Dr. Alarice (Huang) Lowe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Class of 2000
Volleyball
Her leadership on the court helped transform MIT’s volleyball program. Her pioneering spirit away from it is creating change on a global scale.
Alarice Lowe, playing under her maiden name of Huang, shined during her time with MIT’s volleyball program, leading the team to a 93-43 record in four years that included two NCAA tournament appearances. Lowe served as team captain for the 1998 and 1999 seasons and earned 1999 NEWMAC All-Conference Team and NEWVA All-Region First Team honors as a senior. She graduated as the MIT record holder for assists in a season, career assists, assists/set in a season, and assists/set in a career, all of which still rank in the top ten in school history.
Holding a bachelor’s degree in biology and earning CSC Academic All-America honors in 1999, she went on to earn her M.D. at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) before completing a residency and cytology fellowship at UCLA. Lowe then joined the faculty of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where she developed a research focus on Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and the application of new technology to improve clinical and molecular diagnostics while fulfilling her academic appointment as an instructor of pathology at Harvard Medical School. She has since joined the Stanford University of School of Medicine as an Associate Professor of Pathology and as an award-winning researcher.
Lowe’s breadth of research and publications have received recognition from across the nation. She has received the Merck Manual Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education, the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Cytopathology Young Investigator of the Year, and the American Society for Clinical Research Top 40 Under 40 Award for her exceptional work in the field. In 2024, she received the Stanford Medicine Department of Pathology Clinical Teaching Award.
Away from medicine her philanthropic efforts are as impressive as she invests in organizations that give support to low socioeconomic areas both in the United States and around the globe. Throughout work with Servant Partners, Compassion International, Adom Partnership, Starlight Homeless Ministries, and Youth Dynamics, Lowe is focused on youth development, legal assistance, social justice and the fight against poverty and HIV. She is also involved in global outreach to international pathologists who are striving to learn new techniques and research methods.