Master of Science

Master’s in Translational Medicine (M-TRAM) is a professional degree program that trains students to advance promising biomedical solutions from early-stage research to full regulatory approval. Technology focus areas include immunotherapy, gene therapy, vaccines, biomarkers, single-cell omics, and medical devices. M-TRAM combines flexible classroom learning with hands-on, team-based medical research, one-on-one mentoring by renowned Stanford faculty and investigators, and on-site biotechnology training.

M-TRAM focuses on three integrated areas representing key stages of translational medicine. Rather than specializing in only one area, students develop strong working knowledge across all three domains throughout the program:

• Early Translation: Basic Science to Preclinical

• Clinical Translation: Clinical Investigation

• Late Translation: Medical Adoption and Commercialization

There are two complementary M-TRAM Tracks based on the type of capstone project students pursue:

• TRIP (Translational Research Individual Project): track requiring a faculty-mentored individual capstone research project.

• TEAM (Translation, Entrepreneurship, and Applied Medicine Project): track requiring  a collaborative team-based capstone project, organized by therapeutic or focus area.

TRIP and TEAM track students have overlapping but separate coursework requirements, as indicated here: https://med.stanford.edu/m-tram/academics/schedules.html opens in a new tab