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Michael A. Frohman, MD, PhD
MSTP Program Director
Email: michael@pharm.stonybrook.edu

Dr. Michael Frohman has directed the MSTP for the past 6 years. Dr. Frohman graduated from the University of Pennsylvania MSTP in 1986 with an MD and a PhD in Immunology (Carol Cowing, Preceptor), was a postdoctoral fellow at UCSF (Gail Martin, Mentor) and joined the Pharmacology Dept at SBU in 1992. His research interests center on signal transduction; disease models include diabetes, cancer and immune responses. Dr. Frohman is always available to discuss research opportunities or any other subject of importance to the MSTP students. Please e-mail or call ahead to set up a time.

Carron Kaufman
Program Administrator
Email: carron@pharm.stonybrook.edu

As the MSTP Program Administrator, I am always available to deal promptly and effectively with all logistic and/or administrative difficulties encountered by MSTP Fellows. I try to maintain an open-door policy, and I'm always available to meet with MSTP Fellows. I can also be reached by e-mail or phone.

Howard Crawford, PhD
MSTP Associate Director
Email: crawford@pharm.sunysb.edu

Dr. Howard Crawford earned his PhD at University of Texas Southwestern and undertook postdoctoral training at Vanderbilt University before coming to SBU in 2003. Dr. Crawford has been an Associate Director for 1.5 years; his research interests focus on pancreatic cancer.

Paul Fisher, MD, PhD
MSTP Associate Director
Email: paul@pharm.stonybrook.edu

Dr. Paul Fisher graduated from the Stanford MSTP in 1980 (PhD, Biophysics), was a postdoctoral fellow at Rockefeller University and joined the Pharmacology Department at SBU in 1983. He became an MSTP Associate Director and was then Director from 1988-2003. His research interests centered on DNA replication and repair.

William Jungers, PhD
MSTP Associate Director
Email: william.jungers@sunysb.edu

Dr. William Jungers joined the MSTP Steering Committee, started chairing the MSTP Admissions Subcommittee in 1993, and became an Associate Director in 1996. He has been a faculty member at SBU since 1979; before that, he was at the University of Illinois (1976-78). He was a postdoctoral fellow at SBU and a graduate student at the University of Michigan; his research interests are in vertebrate paleobiology. In 2008, Dr. Jungers received the Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award.

Richard Lin, MD
MSTP Associate Director
Email: RZLIN@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Dr. Richard Lin earned his MD at UCSF and did residency training / hematology fellowship at Stanford. He is a Professor of Medicine, a member of the institute of Molecular Cardiology, and has a joint appointment and lab space in the Department of Physiology. Dr. Lin's interests center on signal transduction in the context of cancer and cardiology. He received a 2004 U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Mailing Address:
Medical Scientist (M.D./Ph.D.) Training Program
Basic Science Tower, Floor T-8, Room 101
Stony Brook University Medical Center
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8651
Office Phone: (631) 444-3219
Office Fax: (631) 444-6229