Monthly Events

2024-2025 - 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

2024-2025

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

Sept. 16 Law Auditorium	Penn MSTP Alumni Outcomes – Skip Brass, MD, PhD Avoiding the Zombie Zone, Clinical Creep and Other Disappointments on the Road to Becoming a Successful Physician-Scientist
Oct. 14 BRB, 14^th Floor	MSTP Student Gathering
Nov. 7 CRB Auditorium	Grand Rounds featuring Audrey Luo, Maggie Pecsok, and Min Jae Kim General topic - Neuromodulation in Psychiatry MSTP Steering Advisor for the session: Dr. Rahul Kohli
Dec. 2 (tentative) Law Auditorium	TBD
Jan. 29 (tentative) Law Auditorium	Grand Rounds featuring Kate Morucci (VMD-PhD), Erin DeNardo (VMD-PhD), and Noa Erlitzki General topic - Neuromodulation in Psychiatry MSTP Steering Advisor for the session: Dr. Rahul Kohli
Feb. 19 Law Auditorium	Grand Rounds featuring Likhitha Kolla, Angela Chen, and Michael Sielski Broad topic area – an aspect of evaluating/potentially applying observational data in medicine MSTP Steering Advisor for the session: Dr. Raj Jain
Mar. 17 Law Auditorium	5^th annual MSTP Anti-Racism event
Apr. 9 Law Auditorium	Grand Rounds featuring Claudia Heymach and Han-Seul Ryu Topic: TBD MSTP Steering Advisor for the session: Dr. Rahul Kohli
May 14 Law Auditorium & JMEC Atriums	Celebration of MD-PhD Class of 2025 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!!

2023-2024

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

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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 1^st and 2^nd years; optional for 3^rd years
Oct. 19 Law Auditorium	Grand Rounds featuring Emerson Hunter, VMD-PhD student and Jonathan Sussman, MD-PhD student 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 The Stretch Between Species: What you Knee-d to Know About Human and Canine Cruciate Ligament Tears Faculty consultants: Jason Syrcle DVM, DACVS-SA, Assoc Prof, Clinical Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery, Section Chief, Small Animal Surgery, PSVM; Liane Miller, MD, Asst Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Div of Sports Medicine, PSOM; Nathaniel Dyment, PhD, Asst Prof, Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering, PSOM; Kimberly Agnello, DVM, MS, DACVS, DACVSMR, Assoc Professor of Small Animal Surgery, PSVM MSTP Steering Advisor for the session: Dr. Mike Atchison
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	4^th 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	Penn MSTP Alumni Panel featuring careers outside of academia Penn MSTP alum panelists: Christina, Coughlin, MD, PhD, Head of Research & Dev’t, Avacta Therapeutics Adam Crystal, MD, PhD, President, Research & Dev’t, Tango Therapeutics Ali Harrist, MD, PhD, Wyoming State Health Officer Linda Jeng, MD, PhD, Associate Director for Biomedical Informatics, FDA Peter Lebowitz, MD, PhD, CEO, Third Arc Bio; Former Global Head of Oncology Research & Dev’t at Johnson & Johnson Richard Siegel, MD, PhD, Global Head, Translational Medicine, for Autoimmunity, Transplantation and Inflammation, Novartis
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.

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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 1^st and 2^nd years; optional for 3^rd 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.

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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

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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 1^st years and strongly recommended for 2^nd & 3^rd 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.

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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 1^st years and strongly recommended for 2^nd 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.

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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, 14^th 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

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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

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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

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September 21 Law Auditorium - JMEC	“Planning for the Future” series event: Panel discussion on choosing lab rotations and a thesis mentor required for 1^stand 2^nd years, and recommended for 3^rd 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 21^stcentury
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 1^stand 2^nd years, and recommended for 3^rd 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 1^st and 2^nd years, and recommended for 3^rd 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.

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