Student Directory
Students are listed by program.
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Samusi Adedrian
Graduate of: Rhode Island College
Mentor: Arif Hussain, M.D., Department of Medicine
Milad Alasady
Graduate of: University of Missouri- St. Louis
Mentor: David Weber, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry
Amanda Bowers
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Eric Sundberg, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology
Jodian Brown
Graduate of: University of the Sciences Philaelphia
Mentor: Ian Thorpe, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, UMBC
Chris Coey
Graduate of: Clemson University
Mentor: Alex Drohat, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry
Shi Da
Graduate of: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Mentor: Rao Gullapalli, Ph.D., Department of Diagonost Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Patrick Desmond
Graduate of: Penn State University
Mentor: Robert Bloch, Ph.D., Department of Physiology
Christy Gaines
Graduate of: University of North Carolina
Mentor: Mike Summers, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, UMBC
John Giddens
Graduate of: College of William and Mary
Mentor: Lai-Xi Wang, Ph.D.,Department of Biochemistry
Deborah Girma
Graduate of: University of Maryland College Park
Mentor: Michael Summers, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, UMBC
Daniel Grun
Graduate of: University of Maryland College Park
Mentor: Richard Eckert, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry
Veronica Lopez
Graduate of: Universidad Metropolitana
Mentor: Steven Munger, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
William (Alex) Meltzer
Graduate of: Penn State
Mentor: Michal Zalzman, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry
Zephane Melville
Graduate of: Seattle University
Mentor: David Weber, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry
Peter Mercredi
Graduate of: City College of New York
Mentor: Michael Summers, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, UMBC
Sarah Monti
Graduate of: University of Maryland Baltimore County
Mentor: Michael Summers, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, UMBC
Nicole Perry
Graduate of: North Carolina State M.S.
Mentor: Aikaterini Kontrogianni-KonstantopoulosPh.D., Department of Biochemistry
Ben Portney
Graduate of: University of Maryland College Park
Mentor: Michal Zalzman, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry
Christina Ross
Graduate of: Juniata College
Mentor: Gerald Wilson, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry
Sarah Russell
Graduate of: University of Maryland Balto. County
Mentor: Martin Schneider, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry
Jerrell Scott
Graduate of: University of the District of Columbia M.S.
Mentor: Anil Jaiswal, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology
Courtney Sturey
Graduate of: Juniata College
Mentor: Michael Donnenberg, M.D., Department of Medicine
Sausan Taha
Graduate of: Towson University
Mentor: Gary Fiskum, Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology
Bishal Tandukar
Graduate of: Morgan State University
Mentor: Thomas Hornyak, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry
Ari Unger
Graduate of: Yeshiva University
Mentor: Ronald Gartenhaus, Ph.D., Department of Medicine
Christina Walker
Graduate of: McDaniel College
Mentor: Richard Eckert, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry
Robert Wimmer
Graduate of: Villanova University
Mentor: Martin Schneider, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry
Jin Xu
Graduate of: University of Maryland College Park
Mentor: Yun Qiu, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology
David Saeva
Graduate of: SUNY College
Nathan Hardenbrook
Graduate of: Iowa State University
Daniel Garman
Graduate of: Saint Mary's College
Janelle Geist
Graduate of: Susquehanna University
Matt Fisher
Graduate of: Sacred Heart University
Courtney Chandler
Graduate of: Michigan-Ann Arbor
Joshua Brown
Graduate of: University of West Florida
Julie Nyman
Graduate of: Hood College
Devin Sharp
Graduate of: Point Loma Nazarene College
Epidemiology & Human Genetics
Danielle Abraham
Graduate of: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Elena Artimovich
Graduate of: Stevenson University
Mentor: Shannon Takala-Harris, Ph.D. – Department of Medicine
Jason Bailey
Graduate of: University of Maryland College Park
Mentor: Christopher Plowe, M.D., M.P.H. – Department of Medicine
Joshua Backman
Graduate of: University of Maryland College Park
Kristin Bornstein
Graduate of: New York Medical College
Mentor: Myron Levine, M.D., D.T.P.H. – Department of Medicine
Cynthia Burch
Graduate of: Virginia Commonwealth University
Mentor: Patricia Dischinger, Ph.D. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Andrea Buchwald
Graduate of: Colorado College
Shana Burrowes
Graduate of: University of South Florida Tampa
Jerry Choate
Graduate of: Baylor University
Mentor: Zachary Kaminsky, Ph.D. – Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Modupe Coker
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Manhattan Charurat, Ph.D., M.S. – Department of Medicine
Lindsay Croft
Graduate of: University of Iowa
Mentor: Daniel Morgan, M.D., M.S. – Department of Medicine
Benjamin Emmanuel
Graduate of: George Washington University
Christine Franey
Graduate of: University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Lisa Gardner
Graduate of: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Mentor: Sania Amr, M.D. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Christina Greene
Graduate of: Florida Institute of Technology
Mentor: Gordon Smith, M.B., Ch.B., M.P.H. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Mark Jones
Graduate of: James Madison University
Mentor: Denise Orwig, Ph.D. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Jibreel Jumare
Graduate of: University of Maryland Baltimore
Timothy Kerns
Graduate of: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Mentor: Gordon Smith, M.B., Ch.B., M.P.H. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Marie-Claude Lavoie
Mentor: Gordon Smith, M.B., Ch.B., M.P.H. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Brianna Lindsay
Graduate of: Drexel University
Mentor: O Colin Stine, Ph.D. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Fang Liu
Graduate of: University of Maryland Baltimore
Mentor: Sania Amr, M.D. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Nyaradzo Longinaker
Graduate of: Towson University
Mentor: Mishka Terplan, M.D., M.P.H. – Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Wensheng Luo
Mentor of: Larry Magder, Ph.D. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Max Masnick
Graduate of: Duke University
Mentor: Anthony Harris, M.D., M.P.H. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Carlo Mercado
Graduate of: Towson University
Amber Million-Mrkva
Graduate of: Michigan State University
Mentor: Gordon Smith, M.B., Ch.B., M.P.H. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Lindsay Morningstar
Graduate of: Loyola University
Mentor: Thomas Blanchard, Ph.D., J.D. – Department of Pediatrics
Kara Moser
Graduate of: University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Christina Perry
Graduate of: Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Mentor: Alan Shuldiner, M.D. – Department of Medicin
Christopher Pepin
Graduate of: Saint Michaels College
Maggie Prescott
Graduate of: University of New Hampshire
Ellen Pinnow
Graduate of: Ohio State University
Mentor: Samir Amr, M.D. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Nicholas Schluterman
Graduate of: University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Mentor: Kathleen Tracy, Ph.D. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Amol Carl Shetty
Graduate of: Georgia Institute of Technology
Mentor: Braxton Mitchell, Ph.D., M.P.H. – Department of Medicine
Azadeh Shoaibi
Graduate of: University of California Los Angeles
Mentor: Mona Baumgarten, Ph.D. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Kristen Stafford
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Mona Baumgarten, Ph.D. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Ying Tang
Graduate of: Georgia State University
Mentor: Gordon Smith, M.B., Ch.B., M.P.H. – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Nicholas Tilton
Graduate of: George Washington University
Mentor: Maureen Black, Ph.D. – Department of Pediatrics
Mona Tsoukleris, Pharm.D.
Graduate of: University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Mentor: Patricia Langenberg, Ph.D – Department of Epidemiology & Public Health
Alexandra Winters
Graduate of: Reed College
Mentor: Toni Pollin, Ph.D. – Department of Medicine
Marniker Wijesinha
Graduate of: University of Pittsburgh
Michelle Yau
Graduate of: George Washington University
Mentor: Braxton Mitchell, Ph.D., M.P.H. – Department of Medicine
Xianghua Yin
Mentor: Ilene Zuckerman, Pharm.D., Ph.D. – Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
Yue Daniel Zhu
Graduate of: University of Maryland Baltimore
Mentor: Ilene Zuckerman, Pharm.D., Ph.D. – Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
Gerontology
UMB Campus
Nancy Chiles
Graduate of : University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Elizabeth Couser
Graduate of : Saint Michael’s College and SUNY Albany
Rasheeda Johnson
Graduate of: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Alida Loinaz
Graduate of: San Jose State University
Lynn Miescier
Graduate of: College of William & Mary and Cornell University
Shannon O’Connor
Graduate of: North Carolina State University
Lisa Reider
Graduate of: Washington College and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Thomas Shaffer
Graduate of: University of New Haven and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Emma Sheldon
Graduate of: Wells College
UMBC Campus
Colleen Bennett
Graduate of: State University of New York College at Geneseo and Marywood University
Michael Brazda
Graduate of: University of Maryland University College and University of Maryland Baltimore County
Mingliang Dai
Graduate of: Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade and University of Central Missouri
Laura Frazier
Graduate of: University of Maryland and Towson University
Laura Girling
Graduate of: Clemson University and Loyola University
Jennifer Howard-Doering
Graduate of: University of California, University of Erfurt, and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Katherine Humber
Graduate of: Wellesley College, University of Maryland University College, University of Maryland College Park
Iona Johnson
Track: SCB
Graduate of: George Washington University and Loyola College
Karen Johnson
Graduate of: Cedarville College and Virginia Commonwealth University
Flavius Lilly
Tara McMullen
Graduate of: University of Nevada, Reno
Cristan Smith
Graduate of: University of Maryland, College Park and University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jing Xu
Graduate of: East Carolina University and Fudan University
Master in Molecular Medicine
Adeoluwa Adewuyi
Graduate of: Towson University
Joshua Bates
Graduate of: Virginia Military Institute
Blaine (Jake) Dow
Graduate of: University of California, San Diego
Nivedita Udey Hegdekar
Graduate of: Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Jason Karimy
Graduate of: University of Colorado @ Denver
Maria Larrosa Garicia
Graduate of: University of Santiago (Spain)
Matthew Panicker
Graduate of: UMBC
Alison Rosenthal
Graduate of: UMCP
George Sabaya
Graduate of: University of Nairobi, Kenya
Dane Kania
Graduate of: Arizona State University
Ian Whitaker
Graduate of: UMCP
Stephanie Murti
Graduate of: St. Mary’s College
Victoria Sammarco
Graduate of: UMB, School of Pharmacy
Deepa Srinivisan
Graduate of: Monash University (Singapore)
Leah Smith
Graduate of: UMBC
Karen Olarte
Graduate of: Industrial University of Santander, Colombia
Rajkumar Baldeosingh
Graduate of: Stevenson University
Mentor: Dr. Nancy Fossett, Ph.D., Department of Pathology
Christine Carney
Graduate of: University of Delaware
Shilpa Das
Graduate of: UMCP
Shweta Das
Graduate of: UMCP
Chan Hong
Mentor: Dr. Alan Shuldiner, M.D., Department of Medicine
Graduate of: UMCP
Yoon Jeong Jang
Graduate of: Indiana University
Mentor: Christy Chang, Ph.D., Department of Medicine
Vadim Kashtelyan
Graduate of: UMCP
Mentor: Joseph Cheer, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Megan Moorer
Graduate of: University of Alabama
Prarthana Ravishankar
Graduate of: BMS College of Engineering, India
Manasa Srikanth
Graduate of: Birla Institute of Technology & Science, India
Mentor: Dr. Ricardo Feldman, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Sarthak Zaveri
Graduate of: A & R Patel Institute, India
Molecular Medicine
Patrick Adair
Graduate of: Williams College
Mentor: David Scott, Ph.D., Department of Surgery
Judi Azevedo
Graduate of: University of Maine
Mentor: Ricardo Feldman, Ph.D.,Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Alan Alfano
Graduate of: Towson University
Mentor: Yun Qiu, Ph.D.,Department of Pharmacology
Cheryl Armstrong
Graduate of: University of Maryland Baltimore County
Mentor: Jeffrey Winkles, Ph.D.,Department of Surgery
Dianaly Au
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Dudley Strickland, Ph.D.,Department of Surgery
Moradeke Bamgboye
Graduate of: Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Mentor: W. Jonathan Lederer, M.D., Ph.D. – Department of Physiology
Lekhana Bhandary
Graduate of: University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Mentor: Stuart Martin, Ph.D. – Department of Physiology
Amanda Boggs
Graduate of: Villanova University
Mentor: Stuart Martin, Ph.D., Department of Physiology
Dominique Bollino
Graduate of: Frostburg State University
Mentor: Laure Aurelian, Ph.D.,Department of Pharmacology
Jessica Bruscard
Graduate of: Lycoming College
Mentor: Tony Passaniti, Ph.D.,Department of Pathology
Atum Buo
Graduate of: Haverford College
Mentor: Joseph Stains, Ph.D. – Department of Orthopedics
Kristi Chakrabarti
Graduate of: University of Pennsylvania
Monica Charpentier
Graduate of: Gettysburg College
Mentor: Stuart Martin, Ph.D. – Department of Physiology
Emily Cheng
Graduate of: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mentor: Jeffrey Winkles, Ph.D., Department of Surgery
Edward Cherok
Graduate of: Pennsylvania State University
Mentor: Mariusz Karbowski, Ph.D.,Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
David Clark
Graduate of: Virginia Wesleyan College
Mentor: Li Mao, M.D.,Department of Oncology & Diagnostic Sciences (School of Dentistry)
Gregory Conway
Graduate of: SUNY Buffalo
Mentor: Toni Antalis, Ph.D., Department of Physiology
Patricia Cunfer
Graduate of: Lebanon Valley College
Mentor: Dudley Strickland, Ph.D. – Department of Surgery
Bre-Onna DeLaine
Graduate of: University of Richmond
Mentor: Eileen Barry, Ph.D., School of Medicine
Kathryn Driesbaugh
Graduate of: Albright College
Mentor: Toni Antalis, Ph.D. – Department of Physiology
Jeffrey Kleinberger
Graduate of: Juniata College
Adam Fisch
Graduate of: University of Maryland College Park
Mentor: Alan Shuldiner, M.D.,School of Medicine
William Fondrie
Graduate of: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Jennifer Fox
Graduate of: Mount St. Mary’s University
Mentor: Curt Civin, M.D.,Department of Pediatrics
Tyler Gable
Graduate of: Eastern Washington University
Mentor: Li Mao, M.D., Department of Oncology & Diagnostic Sciences (School of Dentistry)
Gabriel Eades
Graduate of: Virginia Commonwealth University
Mentor: Qun Zhou, M.D., Ph.D. – Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Curtis Gallagher
Graduate of: York College of Pennsylvania
Mentor: Matthew Trudeau, Ph.D.,Department of Physiology
Eugene Gardner
Graduate of: Ohio University
Mentor: Scott Devine, Ph.D., School of Medicine
Alexis Gorden, M.D.
Graduate of: New York University School of Medicine
Mentor: Alan Shuldiner, M.D.,School of Medicine
Marie Hanscom
Graduate of: University of Tennessee Knoxville
Timothy Hostelley
Graduate of: Lycoming College
Valerie Huse
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Patrik Bavoil, Ph.D.,School of Dentistry
Christopher Jacob
Graduate of: College of Mount St. Joseph
Mentor: Christopher Plowe, M.D., M.P.H. – School of Medicine
Tierra Johnson
Graduate of: University of the District of Columbia
Mentor: Toni Antalis, Ph.D., Department of Physiology
Tyler Kochel
Graduate of: Juniata College
Mentor: Amy Fulton, Ph.D.,Department of Pathology
Cameron Lassiter
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Susan Dorsey, Ph.D., RN, School of Nursing
Eric Legenzov
Graduate of: Towson University
Mentor: Joseph Kao, Ph.D., Department of Physiology
Tiha Long
Graduate of: Towson University
Mentor: Bret Hassel, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Hsiang-Min Lu
Graduate of: National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Mentor: Thomas Blanpied, Ph.D., Department of Physiology
Erik Martin
Graduate of: University of Southern Maine
Mentor: Toni Antalis, Ph.D., Department of Physiology
David McCarty
Graduate of: St. Cloud State University
Mentor: Vincent Njar, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology
Lena McLaughlin
Graduate of: University of Washington
Mentor: Vincent Njar, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology
Leon McLean, M.D., M.P.H.
Graduate of: Tufts University School of Medicine
Mentor: Terez Shea-Donohue, Ph.D. – Department of Radiation Oncology
Nicholas Mello
Graduate of: St. Lawrence University
Mentor: Paul Fishman, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology
Sarah Morgan
Graduate of: Lehigh University
Mentor: Raymond Penn, Ph.D. – School of Medicine
Amber Mueller
Graduate of: University of Maryland College Park
Alanna Murday
Mentor: C. David Pauza, Ph.D.,School of Medicine
Nathaniel Noyes
Graduate of: SUNY Buffalo
Mentor: Dudley Strickland, Ph.D. – Department of Surgery
Elizabeth Neuendorf
Graduate of: George Washington University
Mentor: Jacques Ravel, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Nidhi Pamidimukkala
Graduate of: Carnegie Mellon University
Mentor: David Kaetzel, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jimena Perez-Bermudez
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Raymond Peroutka
Graduate of: Towson University
Mentor: Ronald Gartenhaus, M.D., School of Medicine
John Reiser
Graduate of: Saint Michael’s College
Drew Roberts
Graduate of: University of Virginia
Mentor: Li Zhang, Ph.D.,Department of Physiology
Kelly Robinson
Graduate of: Clemson University
Mentor: Julie Dunning Hotopp, Ph.D.,Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Cara Rothenberg
Graduate of: Salisbury University
Mentor: Paul Welling, M.D. – Department of Physiology
Anan Said
Graduate of: Howard University College of Medicine
Michelle Sallin
Graduate of: North Carolina State University
Mentor: Scott Strome, M.D., Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
Emma Scott
Graduate of: University of Maryland College Park
Mentor: Scott Devine, Ph.D. – School of Medicine
Gloria Serena
Graduate of: University of Padova, Italy
Mentor: Alessio Fasano, M.D.,Department of Pediatrics
Marey Shriver
Graduate of: University of North Texas
Mentor: Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Karsten Sieber
Graduate of: Gettysburg College
Mentor: Julie Dunning Hotopp, Ph.D.,Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Haley Simpson
Graduate of: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Jacob Skovira
Graduate of: Towson University
Mentor: Alan Faden, M.D. – Department of Anesthesiology
Jana Slovic
Graduate of: University of Washington
Mentor: Stuart Martin, Ph.D. – Department of Physiology
James Steinhardt
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Ronald Gartenhaus, M.D. – School of Medicine
Craig Sturgeon
Graduate of: St. Mary’s College
Mentor: Alan Fasano, M.D. – Department of Pediatrics
Heidi Swaim
Graduate of: St. Marys College of Maryland
Mentor: Matthew Trudeau, Ph.D., Department of Physiology
Rex Sun
Graduate of: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Mentor: Terez Shea-Donohue, Ph.D.,Department of Radiation Oncology
Alexander Tsai
Graduate of: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Ekemini Udofa
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Toni Antalis, Ph.D. – Department of Physiology
Katrina Williams
Graduate of: University of Maryland College Park
Mentor: Jessica Mong, Ph.D.,Department of Pharmacology
David Wisniewski
Graduate of: Gettysburg College
Benjamin Wolfson
Graduate of: Tulane University
Justine Yu
Graduate of:Temple University
Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Devon Allison
Graduate Ursinus College
Mentor: Mark Shirtliff, Ph.D., Department of Microbial Pathogenesis Dental School
Philippe Azimzadeh
Graduate of: University of Maryland College Park
Phillip Balzano
Graduate of: Drexel University
Mentor: Eileen Barry, Ph.D., Department of Medicine, CVD,
Sarah Boudova
Graduate of: University of PA, Philly
Mentor: Miriam Laufer, Ph.D.,Department of Pediatrics
Latey Bradford (Jones)
Graduate of: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Mentor: Jacques Ravel, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology, IGS
Graduate of: University of Connecticut
Mentor: Hanping Feng, Ph.D.,Department of Microbial Pathogenesis Dental School
Aaron Christensen-Quick
Graduate of: University of Minnesota Twin Cities,
Mentor: Alfredo Garzino-Demo, Ph.D.
Antione Dara
Graduate of: University of Bamako
Mentor: Christopher Plowe, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Medicine, CVD
Steven Dudics
Graduate of: University of Toledo
Kimberly Filcek
Graduate of: Radford University
Mentor: Patrik, Bavoil, Ph.D., Department of Microbial Pathogenesis Dental School
Jeffrey Freiberg
Graduate of: University of Virgnia
Mentor: Mark Shirtliff, Ph.D., Department of Microbial Pathogenesis Dental School
Beth French
Graduate of: Thomas Jefferson University
Mentor: Agnes Azimzadeh, Ph.D.,Department of Surgery
Kelsey Gregg
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Robert Ernst, Ph.D., Department of Microbial Pathogenesis Dental School
Mark Guillotte
Graduate of: College of William and Mary
Mentor: Abdu Azad, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Katie Howell
Graduate of: Temple University
Mentor: Wuyuan Lu, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology/IHV, School of Medicine
Molly Hritzo
Graduate of:University of Scranton
Grant Jones
Graduate of: Arizona State University
Mentor: Rose Jagus, Ph.D., Institue of Marine and Environmental Technology
Ann Mary Joseph
Graduate of: Sathyabama University
Mentor: Eduardo DaVila, Ph.D., Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Greenebaum Cancer Center .
Sabina Kaczanowska
Graduate of: University of Maryland, College Park
Mentor: Eduardo DaVila, Ph.D., Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Greenebaum Cancer Center .
Graduate of: Richard Stockton College
Mentor: Mary Ann Rizk, Ph.D., Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, Dental School
Stephanie Lehman
Graduate of: Colorado State University
Mentor: Abdu Azad, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Lisa Leung
Graduate of: St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Mentor: David Goodlet, Ph.D., Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy
Grace Maldarelli
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Michael Donnenberg, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Justin Mancini
Graduate of: Haverford College
Mentor: Gerardo Vasta, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institue of Marine and Environmental Technology
Erin McClure
Graduate of: Juniata College
Pragnesh Mistry
Graduate of: University of Maryland College Park
Mentor: Stefanie Vogel, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Sergio Mojica
Graduate of: SUNY at Binghamton
Mentor: Patrik Bavoil Ph.D., Department of Microbial Pathogenesis Dental School
Hal Neely
Graduate of: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Mentor: Martin Flajnik, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Rebecca Pelc
Graduate of: Mary Washington College
Mentor: Shane Creaul, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
Daniel Phillips
Graduate of: East Tennessee State University
Mentor: Patrik Bavoil Ph.D., Department of Microbial Pathogenesis Dental School
Brigit Quinn
Graduate of: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Mentor: Eileen Barry, Ph.D., Department of Medicine, CVD
Chelsea Rapp
Graduate of: Ohio State University
Mentor: Eric Sundberg, Ph.D., Department of Medicine, IHV
Alexandria Reinhart
Graduate of: University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Mentor: Amanda Oblesby-Sherrouse, Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Science Department, School of Pharmacy
Mark Rudolph
Graduate of: University of Rochester
Mentor: Marcelo Sztein, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, CVD
Alison Scott
Graduate of: Eastern Michigan University
Mentor: Robert Ernst, Ph.D., Department of Microbial Pathogenesis Dental School
Avital Shimanovich
Graduate of: Towson University
Mentor: Marcela Pasetti, Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics, CVD
Susannah Shissler
Graduate of: Tennessee Technology University
Zhanna Shubin
Graduate of: University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: C. David Pauza, Ph.D., Department of Medicine, Institute of Human Virology
Dylan Simon
Graduate of: Case Western Univesity
Jeticia Sistrunk
Graduate of: University of Texas Health – Houston
Mentor: David Rasko, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology School Institute of Genomic Sciences
Edward So
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Scott Strome, M.D., Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Graduate of: Wheaton College
Mentor: Joana DaSilva, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology School Institute of Genomic Sciences
Raja Venkataraman
Graduate of: University of Miami
Mentor: Matthew Frieman, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Lanie Wallace
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: David Rasko, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology and Immunology School Institute of Genomic Sciences
Admission to CandidacyElizabeth Weingartner
Graduate of: Depauw University
Mentor: Amit Golding, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
Kyle Wilson
Graduate of: Kalamazoo College
Mentor: Paul Antony Ph.D., Department of Pathology
Neuroscience
Faith Akkentli
Graduate of: Bogazici University
Mentor: Reha Erzurumlu, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Evan Bordt
Graduate of: Catholic University of America
Mentor: Brian Polster, Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology
P.Brown Leon
Graduate of: University of New Hampshire
Mentor: Paul Sheppard, Ph.D., Department of MPRC
Brianna Carusillo
Graduate of: Fordham University
Mentor :Marc Simard, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology
Haiwen Chen
Graduate of: Harvard University
Mentor: Tom Blanpied, Ph.D., Department of Physiology
Nisha Cooch
Graduate of: Washington and Lee
Mentor: Geoff Schoenbaum, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Danielle Cusmano
Graduate of: Drew University
Mentor: Jessica Mong, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology
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Chase Francis
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Jessica Hoffman
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Mentor: Asaf Keller, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Anthony Park
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Nisha Pullimood
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Mentor: Alexandre Medina de Jesus, D.Sci, Department of Pediatrics
Sarah Ransom
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Mentor: Tom Blanpied, Ph.D., Department of Physiology
Dushon Riley
Graduate of: Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Jonathan Lederer,M.D., Ph.D., Department of Physiology
Sarah Rudzinskas
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Mentor: Jessica Mong, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology
Nathaniel Safren
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Mentor: Mervyn Montiero, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Mark Schultz
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Mentor: Lucey Lumley
Jacob Smith
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Mentor: Elizabeth Powell, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Chandler Sours
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Mentor: Rao Gullapalli, Ph.D., Department of Radiology
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Mentor:Patricio O'Donnell, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Chantelle Terrillion
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Mentor: Todd Gould, M.D., Department of Psychiatry
Cigdem Tosun
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Mentor: Marc Simard, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology
Cedric Utyingco
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Mentor: Steve Munger, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Adam VanDyke
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Mentor: Scott Thompson, Ph.D., Department of Physiology
Jonathan VanRyzin
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Mentor: Margaret McCarthy, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology
Joshua Whitt
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Mentor: Andrea Meredith, Ph.D., Department of Physiology
Heather Wied
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Mentor: Geoff Schoenbaum, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
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Mario Inacio
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Mentor: Mark Rogers, PhD, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Brian Johnson
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Mentor: Kelly Westlake, PhD, Dept. of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Wan-wen Liao
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Mentor: Sandy McCombe Waller, PhD, Dept. of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
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Richard Burke
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Edward Carter
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Marisol Castaneto
Mentor: Marilyn Huestis, Ph.D., Department of: Chemistry & Drug Metabolism, NIDA
Khadiza Chowdhury
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Adam Clark
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Dhanraj Deshmukh
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Mentor: Yun Qiu, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology
Nathalie Desrosiers
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Mentor: Katherine Squibb, Ph.D., Department of Medicine
Kshama Doshi
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Mentor: Maria Baer, Ph.D., Department of Medicine
Kendra Edwards
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Kayla Ellefsen
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Michael Feasel
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Rupa Guha
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Mentor: Anil Jaiswal, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology
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Mentor: Marilyn Huestis, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry & Drug Metabolism, NIDA
Sarah Himes
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Mentor: Marilyn Huestis, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry & Drug Metabolism, NIDA
Raju Khatri
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Mentor: Anil Jaiswal, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology
Andrew Kwegyir-Afful
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Claudio Muller
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Matthew Newymeyer
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Mentor: Carys Mitchelmore Chesapeake Biological Lab
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Mentor: Richard Eckert, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Pragya Shrestha
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Mentor: Tom Abrams, Ph.D., Pharmacology
Shiyu Tang
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During prenatal development, the brains of most animals, including humans, develop specifically male or female characteristics. In most species, some portions of male and female brains are a different size, and often have a different number of neurons and synapses. However, scientists have known little about the details of how this differentiation occurs. Now, a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) has illuminated some details about how this occurs.
