Alumni

Our graduates are shaping the face of academic medicine in leadership roles throughout the country. They have become division chiefs, departmental chairs and center directors at institutions nationwide:

• Emory University (Dr. Tris Parslow)
• Harvard University (Dr. Bradley Hyman)
• Mayo Clinic (Dr. James Cerhan)
• Washington University (Dr. Christine Gurnett)
• The Ohio State University (Dr. Timothy Cripe)
• University of Washington (Dr. Gail Jarvik)
• University of Missouri (Dr. Joel Johnson)
• University of Iowa (Dr. George Richerson)

Three have been Directors of NIH-funded MSTPs at:

• Northwestern University (Dr. David Engman)
• U of California - San Francisco (Dr. Aimee Kao (current director))
• U of California - San Francisco (Dr. Tris Parslow (previous director))
• University of Iowa (Dr. Michael Knudson)

Primary workplace of MD-PhD program graduates who completed postgraduate training. Data are from responders to the national MD-PhD program outcomes study.  Response rates were 73% (Iowa) and 68% (national). 

Brass LF, Akabas MH. The national MD-PhD program outcomes study: Relationships between medical specialty, training duration, research effort, and career paths. JCI Insight. 2019 Oct 3;4(19). pii: 133009. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.133009. PubMed PMID: 31578310; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6795497.