Department: Stem Cell Bio Regenerative Medicine
Contacts
Office: 265 Campus Drive, 3rd Floor Admin Suite G3C110, Stanford, CA 94305
Mail Code: 94305-5461
Phone: (650) 723-6716
Email: stemcellphd@stanford.edu
Web Site: http://stemcellphd.stanford.edu/
Courses offered by the Program in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine are listed under the subject code STEMREM on the Stanford Bulletin’s Explore Courses web site.
Graduate Program in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
The Stanford Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (SCBRM) program is dedicated to doctoral education that translates basic science to clinical applications, typically referred to as Translational Science, and of intense interest internationally in medical schools and universities. Our doctoral program provides exceptional didactic education and research experience in the basic sciences underlying stem cell biology. In addition, program participants will receive specialized training in the development and clinical application of discoveries in the basic sciences to achieve regenerative therapies. Thus, our graduates will be uniquely positioned to develop successful translational careers in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, and will emerge prepared to deliver on their passion to improve the human condition. The core curriculum is combined with unique research and clinical/professional immersion rotations to provide opportunities for doctoral students to specialize in the broad subject of translational medicine and yet focus specifically on fundamentals of SCBRM. The curriculum combines education in genetics and developmental biology with an introductory laboratory-based stem cell course, an advanced course in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, and a clinical rotation with alternative opportunities in law, business and/or engineering.
The mission of the SCBRM graduate program is to produce future leaders in translational science through a combination of basic science and clinical/professional immersion. The program aims to be innovative and to change the landscape for graduate education in the biomedical sciences by having the immersion tailored to each student’s translational goals. The program accommodates students who wish to focus primarily at the basic science level alongside those who wish to focus specifically on innovation such as a new device to solve a clinical problem. In the former case, the student might seek out a primary mentor affiliated with the basic sciences and take electives that reflect the more basic interest. In the latter case, the student might select an elective with an engineering focus and seek out primary mentorship with a more clinically or engineering focused mentor. In this way, graduates from our doctoral program receive exceptional didactic education and research experience and are well positioned to develop successful translational careers in SCBRM by applying their knowledge and passion to improve human health.
Faculty
Graduate Studies Director: Tushar Desai
Institute Faculty:
Arash A. Alizadeh (Assistant Professor, Medicine/Oncology and Member of Bio-X, Child Health Research Institute and Stanford Cancer Institute, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine )
Philip A. Beachy (Professor of Urology, Department of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Courtesy of Chemical Systems and Biology, and Member of Bio-X and Stanford Cancer Institute, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Charles K.F. Chan (Assistant Professor, Surgery - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, and Member of Bio-X, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Michael F. Clarke (Professor, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and Department of Medicine/Oncology and Member of Bio-X and Stanford Cancer Institute)
Agnieszka Czechowicz, (Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Member of Bio-X, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute)
Tushar Desai (Assistant Professor, Medicine/Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and Member of Bio-X, Child Health Research Institute and Stanford Cancer Institute, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine )
Maximilian Diehn (Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology/Radiation Therapy and Member of Bio-X and Stanford Cancer Institute, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine )
Casey Gifford (Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics (Cardiology), Courtesy of Genetics, Member of Bio-X, Cardiovascular Institute, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Maternal & Child Health Research)
Natalia Gomez-Ospina (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Genetics) and of Pediatrics Stem Cell Transplantation, Member of Bio-X, Institute, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Maternal & Child Health Research)
Stefan Heller (Professor, Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and Member of Bio-X, Stanford Cancer Institute and Stanford Neurosciences Institute)
Sidd Jaiswal (Assistant Professor of Pathology, Member of Bio-X, Cardiovascular Institute, Cancer Institute, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Kyle Loh (Assistant Professor, Developmental Biology and Member of Bio-X, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford Neurosciences Institute, and Faculty Fellow)
Michael T. Longaker (Professor, Surgery/Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and (by courtesy) Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering and Member of Bio-X, Child Health Research Institute and Stanford Cancer Institute, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Ravindra Majeti (Associate Professor, Medicine/Hematology and Member of Bio-X and Stanford Cancer Institute,Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine )
Michelle Monje-Deisseroth (Assistant Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences and Member of Bio-X, Child Health Research Institute, Stanford Cancer Institute and Stanford Neurosciences Institute, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Hiromitsu Nakauchi (Professor of Genetics and Member of Bio-X, Stanford Cancer Institute, Cardiovascular Institute, Maternal & Child Health Research, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine )
Aaron Newman (Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Member of Bio-X and Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Roeland Nusse (Professor, Developmental Biology and Member of Bio-X and Stanford Cancer Institute, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Lucy O'Brien (Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Member of Bio-X, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford Cancer Institute)
Anthony Oro (Professor, Dermatology and Member of Bio-X, Child Health Research Institute and Stanford Cancer Institute, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Theo D. Palmer (Associate Professor, Neurosurgery and Member of Bio-X, Child Health Research Institute, Stanford Cancer Institute and Stanford Neurosciences Institute)
Matthew Porteus (Associate Professor, Pediatrics/Stem Cell Transplantation and Member of Bio-X, Cardiovascular Institute, Child Health Research Institute and Stanford Cancer Institute)
Kristy Red-Horse (Associate Professor, Biology, Member of Bio-X, Cancer Institute, Institute for Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Maria Grazia Roncarolo (Professor, Pediatrics/Stem Cell Transplantation and Medicine/Blood & Marrow Transplantation and Member of Bio-X, Child Health Research Institute and Stanford Cancer Institute)
Vittorio Sebastiano (Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology/Reproductive Biology and Member of Bio-X and Child Health Research Institute)
Judith Shizuru (Professor, Medicine/Blood & Marrow Transplantation and Member Stanford Cancer Institute)
Irving L. Weissman (Professor, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pathology and Developmental Biology and (by courtesy) Department of Biology and Member of Bio-X and Stanford Cancer Institute)
Gerlinde Wernig (Assistant Professor, Pathology, Member of Bio-X, Institute for Biology and Regenerative Medicine)
Marius Wernig (Professor, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and Department of Pathology and (by courtesy) Chemical & Systems Biology and Member of Bio-X, Child Health Research Institute, Stanford Cancer Institute and Stanford Neurosciences Institute)
Joanna Wysocka (Professor, Chemical & Systems Biology and Developmental Biology and Member Bio-X and Stanford Cancer Institute)