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2009 Incoming Students:

J. Daniel Fenn
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program)

Adam Hinzey 
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program)

Thomas Hirschauer
Neuroscience

Dylan Nielson
Neuroscience

Travis Sharkey-Toppen
Biomedical Engineering


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Medical Scientist Student Organization (MSSO)
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Johns Hopkins University
Year 2
Biomedical Engineering

Soluman Culver
Armstrong Atlantic State University 
Year 2 (Integrated)
Neuroscience

Nima Milani Nejad
University of California Los Angeles
Year 2 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program)

Bin Ni
MIT
Year 2 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program)

Obada Shamaa
State University of New York - Buffalo
Year 2 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program)

Muhtadi Islam
University of Dayton
Year 3 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program)

Richard Price
The Ohio State University
Year 3 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Graduate Program)
Advisor: E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD

Joseph Ostler
Brigham Young University
Year 3 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)

Sharda Thakral
University of Illinois at Chicago
Year 3 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)

Adam Bevan
Brigham Young University
Year 4 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: Brian Kaspar, PhD

Edward Briercheck
University of Toledo
Year 4 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: Michael A. Caligiuri, MD

Albert Wong
University of Texas at Arlington
MEMP (Joint Harvard/MIT PhD Program)

Alison Boxwell
College of William and Mary
Year 3 (Integrated)
Neuroscience
 Advisor: Stuart Mangel, PhD

Sharon Schreiber
University of Massachusettes
Med 2
Biomedical Engineering
 

Erica Hampton
Baylor University
Year 4 (Integrated)
Neuroscience

Christopher Alvarez-Breckenridge
The Ohio State University
Year 5 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisors: Michael A. Caligiuri, MD and
Ennio A Chiocca, MD, PhD

Hui-Zi Chen
Cornell University
Year 5 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: Gustavo Leone, PhD

Patrick Grierson
University of Wisconsin
Year 5 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: Joanna Groden, PhD

Susan Schmidt
The Ohio State University
Year 5 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: Michael A. Caligiuri, MD

Keith Vogt
Youngstown State University
Med 3
Biomedical Engineering
Advisors: Petra Schmalbrock, PhD
and Robert H. Small, MD

Ene Raig
The Ohio State University
Year 5 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: William Carson, MD

James Pauff
Miami University
Med 3 
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: Russ Hille, PhD

Dustin Donnelly
University of Akron
Year 6 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: Phillip Popovich, PhD

Edward Chang
The Ohio State University
Med 3
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: Jeff Kuret, PhD

Corey Clay
University of Notre Dame
Med 3 
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisors: Larry Schlesinger, MD / John Gunn, PhD

Alan Smith
Brigham Young University
Year 7 (Integrated)
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: Amy Lovett-Racke, PhD

Aaron Kithcart
University of Iowa
Med 3
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: Caroline Whitacre, PhD

Sanjida Saklayen
Case Western Reserve University
Med 3
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: David Beversdorf, MD

Dianne Glass
Rice University
Med 4
BME (Biomedical Engineering)
Advisor: Cynthia Roberts, PhD

Ryan Roberts
University of Utah
Med 4
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Research Interest: Immune regulation of angiogenesis
Advisor: Clay Marsh, MD

Kenny Varian
Mount Union College
Med 4
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: Paul Janssen, PhD

Recent Alumni

Na Tosha Gatson, MD, PhD
2009
Residency - The Ohio State University - Neurology
Undergraduate - Indiana University Purdue University
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Advisor: Caroline Whitacre, PhD
Dissertation: SEX, PREGNANCY AND A GREAT PAIR OF GENES: CRITICAL MEDIATORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESSION OF CNS AUTOIMMUNE INJURY

Phil Horne, MD, PhD
2009
Residency - Duke University Medical Center - Orthopaedic Surgery
Undergraduate - The Ohio State University
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Research Interest: Cell transplantation and graft acceptance
Advisor: Ginny Bumgardner, MD/PhD
Dissertation: ACTIVATION AND EFFECTOR FUNCTION OF UNCONVENTIONAL ACUTE REJECTION PATHWAYS STUDIED IN A HEPTATOCELLULAR ALLOGRAFT MODEL

Erin Longbrake, MD, PhD
2009
Residency - Washington University - St. Louis - Neurology
Undergraduate - Cedarville University
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Research Interest: Neuroimmune response to spinal cord injury
Advisor: Phillip Popovich, PhD
Dissertation: CONSEQUENCES OF DIFFERENTIAL MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION AFTER SPINAL CORD TRAUMA

Matt Stachler, MD, PhD
2009
Residency - Brigham and Women's Hospital - Pathology
Undergraduate - The Ohio State University
IBGP (Integrated Biomedical Science Grad Program)
Research Interest: AAV gene therapy
Advisor: Jeffrey S. Bartlett, PhD
Dissertation: DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF CAPSID MODIFIED AAV-BASED VECTORS TARGETED TOWARDS ANGIOGENIC AND PROLIFERATING VASCULATURE'

Brandon Miller, MD, PhD
2009
Residency - Emory University - Neurosurgery
Undergraduate - Washington University - St. Louis
Neuroscience
Research Interest: Mechanisms of Cell Death in Central Nervous System Trauma
Advisor: Michael Beattie, PhD and Jacqueline C. Bresnahan, PhD
Dissertation: THE EFFECTS OF EXCITOTOXICITY AND MICROGLIAL ACTIVATION ON OLIGODENDROCYTE SURVIVAL



Michael Brian Becknell, MD, PhD
2008
Residency - Pediatrics - Nationwide Children's Hospital
Undergraduate - Kenyon College
Advisor: Michael Caligiuri, MD
Dissertation: TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF INTERFERON GAMMA SYNTHESIS BY NATURAL KILLER CELLS 

Bradley Blaser, MD, PhD
2008
Residency - Brigham and Women's Hospital - Internal Medicine
Undergraduate - The Ohio State University
Advisor: Michael Caligiuri, MD
Dissertation: INTERLEUKIN 15 AND TRANSPLANTATION BIOLOGY: THE INTERFACE OF INNATE AND ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY 

Aharon Freud, MD, PhD
2008
Residency - Stanford University - Pathology
Undergraduate - The Ohio State University
Advisor: Michael Caligiuri, MD
Dissertation: STUDIES OF HUMAN NATURAL KILLER CELL DEVELOPMENT 

Jorge Guzman, MD, PhD
2007
Residency - Kettering Medical Center - Internal Medicine
Undergraduate - University of Oregon
Advisor: Fedias Christofi, PhD
Dissertation: An acrolein-derivatized camp antiserum to study camp signaling and visualization in the enteric nervous system-implications for gut inflammation

Keri Lunsford, MD, PhD
2007
Residency - Duke University Medical Center - General Surgery
Undergraduate - Miami University
Advisor: Ginny Bumgardner, MD, PhD
Dissertation: Analysis of immune pathways which jeopardize long-term pancreatic islet allograft survival in the liver

Matthew Mendlik, MD, PhD
2007
Residency - Boston University Medical Center - Neurology
Undergraduate - University of Notre Dame
Advisor: Robert Coleman, PhD
Dissertation: Syntheses and investigations of 2,6-dideoxysugars contained in diverse bioactive compounds

Michael Sweeney, MD, PhD
2007
Residency - Brigham and Women's Hospital - Urology
Undergraduate - The Ohio State University
Advisor: Dehua Pei, PhD
Dissertation: Synthetic combinatorial peptide libraries and their application in decoding biological interactions