M.D.-PhD. Graduates in the Social Sciences Track - Harvard Medical School (2001-2007)

  • Clara Y. Han, MD, PhD (class of 2007)
    A.B. Princeton 1997 in Molecular Biology
    PhD Dissertation: Harvard University (Medical Anthropology) “Life in Debt: Depression and Survival in Chile’s Market Democracy” 

    Mentor: Arthur M. Kleinman, M.D.
    Dr. Clara Y. Han is now Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.
  • Erica Seiguer, MD, PhD (class of 2007)
    A.B. Princeton 1998 in Molecular Biology
    PhD Dissertation: Harvard University (Health Policy) “Innovation and Incentives in Pharmaceutical Research and Development”

    Mentor: Richard G. Frank, Ph.D.
    Dr. Erica Seiguer is a Clinical Fellow in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.
  • Benjamin D. Sommers, MD, PhD (class of 2006)
    A.B. Princeton 2000 in English
    PhD Dissertation: Harvard University (Health Policy) “The dynamics of public and private health insurance coverage in the United States”

    Mentor: Joseph P. Newhouse, Ph.D.
    Dr. Benajmin Sommers is a Clinical Fellow in Primary Care Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School, in Boston, MA.
  • Jeremy A. Greene, MD, PhD (class of 2005)
    A.B. Harvard 1996 in Biology and Anthropology
    PhD Dissertation: Harvard University (History of Science) “The Therapeutic Transition: Pharmaceuticals and the Marketing of Chronic Disease”
    Mentor: Allan Brandt, Ph.D.
    Dr. Jeremy A. Greene is a Clinical Fellow in Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School, in Boston, MA.
  • David S. Jones, MD, PhD (class of 2001)
    A.B. Harvard 1993 in History and Science
    PhD Dissertation: Harvard University (History of Science “Rationalizing Epidemics: Historical Accounts of American Indian Health Disparities”
    Mentor: Allan Brandt, Ph.D.
    Dr. David S. Jones is the Leo Marx Career Development Associate Professor of History and Culture of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. Jones is also Lecturer on Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Updated: March 10, 2008