MD/PhD Current Trainees
Entering 2025
Reem Bahr
Alma Mater: George Washington University
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Kayla Elias
Alma Mater: Oberlin College
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Penpichaya Miyan
Alma Mater: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Graduate Program: Bioethics Program
Ryan Ruhde
Alma Mater: Emory University
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Entered 2024
Ariel Jalen Fernandez
Alma Mater: University of California – Los Angeles
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Logan Perry
Alma Mater: Texas A&M University
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Emily Sherman
Alma Mater: University of Maryland-College Park
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Joan Sobo
Alma Mater: Bowie State University
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Catherine Van Dongen
Alma Mater: College of William & Mary
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Entered 2023
Vlad Dobrin
Alma Mater: University of Maryland-College Park
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Andrew Schildcrout
Alma Mater: University of Chicago
Graduate Program: Bioethics
Zihao Sui
Alma Mater: University of Chicago
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Entered 2022
Chloe Casagrande
Alma Mater: Creighton University
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Elizabeth Chang
Alma Mater: Johns Hopkins University
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Margaret Sten
Alma Mater: University of California – San Diego
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Bryan Weselman
Alma Mater: College of William and Mary
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Alejandro Villagra, PhD
Alvin Ya
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, College Park
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Todd Waldman, MD, PhD
Entered 2021
David Allegakoen
Alma Mater: University of California-Berkeley
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Jeffrey Toretsky, MD
Gina Choe
Alma Mater: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Chandan Vaidya, PhD
Madeline Hamborg
Alma Mater: The College of William & Mary
Graduate Program: NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program
Jacob Macro
Alma Mater: University of Connecticut
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Samir Khleif, MD
Philip Pikus
Alma Mater: Bowdoin College
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: William Rebeck, PhD
Alexander Sukharev
Alma Mater: University of Maryland-College Park
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Patrick Forcelli, PhD
Entered 2020
Matthew Amontree
Alma Mater: University of Florida
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Kathy Conant, MD
Rohith Battina
Alma Mater: University of Maryland-College Park
Graduate Program: Pharmacology
Thesis Mentor: Anna Riegel, PhD
Alexander Lekan
Alma Mater: Georgetown University
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Lou Weiner, MD
David McFall
Alma Mater: Princeton University
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Patrick Forcelli, PhD
Anna Molotkova
Alma Mater: Georgetown University
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Aykut Uren, MD
Entered 2019
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”
Sidharth Jain
Alma Mater: New York University
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Anton Wellstein, MD, PhD
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”
Christopher Priestly-Milianta
Alma Mater: University of California-San Diego
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Samir Khleif, MD
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
Matthew D’Antuono
Alma Mater: Brown University
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Nagi Ayad, PhD
Rachael Maynard
Alma Mater: University of South Carolina Columbia
Graduate Program: Tumor Biology Program
Thesis Mentor: Lou Weiner, MD
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”
David Saxon
Alma Mater: Claremont McKenna College
Graduate Program: Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Thesis Mentor: Joshua Corbin, PhD and Stefano Vicini, PhD
Entered 2017
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“
Entered 2016
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“