About the Program

The one-year Master of Science in Translational Research and Applied Medicine (M-TRAM) prepares students to translate scientific discoveries into solutions that improve human health. Integrating medicine, science, technology, and business, the program spans the translational pathway from identifying unmet clinical needs and developing new therapeutics and technologies to clinical testing, regulatory approval, and commercialization. Students gain hands-on experience through coursework, clinical immersion, and individual or team-based capstone projects. Guided by Stanford faculty and industry mentors, students develop the multidisciplinary skills needed to advance promising biomedical innovations from the laboratory toward real-world clinical impact.

What You’ll Study

What you will study at the graduate level depends on your particular degree, academic interests, and professional goals. Key features of our program offerings include: 

• Translational medicine and drug development: from target discovery and preclinical research through clinical development, regulatory approval, and commercialization.

• Emerging biomedical technologies: including cell and gene therapies, immunotherapies, precision medicine, digital health, AI, diagnostics, and medical devices.

• Clinical research and unmet medical needs: learning directly from clinicians and patients to understand disease, clinical workflows, and opportunities for innovation.

• Biotechnology strategy and entrepreneurship: evaluating scientific, clinical, regulatory, intellectual property, and commercial considerations involved in bringing biomedical innovations to patients.

• Applied translational research: developing and advancing a real-world biomedical project through an individual or team-based capstone with faculty and industry mentorship.