Greta Sten

Margaret "Greta" Sten

MD/PhD Candidate

Greta joined Georgetown's MD/PhD program in 2022 after two years of translational research at Massachusetts General Hospital and college at the University of California, San Diego. 

Greta earned her BS in Neuroscience and Physiology with a minor in Studio Art from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in May of 2020. At UCSD, she worked in Dr. Yishi Jin’s lab to study nerve injury and axon regeneration in C. elegans. After graduating, Greta spent two years in Boston as a researcher. She worked with Dr. Ganesh Shankar and Dr. Muhamed Hadzipasic on a translational project investigating how the mechanotransduction of macroscale forces drives degenerative spine disease. She also worked with Dr. Justin Brown and Dr. Stanley Bazarek to study the use of nerve transfers to restore motor function to paralyzed muscles after spinal cord injury.

In 2022, Greta joined Georgetown’s MD/PhD program with a strong interest in neurotrauma. She is currently doing her thesis research in Dr. Mark Burns’ lab, where she is using slice electrophysiology to study how traumatic brain injury impacts memory-encoding neurons.