior to the event)
October 19
BRB Auditorium
“Planning for the Future” series event:
Training to be a successful Physician-Scientist in the 21stcentury
November 23
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Paul Ginart, Derek Oldridge and David Tischfield
The Big Data Revolution in Medicine and Biomedical Science: Promise and Challenges
December 14
BRB Auditorium
Student invited Penn faculty speaker
Timothy Lucas, Jr. MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Body Area Networks: Emerging intersections of neuroscience and engineering
January 14
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Leilani Chirino, Natania Field
Tailoring your Genes: How advances in genetic technology are changing treatment options for inherited diseases
With faculty consultant: Jean Bennett, MD, PhD, F.M. Kirby Professor of Ophthalmology
February 18
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Sneha Narasimhan, Sheng Tang and Christina Wright
The Brain Drain: How waste clearance systems provide insight into neurological disease
With faculty consultant: Mark Kahn, MD, Professor of Medicine
March 16
CRB Austrian Auditorium
“Planning for the Future” series event:
Making a Successful Transition from Trainee to Junior Faculty, a panel discussion co-sponsored by AWSM and the MSTP
April 18
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds:Jon Kotzin, Lance Peterson and Julia Rood
Navigating the cytokine storm: using basic science to pioneer targeted immune therapeutics
With faculty consultants: Ed Behrens, MD, Joseph Hollander Associate Professor of Pediatric Rheumatology and Neil Romberg, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
May 12
BRB Auditorium
Student invited Guest Speaker, Harold Varmus, MD, Lewis Thomas University Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College and winner of the Nobel Prize
Becoming a Scientist: My Era and Yours
and Graduating MD-PhD student reception

2014 - 2015

September 18
JMB Class of '62
“Planning for the Future” series event: Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and a thesis mentor
required for 1st and 2nd years, and recommended for 3rd year students who have not finalized a thesis lab choice yet
(pizza available for attendees prior to the event)
October 27
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Joanna Balcerek, Sumeet Khetarpal, Rose Li
Cellular metabolic adaptations in cancer
With faculty consultants: Chi Dang, MD, PhD, Director, Abramson Cancer Center; Julia Tchou, MD, PhD, Asst Prof, Surgery; Kathryn Wellen, PhD, Asst Prof, Cancer Biology
November 24
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Melody Esmaeili, Jason Liu, Will Rothwell
Chipping away at chemo-induced cardiotoxicity
With faculty consultants: Ken Margulies, MD, Professor of Medicine and Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCE, Assistant Professor of Medicine
December 2
14th Fl. BRB
Student hosted Holiday Party.
February 19
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Jeff Kubiak, Allyson Lieberman, Mandie Samuels
Bugs, Drugs, and Grub: The Intersection of Gut Microbial Metabolism, Microbiome, and Malignancy
With faculty consultants: Anil Rustgi, MD, T. Grier Miller Professor of Medicine and Gary Wu, MD, Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Professor in Gastroenterology
March 18
BRB Auditorium
Student invited Penn faculty speaker
Alice S. Chen-Plotkin, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Something from Nothing: What I have learned (so far) about making useful biomarkers for Parkinson's disease, and being a physician-scientist-parent
April 20
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: John Burke and Yin Li
From Blobology to FDA Approval: How Magnetic Brain Stimulation is Bridging the Translational Gap in Depression Research
With faculty consultants: Mahendra Bhati, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Roy Hamilton, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Neurology
May 11
BRB Auditorium
Student invited Guest Speaker, Helen Hobbs, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics, Director of the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, UT Southwestern
Science, Serendipity, and the Single Degree
and Graduating MD-PhD student reception

2013 - 2014

September 25
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Chris Hergott, Jerome Molleston, and Kris Wojtak
The impact of the intestinal microbiota on cardiovascular health
October 14
JMB Reunion

“Planning for the Future” series event: Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and a thesis mentor
(required for 1st and 2nd years, and recommended for 3rd year students who have not finalized a thesis lab choice yet)

November 14
CRB Austrian
Grand Rounds: Noelle Knight and Elinor Willis
Of Dogs and Men: An immunotherapeutic approach to osteosarcoma in the dog and human
With faculty consultants, Nikki Mason, BVetMed, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pathobiology in the Vet School and Yvonne Paterson, PhD, Professor of Microbiology
December 2
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Alice Ford, Ted Kreider, and Andrew Rech
Paths to a Universal Influenza Vaccine
With faculty consultants Scott Hensley, PhD, Assistant Professor of Immunology (Wistar) and Kristen Feemster, MD, MPH, MSHPR, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
January 23
BRB Auditorium
Student invited Penn faculty speaker
Rahul Kohli, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Why Change is Good: The Dynamic Genome and Evolution at the Host-Pathogen Interface
February 19
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Yafeng Li, Sumeet Khetarpal, and Esteban Luna
Novel Approaches to the Treatment of Optic Neuritis - Old Drugs Play New Tricks
With faculty consultant Ken Shindler, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
March 20
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Lohith Kini and Jeff Nirschl
Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
With faculty consultants John Brandsema, MD, attending physician, neurology, CHOP and Gideon Dreyfuss, PhD, Issac Norris Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
April 7
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Jeremy Grevet, Jae Lee, and Mischa Li
Role of interferon signaling in chronic viral infections
With faculty consultants E. John Wherry, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology; and Kyong-Mi Chang, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine
May 13
BRB Auditorium
Student invited Guest Speaker, Ralph DeBerardinis, MD, PhD,
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern
Metabolic Outliers in Human Disease
and Graduating MD-PhD student reception

2012 - 2013

September 12
JMB Reunion
“Planning for the Future” series event; Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and a thesis mentor
(required for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years - everyone else is welcome to attend and chime in!)
October 18
JMB Reunion
Grand Rounds: Nick Iacobelli and Utpal Sandesara
Becoming a Patient: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Diagnosis, Therapy, and Biological Citizenship
November 14
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Rose Li, Eva Klinman and Lucie Guo
The H Factor: What can complement do for YOU (and your vision!)
December 4
BRB Auditorium
“Planning for the Future” series event:
Making Sense of the Science: A Workshop on Effective Scientific Writing
Judith A. Swan, Ph.D., Associate Director for Writing in Science and Engineering, Princeton Writing Program
January 7
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Student invited Penn faculty speaker
Ralph L. Brinster, VMD, PhD
Richard King Mellon Professor of Reproductive Physiology
The Mammalian Germline and The Program of Life
February 13
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Jeffrey Carey, Erika Lin-Hendel and Robyn Allen
Epilepsy: Innovation in Detection and Therapy
March 20
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Basil Bakir, Eric Mukherjee and Sara Small
Metastasis Before Cancer? Pancreatic Cancer as a Model for Understanding Tumor Dissemination
April 4
JMB Reunion
“Planning for the Future” series event;
Panel discussion on residency choices
May 6
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Student invited Guest Speaker, Beau Ances, MD, PhD,
Assistant Professor of Neurology at Wash U
What Are You Going to Do When You Grow Up?: Experiences From Clinical Translational Research
and Graduating MD-PhD student reception

2011 - 2012

September 22
Reunion Hall
“Planning for the Future” series event; Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and a thesis mentor
(required for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years - everyone else is welcome to attend and chime in!)
October 17
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Apple Long and Jess Shay
Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Late Stage Pancreatic Cancer
November 21
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Dania Daye and Jiyeon Kim
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells in chronic lymphoid leukemia (CLL)
January 19
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Lauren Banks and Chris Nabel
Adenosine homeostasis and vascular calcification: Lessons from a rare genetic disease
January 25
BRB Auditorium
Student invited Penn faculty speaker
Dr. Carl June, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Synthetic biology with engineered T cells
ebruary 15
Reunion Hall
“Planning for the Future” series event
“Traversing the bridge years” presentation by Skip
March 22
Reunion Hall
Grand Rounds: Nora Becker and Ari Friedman
Health Reform: The Economics Behind the Individual Mandate
April 16
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Teddy Drivas, Rafi Winograd and Ting Yang
Neutralizing antibodies to prevent HIV infection
May 9
BRB Auditorium
Student Invited Guest Speaker, Daniel H. Geschwind, MD, PhD Professor, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Gordon and Virginia MacDonald Distinguished Chair in Human Genetics
Autism: A model for integration of genetics and neurobiology in neurodevelopmental disorders

2010 - 2011

September 20
CRB Austrian Auditorium
“Planning for the Future” series event; Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and a thesis mentor
(required for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd years - everyone else is welcome to attend and chime in!)
October 18
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Henry Bergquist and Dave Rawnsley
Modeling cardiac disease with patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells
November 16
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Brittany Gregory and Abby Shearin
Evidence for glutamate receptor involvement in human and canine compulsive disorders
December 8
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Student invited Penn faculty speaker
Dr. Doug Wallace, Michael and Charles Barnett Endowed Chair of Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Metabolic Disease
Director, Center of Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine at CHOP, Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
"Energyomics-Energenomics: A Mitochondrial Etiology of Complex Diseases”
January 19
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Omar Butt and Kevan Salimian
Discovering the truth about antibody-mediated limbic encephalitis
February 24
CRB Auditorium
Residency Considerations for Future Physician Scientists Panel (Planning for the future series event)
March 15
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Matt LeBeouf and Jie Xu
Remodeling the Disease Process: The use of HDAC Inhibitors to treat Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma and beyond
April 11
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds:Lisa Korn and Brittany Weber
Notching victories against leukemia: notch inhibition in T-ALL treatment
May 18
CRB Auditorium
Student Invited Guest Speaker, Andrew I. Schafer, MD, Chairman and Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell

2009 - 2010

September 22
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Guest Speaker: Elizabeth Nabel, MD
Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health
"Genomic Medicine: Cardiovascular Insights from a Premature Aging Syndrome" …and a Physician-Scientist’s View of the NIH
October 19
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Marcus Goncalves and Nik Singh
Taking the snooze button off your clock: Circadian rhythms and sleep
November 12
Class of '62 Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Eric Allenspach and Tao Zou
Drug Development: How to Predict a Storm
January 21
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Daniel Abravanel and Scott Gordon
Stopping traffic: Targeting integrins in inflammatory bowel disease
February 17
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Aaron Stonestrom and Natalie Wolkow
Cilia genetics: a hairy situation
February 24
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Student invited Penn faculty talk
Josep Dalmau, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Director of the Neuro-oncology Lab of the Abramson Cancer Center
"Synaptic autoimmunity and the new disorders of memory, behavior, cognition, and psychosis"
April 13
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Mike Gandal and Armen Moughamian
Reducing tuber burden: mTOwaRds new therapies for intractable epilepsy
April 27
252 BRB
Junior Faculty Panel Discussion
May 13
BRB Auditorium
Student Invited Guest Speaker Pat Brown, MD, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry at Stanford

2008 - 2009

September 18
252 BRB
Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and thesis mentor
(required for 1st and 2nd years - encouraged for 3rd years and everyone else welcome to attend and chime in!)
October 13
CRB Austrian Auditorium
"Art of Speaking Science" delivered by Lisa B. Marshall
A Public Speaking Seminar for Biomedical Professionals
November 10
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Bobby Basu and Alec Schmaier
Forbidden Fruit: The Danger and Mechanism of Drug-Diet Interaction
December 10
CRB
Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Doug Lin and Tao Zou
Therapeutic Potential of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
iPS: In Sickle Cell Disease and Beyond
January 12
BRB Auditorium
Student invited Penn faculty talk
Wei Tong, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Hematopietic Stem Cells and their Niches
February 4
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Preparing for the Future:  A Conversation About Life After MD-PhD School
February 17
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Amar Majmundar and Trey Schroeder
Bypassing nonsense mutations: A Potential Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
April 7
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Ana Cristancho and Abby Olsen
Searching for Kryptonite: Novel Therapeutic Approaches Against Superbugs
May 5
CRB
Austrian Auditorium
Guest Speaker Robert Gallo, MD and Graduating MD-PhD student reception
June 22
Class of
'62 Auditorium
Residency Panel Discussion

2007 - 2008

September 18
251 BRB
Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and thesis mentor
(required for 1st and 2nd years - encouraged for 3rd years and everyone else welcome to attend and chime in!)
October 17
CRB
Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Natalie Miller and Mary Robinson
Treatment of All Creatures Great and Small with Neonatal Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
Novermber 19
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds:  Tamar Gur and Simone Stalling
To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate: Is Autism a Question
December 4
BRB Auditorium
Student invited Penn faculty talk
Joan C. Hendricks, V.M.D. Ph.D.
The Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine
"An evolving career in sleep research and academic leadership"
January 17
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Priya Dedhia and Kunal Patel
Linkage Analysis 2.0: Whole Genome Approaches to Understanding Type II Diabetes
February 20
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds:  Michael Buckstein and John Northrop
Insights into the pathophysiology of schizophrenia
March 4
BRB Auditorium
Negotiating in Academic Medicine:  Creating Value and Using Leverage to Help Your Planning and Patience Pay OffMarjorie Bowman, MD, MPA Director, Center for Public Health Initiatives
April 17
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Erica Dwyer and Marta Rowh
What's in a Name?  A closer look at the new TB epidemic
May 7
CRB Auditorium
Celebration of the MD-PhD Class of 2008 and Alumni Guest Speaker, Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD,
Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins

2006 - 2007

August 7-8
Split Rock Resort, Pocono Mountains
Annual Combined Degree Retreat
September 27
251 BRB
Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and thesis mentor
(required for 1st and 2nd years - encouraged for 3rd years and everyone else welcome to attend and chime in!)
October 19
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Renuka Nayak and David Wise
Description to causality: mechanisms of gene expression signatures in cancer
Novermber 20 Grand Rounds:  Matt Bevers and Ali Harrist
Brains Too Good to Die: Neuroprotection after Cardiac Arrest
December 12 “How to Succeed in Science Without Really Trying” special guest talk by Dr. Jon Yewdell, Penn MD-PhD alum Chief, Cellular Biology Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID/NIH
January 18
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Student invited Penn faculty talk
Ben Stanger, MD/PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Pancreas Development and the Limits of Regulation
February 21 Grand Rounds: Mike Silverman and Farhad Abtahian
Dissecting a Deadly Virus: Lessons from the Avian Influenza and the Pandemic of 1918
March 19
Reunion Hall
Panel discussion on residency
April 18
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds:  Uma and Mira Sachdeva
Unraveling the French Paradox: Recent insights into Resveratrol and the process of human aging
May 7
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Student Invited Guest Speaker Juanita L. Merchant, MD/PhD
Professor at the University of Michigan in Internal Medicine and Integrative and Molecular and Integrative Physiology
The role of Sonic Hedgehog in the Stomach:  Friend or Foe
May 10
14th fl. BRB
Graduating MD/PhD student reception
June 11
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds:  Peter Ghoroghchian and Marcin Imielinski
"The future of molecular imaging in cancers: Biomarkers, targeted therapies, and individualized patient care."

2005 - 2006

October 8 (all day)
Gregg Conference Center
Annual Combined Degree Retreat
October 18
BRB Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Lara Wine Lee and MacLean Pancoast
Ectodermal Dysplasias: Of Mice, Men and Dogs - Genetic Advances and Therapeutic Implications

November 21
CRB Austrian Auditorium

Student Panel Discussion Choosing a Lab Rotation and Thesis Mentor
December 15
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Dave Moore and Marisa Juntilla
Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency: Insights from a Rare Pediatric Disorder”
January 18
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Student Invited Guest Speaker:
Jordan Orange, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
February 16
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Defne Amado and Ashley Coats
Early to bed, Early to Rise:  Familial Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome or: the disorder all surgery residents probably wish they had
March 23
252 BRB
Faculty Panel Discussion on Choosing a Residency Program
April 11
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Alexei Polishchuk and Andrew Trister
Dilemmas in Drug Development: What to do with a multiple sclerosis wonder drug

May 3
CRB Austrian Auditorium

Dr. Jeannie Lee, Penn MD-PhD alum
HHMI Investigator
Professor, Genetics and Pathology, Harvard Medical School
May POSTPONED Dr. Jon Yewdell, Penn MD-PhD alum
Chief, Cellular Biology Section, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID/NIH
How to Succeed in Science Without Really Trying

2004 - 2005

October 25
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Dan Bauer and Josh Gruber
Werner Syndrome and the Biology of Aging

November 10

Guest Speaker:  Peter Agre, MD, PhD
Aquaporin Water Channels - From Atomic Structure to Clinical Medicine
November 23
253 BRB
Student Panel Discussions
Choosing a Lab Rotation and Thesis Mentor
Organizing Thesis Committee Meetings
December 13
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Summer Lind and Mary Robinson
The Role of Nitric Oxide in Sepsis: Use of Animal Models
January 10
TBA
Student Invited Guest Speaker: Rex Ahima, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine
Neuroendocrine Regulation of Body Weight
February 15
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds:Ben Olenchock and Chris Vakoc
EGF Receptor-Targeted Therapies for Non Small-Cell Lung Cancer
March 31
252 BRB
Graduating Student Panel Discussion on Choosing a Residency
April 6
CRB Austrian Auditorium
Grand Rounds: Alison H. Skalet, Sally Newbrough and Elise Carpenter Addressing the pandemic: What's being done for African patients with HIV?
May 9
5:30 PM
CRB Austrian Auditorium

 

Student Invited Guest Speaker: David Ginsburg, MD
Dr. Ginsburg is an HHMI investigator and a Professor of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics at the University of Michigan Medical School. He received his B.A. degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University and his M.D. degree from Duke University School of Medicine. His postdoctoral clinical and research training was done at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ginsburg is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and recipient of the E. Donnall Thomas Lecture and Prize from the American Society of Hematology, the Basic Research Prize from the American Heart Association, and the 2004 ASCI Award from the American Society of Clinical Investigation. His research focuses on genetic studies of blood coagulation and thrombosis.