MD/PhD Current Trainees
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Entering 2024
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Ariel Jalen Fernandez
Alma Mater: University of California – Los Angeles
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
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Logan Perry
Alma Mater: Texas A&M University
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
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Emily Sherman
Alma Mater: University of Maryland-College Park
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
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Joan Sobo
Alma Mater: Bowie State University
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
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Catherine Van Dongen
Alma Mater: College of William & Mary
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Entered 2023
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Vlad Dobrin
Alma Mater: University of Maryland-College Park
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
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Andrew Schildcrout
Alma Mater: University of Chicago
Graduate Program: Bioethics
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Zihao Sui
Alma Mater: University of Chicago
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Entered 2022
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Chloe Casagrande
Alma Mater: Creighton University
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
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Elizabeth Chang
Alma Mater: Johns Hopkins University
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
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Margaret Sten
Alma Mater: University of California – San Diego
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
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Bryan Weselman
Alma Mater: College of William and Mary
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Alejandro Villagra, PhD
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Alvin Ya
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, College Park
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Todd Waldman, MD, PhD
Entered 2021
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David Allegakoen
Alma Mater: University of California-Berkeley
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Jeffrey Toretsky, MD
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Gina Choe
Alma Mater: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Chandan Vaidya, PhD
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Madeline Hamborg
Alma Mater: The College of William & Mary
Graduate Program: NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program
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Jacob Macro
Alma Mater: University of Connecticut
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Samir Khleif, MD
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Philip Pikus
Alma Mater: Bowdoin College
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: William Rebeck, PhD
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Alexander Sukharev
Alma Mater: University of Maryland-College Park
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Patrick Forcelli, PhD
Entered 2020
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Matthew Amontree
Alma Mater: University of Florida
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Kathy Conant, MD
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Rohith Battina
Alma Mater: University of Maryland-College Park
Graduate Program: Pharmacology
Thesis Mentor: Anna Riegel, PhD
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Alexander Lekan
Alma Mater: Georgetown University
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Lou Weiner, MD
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David McFall
Alma Mater: Princeton University
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Patrick Forcelli, PhD
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Anna Molotkova
Alma Mater: Georgetown University
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Aykut Uren, MD
Entered 2019
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Michel Fallah
Alma Mater: City University of New York Brooklyn College
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Rebekah Evans, PhD
Funded by F30NS132399 “Dissecting functional subgroups and closed-loop circuits between the pedunculopontine nucleus and the basal ganglia”
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Sidharth Jain
Alma Mater: New York University
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Anton Wellstein, MD, PhD
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Nancy Luo
Alma Mater: Johns Hopkins University
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: William Rebeck, PhD
Funded by F30AG082448 “Characterizing Entorhinal Cortex Circuit Dysfunction in an APOE Mouse Model of Chemotherapy-Induced Cognitive Impairment”
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Christopher Priestly-Milianta
Alma Mater: University of California-San Diego
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Samir Khleif, MD
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Noah Steinberg
Alma Mater: Lafayette College
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Max Reisenhuber, PhD and Kareem Zaghloul, MD, PhD
Funded by F30MH134507 “The Neural Mechanisms Underlying Categorical Decision Making”
Entered 2018
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Matthew D’Antuono
Alma Mater: Brown University
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Nagi Ayad, PhD
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Richard Klein
Alma Mater: Davidson College
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Peter Bandettini, PhD and Ashley VanMeter, PhD
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Rachael Maynard
Alma Mater: University of South Carolina Columbia
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Lou Weiner, MD
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Madeline Marcelle
Alma Mater: University of Pittsburgh
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Elissa Newport, PhD and William Gaillard, MD
Funded by F30DC020642 “Development of White Matter Language Tracts after Early Life Epilepsy and Stroke”
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David Saxon
Alma Mater: Claremont McKenna College
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Joshua Corbin, PhD and Stefano Vicini, PhD
Entered 2017
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Daniel Chapman
Alma Mater: Eckerd College
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Mark Burns, PhD
Funded by F30NS122281 “Interrogating Synaptic Mechanisms Underlying Contextual Fear Conditioning Amnesia in Rodent Model of Highly Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury“
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Tyler Ketchabaw
Alma Mater: Boston University
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD
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Alec McIntosh
Alma Mater: Simpson College
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Chunling Yi, PhD
Funded by F30CA264884 “The Oncogenic functions of YAP/TAZ in Renal Cell Carcinoma“
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YoungRok Park
Alma Mater: Johns Hopkins University
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Todd Waldman, MD, PhD
Entered 2016
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Megan Barefoot
Alma Mater: Georgetown University
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Anton Wellstein, MD, PhD
Funded by F30CA250307 “Decoding the Tissue of Origin of Cellular Damage from Cell-free DNA in Liquid Biopsies“
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Gregory Gallanis
Alma Mater: University of Southern California
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Anton Wellstein, MD, PhD
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Bryce Jones
Alma Mater: Notre Dame University
Graduate Program: Pharmacology
Thesis Mentor: Moshe Levi, MD
Funded by F30DK129003 “Obeticholic acid as a novel treatment for Alport syndrome“
Entered 2014
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Safwan Hyder
Alma Mater: University of Missouri-Columbia
Graduate Program: Pharmacology
Thesis Mentor: Patrick Forcelli, PhD
Funded by F30NS110318 “Optogenetic and chemogenetic manipulations of striatal output pathways for seizure control“