Alumni
Alumni
Postdoctoral fellows & Visiting scientists:
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Name |
Year |
Mentoring relationship |
Current position |
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Paul Clark, PhD |
2006-10 |
Postdoctoral fellow, awarded UW-Madison Stem Cell Training Program Fellowship |
Associate scientist, UW-Madison |
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Yu Huang, PhD |
2011-13 |
Postdoctoral fellow (joint mentor with Justin Williams PhD, Biomedical Engineering, UW-Madison) |
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT |
|
Che Liu, PhD |
2012-17 |
Postdoctoral fellow (joint mentor with Robert Kaletja PhD, McArdle Center for Cancer Research, UW-Madison) |
Senior scientist, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc, Madison, WI |
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Jagannathan Balaji, MD |
2012 |
Visiting scientist |
Director of Clinical Pathology, Ananya Hospital, Bangalore, India |
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Eduardo Moioli, MD PhD |
2013 |
Visiting scientist |
Clinical Associate of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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Katja Uršič, MS
|
2014 |
Masters candidate in Molecular and Functional Biology, visiting international student |
University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Ljubljana (Slovenia) |
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Benjamin Umlauf, PhD |
2015-present |
Postdoctoral fellow (joint mentor with Eric Shusta PhD, UW-Madison Dept. of Biological and Chemical Engineering) |
Postdoctoral fellow (joint with Eric Shusta PhD, Dept. of Biological and Chemical Engineering) |
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Priya Ezhilan |
2007-10, 2018-21 |
MS, Research specialist, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX |
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Lokesh Kukreja |
2018-21 |
PhD, Research scientist, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX |
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Graduate students:
|
Name |
Year |
Mentoring relationship |
Current position |
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Joseph Wildenberg, MD PhD |
2006-12 |
UW-Madison MD-PhD student, clinical mentor, research rotating student, PhD thesis committee |
Interventional radiologist, Mayo Clinic Health Center, Eau Claire, WI |
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Michael Zorniak, PhD
|
2007-13 |
Faculty mentor for UW-Madison Neuroscience PhD student |
Associate Director, Portfolio Oncology MSL, Novartis, Inc. (2017-present) |
|
*Bahauddeen Alrfaei, PhD |
2009-13 |
Faculty mentor for UW-Madison Cellular Molecular Pathology PhD student |
Director of Stem Cell Laboratory, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Saudi Arabia |
|
*Kelli Pointer, MD PhD |
2011-17 |
Faculty mentor for UW-Madison Cellular Molecular Biology PhD/MD-PhD student, clinical mentor |
Resident, Radiation Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
|
Ray Zhang, MD PhD |
2013-19 |
Faculty mentor for UW-Madison Cellular Molecular Biology PhD/MD-PhD student, clinical mentor, awarded Lovell Memorial Scholarship for best medical student interested in radiology |
Resident, Dual Pathway Nuclear Medicine/Molecular Imaging and Diagnostic Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA |
|
Jonathan Tai |
2017-18 |
UW-Madison Cellular Molecular Biology PhD/MD-PhD student, rotation student |
MD/PhD student, UW-Madison |
*Under-represented minority students
Residents:
|
Name |
Year |
Mentoring relationship |
Current position |
|
Amol J. Ghia, MD |
2005-7 |
UW-Madison neurosurgery resident, research |
Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology UT-MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
|
Brandon Rocque, MD MS |
2005-12 |
UW-Madison neurosurgery resident, research, faculty mentor |
Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Alabama-Birmingham, AL |
|
Basheal Agrawal, MD |
2006-13 |
UW-Madison neurosurgery resident, research |
Neurosurgeon, Grand Junction, CO |
|
Casey Madura, MD |
2008-15 |
UW-Madison neurosurgery resident, research |
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI |
|
Kyle I. Swanson, MD |
2008-15 |
UW-Madison neurosurgery resident, research mentor |
Neurosurgeon, Aurora Neuroscience Innovation Institute, Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, WI |
|
Heather E. Leeper, MD |
2010-12 |
UW-Madison neurology resident, research |
Neuro-oncologist, |
Medical Students:
|
Name |
Year |
Mentoring relationship |
Current position |
|
Aaron Struck, MD |
2007-8 |
UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher |
Assistant Professor, Neurology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
|
Dave Francis, MD |
2009-10 |
UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher |
Resident, Human Oncology, UW-Madison |
|
Siarhei Vysotski, MD |
2010-12 |
UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher, Awarded Research Honors with MD |
Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Theda Clark Medical System, Neenah, WI |
|
Matthew Tipping, MD |
2011 |
UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher |
Oncology fellow, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR |
|
*Steve Amaefuna, MD |
2013-17 |
UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher |
Obstetrics/Gynecology resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD |
|
Jonathan A. Lubin, MD |
2016-18 |
UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher, Research Honors candidate |
Resident, Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY |
|
*Joslyn K. Strebe, MD |
2016-18 |
UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher, Research Honors candidate |
Resident, Internal medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX |
|
Huytram Nguyen |
2017-18 |
UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher, AANS NREF Research Scholar award, |
MD student, UW-Madison (class of 2020) |
|
Orlin Sergev |
2017 |
UW-Madison Medical student Shapiro award researcher |
MD student, UW-Madison (class of 2020) |
|
Garrett Johnson |
2018 |
MD, Dell Medical School (class of 2020) |
|
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Jeffrey Traylor |
2018-20 |
MD, Dell Medical School (class of 2020) |
UT-Southwestern neurological surgery resident (2020-27) |
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Praveen Satarasinghe |
2019-20 |
Dell Medical School MD (class of 2021) |
|
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Nitya Rao |
2019-20 |
Dell Medical School MD (class of 2021) |
|
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Vik Kohli |
2020-22 |
Dell Medical School MD (2022) |
Neurosurgery resident (2022-29 expected), Dell Medical School, UT Austin |
|
Darsh Shah |
2020-22 |
Dell Medical School MD student (class of 2023) |
|
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Logan Muzyka |
2022 |
Dell Medical School MD student (class of 2025) |
|
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Sharon Yu-Wen Fang |
2022-23 |
China Medical University MD student (class of 2028) |
|
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Jason Ying-Ju Li, |
2022-23 |
China Medical University MD student (class of 2027) |
|
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Pamela Liang-Ying Lu |
2022-23 |
China Medical University MD student (class of 2027) |
|
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John Chun-Chang Chen |
2023-24 |
China Medical University MD student (class of 2029) |
|
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Justin Jian-Ting Chuang |
2023-24 |
China Medical University MD student (class of 2029) |
|
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William Cheng-Yeh Lee |
2023-24 |
China Medical University MD student (class of 2029) |
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*Under-represented minority students
Undergraduate and HS students:
|
Name |
Year |
Mentoring relationship |
Current position |
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Daniel Treisman, PhD |
2006-8 |
Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison |
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC |
|
*Odaine Gordon, PhD |
2007 |
Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) |
Senior Scientist, Pharmacyclics, an AbbVie company, San Francisco, CA |
|
Michael Jones, MD |
2007-8 |
Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison |
Neurosurgery resident, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL |
|
Alexander Sasha Rackman, MD |
2007-9 |
Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison |
Assistant professor of Geriatric Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL |
|
Johnathan Ebben, PhD |
2007-9 |
Undergraduate researcher, Marquette University |
IMPACT Physician-Scientist program, Internal Medicine and Hematology/Oncology residency/fellowship, UW-Madison, Madison, WI |
|
*Jamie Hadac, PhD |
2008 |
Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) |
Manager, Zitter Health Insights, San Francisco, CA |
|
Raman Kutty, PhD |
2008-10 |
Undergraduate researcher, Letters & Arts Senior Research Honors thesis award, UW-Madison |
MD PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
|
*Jose Montoya-Rosario, PhD |
2009 |
Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) |
PhD, Developmental Genetics, New York University, New York, NY |
|
*Woodley Pean, MD |
2010 |
Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP), awarded Fulbright scholarship |
Diagnostic Radiology resident, Cooper University Medical Center, Camden, NJ |
|
Jeffrey Mahlum, MD |
2011 |
Undergraduate researcher, Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation Scholarship, National Spinal Cord Injury Association Scholarship, UW-Madison |
Resident, Psychiatry, UW Madison |
|
*Mohamed Mohamed |
2011 |
Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) |
BA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2015) |
|
*Ardem Elmayan, MS, MPH |
2012 |
Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) |
Research coordinator, Ochsner Institute of Clinical Research, New Orleans, LA |
|
Daniel Walden, MD |
2011-13 |
Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison |
Resident, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN |
|
Hong-En Chen |
2011-13 |
Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison |
PhD student, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA |
|
Tej Mehta |
2012 |
Undergraduate researcher, Lawrence University and UW-Madison |
MD student, North Dakota State University Medical School, ND |
|
Herb Alex Chen |
2012 |
High School student researcher |
MD student, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT |
|
Matthew Stenerson |
2012, 2015 |
High School student researcher, High School valedictorian, Lincoln HS, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
|
Undergraduate student, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA |
|
*Asadullah Akhund, MS |
2013 |
Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) |
Project/Validation engineer, Barry-Wehmiller Design Group, Inc |
|
Will Lyon, MD |
2013-15 |
Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison |
Joint Internal Medicine and Geriatrics residency, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
|
*Rewais Hanna |
2013-16 |
Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison |
Undergraduate, UW-Madison (2012-16) |
|
Jordan T. Gaal |
2014-16 |
Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison |
Associate, MorganMyers Inc, Waukesha, WI |
|
Vishnu Naradarajan |
2016-18 |
Undergraduate researcher, UW-Madison |
Undergraduate, UW-Madison (2014-18) |
|
*Sarea Recalde Phillips |
2017 |
Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program (IBS-SRP) |
Undergraduate, Penn State University, Hershey, PA (expected graduation 2019) |
|
Nathan Ehrlich |
2017 |
Undergraduate researcher, Wesleyan University |
Undergraduate, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT (expected graduation 2019) |
|
Catherine Li |
2019-22 |
undergraduate, The University of Texas at Austin, LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, Junior Fellows Program and Dean’s Scholar Honors program BA, The University of Texas at Austin (2022) |
MD student (2022-26 expected), University of Texas at San Antonio |
|
Mia Haraguchi |
2019-22 |
Undergraduate researcher, Yale University, UT-Austin Summer undergraduate research fellowship BA, Yale University (2022) |
PhD student (8/2022-present), Rockefeller University, New York, NY |
|
Willy Wei-Hong Ruan |
2022-23 |
Undergraduate researcher, China Medical University |
Masters candidate, Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University (2023- ) |
|
Smith Yi-Chuan Chiu, |
2022-23 |
Undergraduate researcher, China Medical University |
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*Under-represented minority students