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Faculty

By carefully selecting training faculty, the Medical Scientist Training Program is able to provide the best possible research experience that propels students toward success as physician scientists and physician engineers. Training faculty are chosen amongst the graduate faculty at IU School of Medicine and the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue. Faculty are members of both basic science and clinical departments and represent areas of strengths amid both institutions.

Criteria for these faculty include a track record in training pre-doctoral PhD or MD-PhD students, evidence of high-quality research as judged by peer-reviewed publications, and extramural peer reviewed funding. Learn more about faculty research.

Program Co-Directors

43800-Gaston, Benjamin

Benjamin Gaston, MD

Billie Lou Wood Professor of Pediatrics

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3060-Herbert, Brittney-Shea

Brittney-Shea Herbert, PhD

Assistant Dean for Physician Scientist Development

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Program Associate Directors

67391-DeBosch, Brian

Brian J. DeBosch, MD, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics

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15263-Sheets, Patrick

Patrick L. Sheets, PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology

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Associate Program Director Sherry Harbin, PhD, of the MD PhD Program

Sherry Harbin, PhD

Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Basic Medical Sciences - Purdue University

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18596-Sims, Emily

Emily K. Sims, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

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Program Advisor

9949-Clapp, D.

D. W. Clapp, MD

Chair, Department of Pediatrics

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Cancer and Hematologic Disease

Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease

Diabetes and Metabolism

Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Musculoskeletal Disease

Neuroscience and Addiction

Sociomedical and Behavioral Sciences (IADRD)

Biomedical Engineering