John Kincaid

Growing up, John ("Jack") developed a robust passion for food and cuisine which later evolved into a defined interest in the intersection of diet and disease. As an MD-PhD student in the Harvard/MIT MD-PhD Program at Harvard Medical School, Jack will integrate medical education with basic science doctoral training to eventually become a physician scientist. In addition to his acceptance to Harvard, Jack was accepted into numerous programs in the Top 20 (T20) including UCSF, Yale, Cornell, UCLA, and the University of Washington, as well as was awarded the highly-prestigious NIH Oxford-Cambridge MD-PhD Scholarship. Jack graduated from Case Western Reserve University in 2021, earning a BA in Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism (summa cum laude) as well as an MS in Nutrition through the Integrated Graduate Studies (IGS) program. Throughout his undergraduate training, Jack was a member of the laboratory of Professor Nathan Berger, Dean Emeritus of the CWRU School of Medicine, where he collaborated on studies investigating the impact of obesity and obesogenic diet on the development of acute promyelocytic leukemia. Following his graduation from CWRU, Jack relocated to the United Kingdom to pursue an MPhil degree in the group of Sir Stephen O'Rahilly at the University of Cambridge Institute of Metabolic Science. During his time abroad, Jack's research focused on genetic and neuroendocrine mechanisms regulating eating behavior and body weight in humans and mice.