MD/PhD Program
Leadership
Co-Directors


Leslie Parent, MD
Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Penn State College of Medicine
Associate Directors
Robert Levenson, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics

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

Chandrika Behura, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics


Patrick Drew, PhD
Associate Director, Neuroscience Institute

Raymond Hohl, MD, PhD
Rice Family Foundation Professor in the Penn State Cancer Institute, Medicine

Mary Shenk, PhD
Associate Professor, Anthropology

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

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