Global Faculty Training Program
Overview
Each year, Stanford Biodesign offers a Global Faculty Training (GFIT) program for faculty members and health technology innovation educators from universities and academic medical centers around the world. Its purpose is to provide instruction on the biodesign innovation process and how we teach it so that these trainees may launch or expand Biodesign-like programs at their home institutions.
The five-month intensive training experience, which runs from January to June, has two tracks: 1) an in-person full-time option conducted primarily at Stanford University, and 2) a virtual part-time option for those who wish to participate from their home institution. Virtual participants are invited to Stanford for two in-person visits to launch and complete their training experience, as well as meet the other individuals in their cohort and network with the Biodesign community.
Participants in the program to date have come from institutions around the world, including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Rwanda, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Applications are now closed for the 2025 program. To make last-minute inquiries, please contact biodesigngfit@stanford.edu.
For information about the 2026 program, check back in spring 2025. Applicants will be asked to provide a resume or CV, a written statement about their goals for participating in the program, and a letter of support from their sponsoring institution. Interviews will be conducted in late September and selection decisions will be announced by mid-October.
We also invite you to learn more about the global faculty trainees who have completed the program to date using the links below.
2025
Takehito Hananouchi
Muffazal Lakdawala
Matthew McDonald
Prince Christian Murindwa
George Otieno
Christian Rwakirenga
Anthony Train
Aman Verma
2024
Yu-Chen Chen
Tingyun Huang
Kenneth Iloka
Deborah Keller
Tzu-Yu Liu
Charlie C. Ma
Christopher Parker
Camila Pinheiro
Christopher Sales
Aldona Spiegel
Dana Vitner
Anthony Wanyoro
2023
Dida Capobianco-Fava
Shu-Mei Chen
Chun-You Chen
Chia-Ching Chou
Ivan Gur
Tsung-Rong Kuo
Wei-Chih Lien
Pichet Ruenchit
Gerard Rushingabigwi
Natnael Shimelash
Chien-Hua Tseng
Gabriela Xavier
2022
Anna (Peng-Ting) Chen
Chin-I Chen
Ta-Ching Chen
Raphael Derman
Julio Frias Dias
Yanxia Jiang
Caroline Kanaan
Alexander (Tin-Hsien) Ko
Shay Perek
2021
Arthur (Yen Yu) Chen
Chun-Chieh Chiu
Wanqing He
Hsiao Yu-Cheng
Paul (Chien-Chang) Lee
Hui-Tzung Luh
Michael Roimi
Yonina Ron
Shu-Wei Tsai
John Chung-Che Wu
Zehan Wu
Ido Yohanan
2020
2019
Hiroshi Noguchi
Hirotada Masuda
Masaomi Saeki
2018
2017
Rodrigo Bornhausen Demarch
Hirofumi Taki
Rie Tomizawa
Yizhe Wu