MD/PhD: The Long Game of Medicine and Research

Riley Behan-Bush found the MD/PhD program through a Google search. Hannah Van Ert had already started a career in nursing before a research lab changed her path completely. Eight years (!) of combined medical and scientist training later, they're in their final stretch — and it often didn't feel like a long slog of schooling. They sit down with MSTP faculty Darren Hoffman, PhD, and Martha Carvour, MD/PhD (CCOM Class of 2012) to talk about how it works, what this path actually costs, who gets access to it, and whether federal funding cuts are about to make it a lot harder to find out.

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MD/PhD: The Long Game of Medicine and Research is an episode from The Short Coat Podcast by The Students of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.

This episode is 1:02:17 long.

This episode was published on May 21, 2026.

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