Division of Biology and Medicine
Warren Alpert Physician-Scientist MD/PhD and Advanced Training Program

Faculty & Students

We strive to make the MD and PhD portions of the program as integrated as possible.

How to Apply

Ready to join us? Follow these instructions to submit an application to join our MD/PhD program.

Faculty & Students

We strive to make the MD and PhD portions of the program as integrated as possible.

Leadership

  • Thomas Bartnikas, MD, PhD

    Thomas Bartnikas, MD, PhD

    Director, MD/PhD Program; Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    Research Profile

    Tom Bartnikas, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Brown University where he studies the role of metals in human health and disease. He obtained a BA from Cornell University then an MD/PhD from Washington University in St. Louis. His work is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Please contact Dr. Bartnikas for more information about the program.

  • Jonathan Kurtis, MD, PhD

    Jonathan Kurtis, MD, PhD

    Executive Director, MD/PhD Program; Stanley M. Aronson Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    Research Profile

    Dr. Jonathan Kurtis is Chair of the Department of Pathology Laboratory Medicine and Director of the Lifespan Center for International Health Research. He received his BA, MD, and PhD degrees from Brown University. He completed post-doctoral training in malaria immuno-epidemiology from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Kisumu, Kenya. 

Current Students

1st-Year Medical Students

2nd-Year Medical Students

1st-Year PhD Students

2nd-Year PhD Students

3rd-Year PhD Students

4th-Year PhD Students

5th-Year PhD Students

6th-Year PhD Students

4th-Year Medical Students

Alumni

Graduates of the Brown MD/PhD program have gone into successful careers in academic medicine, research, and private practice. Here's just a few of our program alumni.

Leslie Gordon
Founder, Progeria Research Foundation
Professor of Pediatrics (Research)
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Jonathan Kurtis
Stanley M. Aronson, MD, Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Director, Warren Alpert Physician-Scientist MD/PhD and Advanced Training Program
Brown University

John Leong
Edith Rieva and Hyman S. Trilling Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Tufts University

Jordan Orange
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University

Michael Rafii
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology 
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Medical Director of the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute  

Paul Randazzo
Senior Investigator
National Cancer Institute
Center for Cancer Research
Head, Regulation of Ras Superfamily Section

Helen Su
Chief, Human Immunological Diseases Section
National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Courtney Voelker
Assistant Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California

How to Apply

Ready to join us? Follow these instructions to submit an application to join our MD/PhD program.