MD/PhD Program
Leadership
Co-Directors


Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Penn State College of Medicine
Associate Directors
Distinguished Professor, Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics

Melissa Rolls, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University Park
Steering Committee

Associate Professor, Pediatrics


Patrick Drew, PhD
Associate Director, Neuroscience Institute

Bruce Gluckman, PhD
Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics

Rice Family Foundation Professor in the Penn State Cancer Institute, Medicine

Professor and Interim Chair, Molecular and Precision Medicine

Mary Shenk, PhD
Associate Professor, Anthropology

Justin Silverman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Data Sciences, College of Information Sciences and Technology

Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training, Penn State College of Medicine
