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I spent some of my free time going over the list of MSTP institutions (Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Institutions - National Institute of General Medical Sciences) and making a list of what PhD programs each one offers. If my username didn't make it obvious, I'm interested in the application of engineering to medicine, so I wanted to see how many programs would let me do something in an applied field like Biomedical Engineering or Electrical Engineering rather than requiring research in more traditional biomedical science fields. Here's what I came up with, I hope others find it useful.
Keep in mind that this will probably change over time, your mileage may vary, etc, etc, etc. I tried my best to make it accurate, but not all program websites were exactly clear, so make sure to confirm with the program rather than blindly taking my word for it. However, I hope it is a good resource for you!
University of Alabama (Birmingham)
Stanford University
UC Irvine
UCLA/Caltech
UCSD
UCSF
UC Denver
Yale University
Emory University
Northwestern University
UC
UIC
IU School of Medicine
University of Iowa
Johns Hopkins
University of Maryland
Harvard Medical School/MIT
Tufts University School of Medicine
University of Massachusetts
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
Mayo Medical School
Washington University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Columbia University
Icahn School of Medicine
NYU School of Medicine
Stony Brook University
University of Rochester
Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering
Duke University
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Case Western Reserve University
Ohio State University
University of Cincinnati
Oregon Health and Science University
Penn State
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Medical University of South Carolina
Vanderbilt University
Baylor College of Medicine
University of Texas (Southwestern)
University of Virginia
University of Washington
Medical College of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Keep in mind that this will probably change over time, your mileage may vary, etc, etc, etc. I tried my best to make it accurate, but not all program websites were exactly clear, so make sure to confirm with the program rather than blindly taking my word for it. However, I hope it is a good resource for you!
University of Alabama (Birmingham)
- Biomedical Engineering
- Nutrition Sciences
- Healthcare Organization and Policy
- basic life sciences
- Biochemistry & Structural Biology
- Cancer Biology
- Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology (CMDB)
- Genetics and Genomic Sciences
- Immunology
- Microbiology
- Neuroscience
- Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine
Stanford University
- Any science field they offer? Not sure, wasn't totally clear.
- basic life sciences
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biomedical Informatics
- Biophysics
- Cancer Biology
- Chemical & Systems Biology
- Developmental Biology
- Genetics
- Immunology
- Microbiology & Immunology
- Molecular & Cellular Physiology
- Neurosciences
- Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
- Structural Biology
- Health Research and Policy
- Epidemiology and Clinical Research
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Bioengineering
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- … ”and more” (from the School of Engineering? From the school as a whole?)
UC Irvine
- Any graduate program at UCI
UCLA/Caltech
- Any graduate program at UCLA
- Any of the following programs from Caltech:
- Bioengineering
- Biology
- Neurobiology
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Aeronautics
- Applied and Computational Mathematics
- Applied Mechanics
- Applied Physics
- Civil Engineering
- Computation and Neural Systems
- Computer Science
- Computing and Mathematical Sciences
- Control and Dynamical Systems
- Electrical Engineering
- Materials Science
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Engineering
- Space Engineering
- Environmental Science and Engineering
- Geobiology
- Geochemistry
- Geology
- Geophysics
- Planetary Science
- Behavioral and Social Neuroscience
- Social Science
- Astrophysics
- Mathematics
- Physics
UCSD
- Bioengineering
- Bioinformatics
- Division of Biological Sciences
- Biomedical Sciences
- Chemistry / Biochemistry
- Neurosciences
- Anthropology
- Physics
- Epidemiology (Joint with SDSU)
- Chemical and Biological Sciences (from Scripps)
UCSF
- Bioengineering (Joint with UC Berkeley)
- Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biophysics
- Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
- Medical Anthropology (Joint with UC Berkeley)
- Neuroscience
- Interdisciplinary: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Developmental Biology and Genetics
UC Denver
- Bioengineering
- Cancer Biology
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Cell Biology, Stem Cell and Development
- Computational Bioscience
- Human Medical Genetics
- Immunology
- Integrated Physiology
- Microbiology
- Molecular Biology
- Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacology
- Structure Biology and Biophysics
Yale University
- Biomedical Engineering
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Other PhD programs considered on case-by-case basis
Emory University
- Any PhD program at Emory
Northwestern University
- Life Sciences
- Biological Sciences
- Biotechnology, Systems and Synthetic Biology
- Cancer Biology
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
- Developmental Systems and Stem Cell Biology
- Genetics and Genomics
- Immunology and Microbial Sciences
- Reproductive Science
- Structural Biology and Biophysics
- Neuroscience
- Biomedical Engineering
- Applied Physics
- Chemistry
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
UC
- Any PhD program from Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, or Social Sciences
- Biological Sciences:
- Cancer Biology
- Immunology
- Microbiology
- Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition
- Evolutionary Biology
- Ecology and Evolution
- Integrative Biology
- Biophysical Sciences
- Medical Physics
- Public Health Sciences
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Development, Regeneration and Stem Cell Biology
- Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology
- Human Genetics
- Computational Neuroscience
- Neurobiology
- Physical Sciences:
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Biophysical Sciences
- Chemistry
- Computational and Applied Mathematics (CCAM)
- Computer Science
- Geophysical Sciences
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Statistics
- Social Sciences:
- Anthropology
- Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science
- Comparative Human Development
- Economics
- History
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Social Thought
- Sociology
UIC
- “The admissions policy is flexible enough to accommodate those students who have already identified the field in which they wish to carry out research.”
IU School of Medicine
- Biomedical Engineering (Joint with Purdue)
- Stem Cell Biology, Hematopoiesis, and Hematologic Malignancies
- Immunology and Infectious Disease
- Cancer Biology
- Diabetes
- Neuroscience and Alcohol
- Biomolecular Imaging and Structural Biology
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
University of Iowa
- Biochemistry
- Biomedical Science Program (subprograms):
- Biochemistry
- Cancer Biology
- Cell & Developmental Biology
- Free Radical & Radiation Biology
- Immunology
- Microbiology
- Molecular & Cellular Biology
- Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
- Genetics
- Human Toxicology
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Pharmaceutical Sciences & Experimental Therapeutics (PSET)
- Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences (CPS)
- Medicinal & Natural Products Chemistry (MNPC)
- Pharmaceutics
- Pharmacy Practice & Science (PPS)
- Biostatistics
- Epidemiology
- Informatics
Johns Hopkins
- "PhD programs in other divisions of the University [...] are also open to MD-PhD students." (See below post #5 by @Syxx )
- Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB)
- Biological Chemistry
- Biomedical Engineering (BME)
- Human Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Immunology
- Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CMM)
- Molecular Biophysics
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
- Pathobiology
- Cellular and Molecular Physiology
- Functional Anatomy and Evolution
- History of Science, Medicine and Technology
University of Maryland
- Life Sciences
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Epidemiology and Human Genetics
- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
- Molecular Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Toxicology
- Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences
- Immunity and Infection
- Integrative Membrane Biology
- Muscle Biology
- Gastroenterology
- Gerontology and Exercise Physiology
- Molecular and Mechanistic Toxicology
- Schizophrenia Research
- Injury Prevention and Control
- Epidemiology of Aging
- Bioengineering (Joint with University of Maryland College Park)
Harvard Medical School/MIT
- Harvard Life Sciences:
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics (BIG)
- Biological Sciences in Public Health
- Biophysics
- Chemical Biology
- Chemistry & Chemical Biology (CCB)
- Immunology
- Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB)
- Neuroscience
- Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB)
- Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology (SHBT)
- Systems Biology
- Virology
- Harvard Social Sciences:
- Economics
- Health Policy
- History of Science
- Medical Anthropology
- Philosophy
- Population Health Sciences
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Sociology
- Statistics
- MIT Programs;
- Biomedical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) Concentrations:
- Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Biological Engineering
- Brain and Cognitive Sciences
- Mechanical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Physics
- Bioastronautics
- Neuroimaging
- Biology
- Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)
Tufts University School of Medicine
- Cell, Molecular & Developmental Biology
- Genetics
- Immunology
- Molecular Microbiology
- Neuroscience
University of Massachusetts
- Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
- Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
- Cancer Biology
- Cell Biology
- Clinical & Population Health Research
- Immunology & Microbiology
- Interdisciplinary (within UM Medical School)
- Neuroscience
- Translational Science
University of Michigan
- Any PhD they offer? Seems that it just has to be approved by “Research Rotation Advisory Committee” after M2
University of Minnesota
- Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Epidemiology
- Integrative Biology and Physiology
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
- Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacology
Mayo Medical School
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biomedical Engineering and Physiology
- Clinical and Translational Science
- Immunology
- Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
- Neurobiology of Disease
- Virology and Gene Therapy
Washington University
- Anthropology
- Biochemistry
- Biomedical Engineering
- Computational and Molecular Biophysics
- Computational and Systems Biology
- Developmental, Regenerative, and Stem Cell Biology
- Human and Statistical Genetics
- Immunology
- Molecular Cell Biology
- Molecular Genetics and Genomics
- Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
- Neurosciences
- Physics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Anatomy & Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Cell Biology
- Clinical Investigation
- Developmental and Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Molecular Pharmacology
- Neuroscience
- Pathology
- Physiology and Biophysics
- Systems and Computational Biology
Columbia University
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
- Biological Sciences
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Informatics
- Pathology and Cell Biology
- Cellular, Molecular, and Biophysical Studies
- Chemistry
- Computational Biology
- Epidemiology
- Genetics and Development
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Neurobiology and Behavior
- Pharmacology
- Molecular Signaling Physiology
Icahn School of Medicine
- Biophysics and Systems Pharmacology
- Cancer Biology
- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
- Genetics and Genomics Sciences
- Immunology
- Microbiology
- Neuroscience
NYU School of Medicine
- Genes, Cells, and Organisms
- Cellular and Molecular Biology
- Developmental Genetics
- Genome Integrity
- Stem Cell Biology
- Molecular Oncology and Tumor Immunology
- Molecular Pharmacology
- Immunology and Inflammation
- Microbiology
- Molecular, Cellular, and Translational Neuroscience
- Systems, Cognitive, and Computational Neuroscience
- Biomaterials Science
- Biomedical Imaging
- Biostatistics
- Epidemiology
- Molecular Biophysics
- Systems and Computational Biomedicine
Stony Brook University
- Applied Mathematics & Statistics (AMS)
- Biochemistry & Structural Biology (BSB)
- Bioinformatics
- Biomedical Engineering (BME)
- Chemistry (CHE)
- Genetics (BGE)
- Molecular & Cellular Biology (MCB)
- Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology (HBH)
- Molecular Genetics & Microbiology (HBM)
- Neuroscience (BNB)
University of Rochester
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biophysics
- Brain & Cognitive Sciences
- Chemistry
- Pharmacology & Physiology
- Epidemiology
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Biomedical Genetics
- Health Services Research & Policy
- Microbiology & Immunology
- Neurobiology & Anatomy
- Neuroscience
- Pathology
- Statistics
- Toxicology
- Translational Biomedical Science
Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering
- Unknown (Looks like mostly different areas of medical/life/biological sciences)
Duke University
- Biochemistry
- Biostatics
- Biology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Cell Biology
- Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
- Fuqua School of Business
- Immunology
- Integrated Toxicology & Environmental Health
- Medical Physics
- Molecular Cancer Biology
- Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
- Neurobiology
- Pathology
- Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
- Sanford School of Public Policy
- University Program in Genetics and Genomics
- Any PhD Program at Duke, provided the student makes “a convincing case to the committee that the plans for the degree have significant relevance to medical science”
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Biomedical Engineering (Joint with North Carolina State University)
- Cell Biology and Physiology
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Pharmacology
- Curriculum in Toxicology
- Curriculum in Neurobiology
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Biostatistics
- Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Epidemiology
- Health Policy and Administration
- Maternal and Child Health
- Nutrition
- Nutritional Biochemistry
- Nutritional Epidemiology
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Anthropology
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Economics
- Mathematics
- Psychology
- Sociology
Case Western Reserve University
- Biochemistry
- Biomedical Engineering
- Cancer Biology (CBTP track in Pathology)
- Cell Biology
- Clinical Translational Science
- Developmental Biology (in Genetics & Genome Sciences or Neurosciences)
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Genetics and Genome Sciences
- Immunology (ITP track in Pathology)
- Molecular Biology & Microbiology
- Molecular Virology
- Neurosciences
- Nutrition
- Pathology (Molecular and Cellular Basis of Disease)
- Pharmacology
- Physiology and Biophysics
- Structural Biology and Biophysics
- Systems Biology and Bioinformatics
Ohio State University
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Sciences
- Neuroscience
- Biophysics
- Chemistry
- Microbiology
- Public Health
University of Cincinnati
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Informatics
- Cancer & Cell Biology
- Environmental Health
- Immunology
- Molecular and Developmental Biology
- Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry & Microbiology
- Neuroscience
- Pathobiology & Molecular Medicine
- Pharmacology
- Systems Biology and Physiology
Oregon Health and Science University
- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Informatics
- Cancer Biology
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Molecular and Medical Genetics
- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
- Neuroscience Graduate Program
- Physiology & Pharmacology
- Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Penn State
- Biomedical Sciences, with options in:
- Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- Virology and Immunology
- Translational Therapeutics
- Neuroscience
- Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences
- Engineering Science and Mechanics
- Physiology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- “The program is flexible and works with students individually to develop the most appropriate curriculum plan.”
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
- Cell & Molecular Biology
- Epidemiology & Biostatistics
- Genomics & Computational Biology
- Immunology
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacology
- Accounting
- Applied Economics
- Ethics & Legal Studies
- Finance
- Health Care Management & Economics
- Management
- Marketing
- Operations, Information and Decisions
- Statistics
- Bioengineering
- Africana Studies
- Ancient History
- Anthropology
- Applied Math and Computational Science
- Art & Archaeology in the Mediterranean World
- Astronomy (see Physics)
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Classical Studies
- Comparative Literature
- Criminology
- Demography
- Earth and Enviromental Science
- East Asian Languages & Civilizations
- Economics
- English
- Germanic Languages
- History
- History of Art
- History & Sociology of Science
- Linguistics
- Mathematics
- Music
- Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Philosophy
- Physics & Astronomy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Romance Languages
- Sociology
- South Asia Regional Studies
University of Pittsburgh
- Biomedical Informatics
- Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology
- Cellular and Molecular Pathology
- Clinical and Translational Science
- Computational Biology
- Immunology
- Molecular Biophysics/Structural Biology
- Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology
- Molecular Pharmacology
- Molecular Virology and Microbiology
- Neuroscience (CNUP)
- Epidemiology
- Human Genetics
- Chemistry
- Bioengineering
- Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering (Joint with Carnegie Mellon)
- Biological Sciences (Joint with Carnegie Mellon)
- Neural Computation (Joint with Carnegie Mellon)
- Psychology (Joint with Carnegie Mellon)
Medical University of South Carolina
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Bioengineering
- Biomedical Imaging
- Biostatistics and Epidemiology
- Cancer Biology
- Cardiovascular Biology
- Cell Biology
- Cellular Injury and Repair
- Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
- Developmental Biology
- Drug Discovery
- Genomics
- Lipidomics
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Molecular and Cellular Biology and Pathobiology Program
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Neurosciences
- Regenerative Medicine
- Proteomics
- Signal Transduction
- Stem Cell Biology
- Structural Biology
Vanderbilt University
- Biochemistry
- Biological Sciences
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Informatics
- Cancer Biology
- Cell & Developmental Biology
- Chemical & Physical Biology Program
- Epidemiology
- Human Genetics
- Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
- Neuroscience
- Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology
- Pharmacology
Baylor College of Medicine
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Bioengineering (Joint with Rice University)
- Developmental Biology
- Immunology
- Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Molecular and Human Genetics
- Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
- Molecular Virology and Microbiology
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacology
- Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics
- Translational Biology & Molecular Medicine
University of Texas (Southwestern)
- Biological Chemistry
- Biomedical Engineering
- Cancer Biology
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Clinical Psychology
- Genetics, Development and Disease
- Immunology
- Integrative Biology
- Molecular Biophysics
- Molecular Microbiology
- Neuroscience
- Organic Chemistry
- Any of the above with optional specialization in any of the following:
- Computational and Systems Biology
- Mechanisms of Disease and Translational Science
- Pharmacological Sciences
University of Virginia
- “UVA MSTP requires that all of our students obtain their PhD in Biomedical Sciences or in Biomedical Engineering”
University of Washington
- “All departments at UW are open to MSTP students for their PhD research, and our students take full advantage of the diversity of disciplines represented here.”
Medical College of Wisconsin
- Biochemistry
- Biophysics
- Biostatistics
- Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy
- Functional Imaging
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Physiology
- Public & Community Health
University of Wisconsin
- “The research resources of the entire UW-Madison campus are available to our students, with any faculty member of a PhD degree-granting program or department having the potential to be a mentor of an MSTP student.”
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