Trainee Directory by Program Year
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2025 Incoming Class
Julia An
M1
M1 Class
M2 Class
G1 Class
Stirling Argabright (he/him)
Stephan Heckers Lab, G1
Thomas Clarity (he/him)
Erin Calipari Lab, G1
Landon Clark (he/him)
Rachel Bonami and Jeff Rathmell Labs, G1
Aamina Dandy (she/her)
Dawn Newcomb Lab, G1
Zach Ewell (he/him)
Mary Philip Lab, G1
Bruno Hidalgo Monroy Lerma (he/him)
Dario Englot Lab, G1
Emma Hope (she/her)
Amanda Doran Lab, G1
Bruno Lança (he/him)
Borden Lacy Lab, G1
Casey Nichols (they/them)
Jeff Rathmell Lab, G1
Anas Reda
Dario Englot Lab, G1
Anvith Reddy (he/him)
Wesley Thayer and Galen Perdikis Labs, G1
Jailyn Smith (she/her)
Rachelle Johnson Lab, G1
Dayle Wang (she/her)
Justin Balko, G1
G2 Class
Adam Abdulrahman (he/him)
Ethan Lippmann Lab, G2
Chloe Cho
Bennett Landman Lab, G2
Taryn Dunigan
Brett Byram Lab, G2
Reilly Fankhauser (he/him)
Justin Balko Lab, G2
Sharon Fernandez
Carrie Fry (Stacie Dusetzina co-mentor), G2
Duby Okonkwo
Jonathan Schoenecker Lab, G2
Samuel Alexander Palmer (he/him)
Douglas Ruderfer Lab, G2
Yash Pershad (he/him)
Alex Bick Lab, G2
Mark I. Petrovic
Matthew Bacchetta and Ciara Shaver Labs, G2
Jack Trapani (he/him)
Ethan Lee, G2
Max Van Belkum
Mariana Byndloss Lab, G2
Atlee Witt
Seth Smith Lab, G2
Fei Yang (she/her)
Rick Sando Lab, G2
Kevin Zhang (he/him)
Lisa Monteggia and Ege Kavalali Labs, G2
G3 Class
Kimberly (Kimmy) Bress (she/her)
Carissa Cascio Lab, G3
Neil Chada
John Wilson Lab, G3
Joseph DeCorte
Jens Meiler Lab (Jeff Rathmell co-mentor), G3
Nada Elsayed
Kevin Ess Lab, G3
Kyle T. Enriquez
Eric Skaar Lab, G3
Arlene Garcia (she/her)
Maulik Patel Lab, G3
Evelyn Kandov (she/her)
Cody Siciliano Lab, G3
Jeewoo Kim (she/her)
Digna Velez Edwards and Jacklyn Hellwege Labs, G3
Drew Kittleson (he/him)
Julia Sheffield Lab, G3
Hailey Kresge (she/her)
Angela Jefferson Lab, G3
Kaitlin McKernan (she/her)
Dawn Newcomb Lab, G3
Ericka Randazzo (she/her)
Kendal Broadie Lab, G3
Ariel Thorson (she/her)
John Stafford Lab, G3
Jordan Washecheck
Brad Grueter Lab, G3
Raymond J. Zhang (he/him)
Tae Kon Kim Lab, G3
G4 Class
Thomas Li (he/him)
Bennett Landman Lab, G4
Avery Bogart (she/her)
Lorraine Ware Lab, G4
Victor Borza (he/him)
Brad Malin Lab, G4
Derek Doss
Dario Englot Lab, G4
Aaron Gochman (he/him)
Bjorn Knollmann Lab, G4
Monika Grabowska (she/hers)
Wei-Qi Wei Lab, G4
Candace Grisham (she/her)
Eben Rosenthal Lab, G4
Ansley Kunnath (she/her)
Mark Wallace Lab, G4
Allie Lake (she/her)
Lea Davis Lab, G4
Jen Peek (she/her)
Matthew Wilson and Lauren Woodard Labs, G4
Sarah Reed (she/her)
Ben Ho Park Lab, G4
Mark Rusznak
Stokes Peebles Lab, G4
Clara Si (she/her)
Jim Cassat Lab, G4
Megan Tigue
Vivian Weiss Lab, G4
G5+ Class
Riley Bergman (she/her)
Ben Ho Park Lab, G5+
Xavier Bledsoe
Eric Gamazon Lab, G5+
Stephanie Cajigas Gabriel
Erin Calipari Lab, G5+
Yunli Emily Chu (she/her)
Brent Ferrell Lab, G5+
Eric KF Donahue (he/him)
Kris Burkewitz Lab, G5+
Emilie Fisher-Gupta (she/her)
Jeff Rathmell Lab, G5+
Zachary Jones
1996-2021
Matthew Loberg (he/him)
Vivian Weiss Lab, G5+
Yasminye Pettway (she/her)
Al Powers Lab, G5+
Seth Reasoner (he/him)
Maria Hadjifrangiskou Lab, G5+
John Shelley (he/him)
Jonathan Mosley Lab, G5+
M3 Class
Jerome S. Arceneaux, Ph.D. (he/him)
Rebecca Ihrie Lab, Meharry Medical College
M4 Class
Natalie Bennett, Ph.D. (she/her)
Julie Rhoades Lab, M4
Simone Herzberg, Ph.D. (she/her)
Katherine Hartmann and Jonathan Schoenecker Labs, M4
Margaret McBride, Ph.D. (she/her)
Ed Sherwood Lab, M4
G. Donald Okoye, Ph.D. (he/him)
Sebastian Joyce Lab, M4
Nicholas Petersen, Ph.D.
Danny Winder Lab, M4
Alex Silver, Ph.D.
Michael Savona Lab, M4
Zack Williams, Ph.D.
Tiffany Woynaroski and Carissa Cascio Labs, M4
David Wu, Ph.D.
Antonis Hatzopoulos Lab, M4