Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

Medical Student I

Medical Student I

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Medical Student II

Medical Student II

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Fairine Ahmed 
fairinearoob.ahmed@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Research Interests: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Dariush Aligholizadeh
DAligholizadeh@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Research Interests: Molecular Medicine

Mickayla Bacorn
mickayla.bacorn@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Research Interests: Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Skylar Chan
skylar.chan@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, College Park
Research Interests: Cancer bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, quantum computing

Stephen Cobbs
Stephen.Cobbs@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: Stonehill College
Research Interests: Molecular Medicine

Alexis Loder
Alexis.Loder@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests: Neuroscience

Safiullah Rifai
safiullah.rifai@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, College Park
Research Interests: Bioengeering

Aarsh Shah
Aarsh.Shah@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Research Interests: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Milo Taylor
milo.taylor@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: Harvard University
Research Interests: Neuroimmunology and bioinformatics

Graduate Student I

Graduate Student I

Lauryn Brooks
laurynbrooks@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: Hampton University
Research Interests: Sports Medicine, skeletal muscle research

Tyler Evan Carlyle
tyler.carlyle@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
Research Interests: Immunopathology and immunotherapy

Faith Davis
faith.davis@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
Research Interests: Obesity, development, endocrinology, metabolic diseases

Yusuf Mastoor
yusuf.mastoor@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: University of Maryland - College Park
Research Interests: Bioengineering

Tsion Mekonnen
tsionmekonnen@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: Towson University
Research Interests: T cell (CART) therapies

Nicole Minerva
nicole.minerva@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Alma Mater: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interests: Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Maya Robnett
maya.robnett@som.umaryland.edu
Alma Mater: University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests: Cancer Immunology

Graduate Student II

Graduate Student II 

Danya Adams
danya.adams@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
Alma Mater: Georgetown University
Research Interests: Neuroscience

Kate Fairhurst
kate.fairhurst@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Alma Mater: University of Pittsburgh
Research Interests: Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Jasper Flint
jasper.flint@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Bioengineering
Alma Mater: Amherst University
Research Interests: Biostatistics

Nicole Gorny
nicole.gorny@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
Alma Mater: University of Iowa
Research Interests: Neuroscience

Suyeon Ju
suyeon.ju@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
Alma Mater: Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests: Neuroscience

Ananthu Pucha
krishna.pucha@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
Alma Mater: Emory University
Research Interests: Neuroscience

Jacob Wagner
jacob.wagner@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alma Mater: University of Maryland-College Park
Research Interests: Molecular Medicine

Yalan Wu
yalan.wu@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Biochemistry
Alma Mater: Boston University
Research Interests: Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Graduate Student III

Graduate Student III

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Simon Doss-Gollin
sdoss-gollin@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Microbiology & Immunology
PI: Matthew Frieman, PhD
Alma Mater: Yale University
Research Interests: SARS-CoV-2

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Jennifer Fang
jennifer.fang@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience 
PI: Graeme Woodworth, MD
Alma Mater: Columbia University
Research Interests: Neuroscience, cancer, and computational biology/bioinformatics

Nicole Flegel
nicole.flegel@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
PI: Nevil Singh, PhD
Alma Mater: University of Maryland-College Park
Research Interests: Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

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Isabella Horton
isabella.horton@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Bioengineering
PI: Kaitlyn Sadtler, PhD
Alma Mater: University of Colorado at Boulder
Research Interests: Bioengineering

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Kijung Kwak
kijungkwak@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Bioengineering
PI: Jung Soo Suk, PhD
Alma Mater: Northwestern University - Evanston
Research Interests: Bioengineering

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Ethan McCaslin
emccaslin@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
PI: Helen Dooley, PhD
Alma Mater: Boston University
Research Interests: Cancer Biology 

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Kyli McKee
kylimckee@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Pursuing PhD through Ox/Cam
PI: John Shern, MD
Alma Mater: American University
Research Interests: Cancer Biology

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Temiloluwa Okusolubo
tokusolubo@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
PI: Elizabeth Rochen, PhD 
Alma Mater: University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
Research Interests: Sickle Cell

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Gabrielle Voithofer
gvoithofer@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
PI: Margaret McCarthy, PhD
Alma Mater: Salisbury University
Research Interests: Novel models of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in transgenic zebrafish

Graduate Student IV and IV+

Graduate Students IV and IV+

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Anam Ahmad
anam.ahmad@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Epidemiology and Human Genetics
PI: Braxton Mitchell, MD, MPH; Michelle Shardell, PhD
Alma Mater: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Epidemiology and biostatistics

Issac Chaudry

Issac Chaudry
ichaudry@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Biochemistry
PI: Jacques Ravel, PhD
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Research Interests: Structural biology

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Nisita Dutta, MS
nisita.dutta@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Ox/Cam Scholar
PI: Christine Alewine, MD, PhD
Alma Mater: Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests: Drug Delivery, Cancer, Bioengineering

Kelly Griffiths

Kelly Griffiths, MS
kgriffiths@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
PI: Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, PhD
Alma Mater: Virginia Tech, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Research Interests: Cancer immunotherapy

Mary Hackbarth

Mary Hackbarth, MS
mary.hackbarth@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Biochemistry
PI: Zubair Ahmed, PhD
Alma Mater: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research Interests: Undiagnosed diseases program - lysosomal storage diseases

John Locke

John Locke
jelocke@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Pursuing PhD at Oxford University
PI: Alexander Chesler, PhD
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, College Park
Research Interests: Chronic pain

Alexander Laurenson
alaurenson@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Microbiology & Immunology
PI: Matthew Laurens, MD, MPH
Alma Mater: University of Maryland-College Park
Research Interests: Molecular Microbiology & Immunology

Neema Moin Afshar

Neema MoinAfshar
neema.moinafshar@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
PI: Margaret McCarthy, PhD
Alma Mater: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Research Interests: Dopamine signaling; learning and decision-making process

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Oluwatomiwa Oladunni
Oluwatomiwa.oladunni@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
PI: Steffen Wolff, PhDBrian Mathur, PhD
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Research Interests: Neuroscience

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Abagail Postle, MS
abagail.postle@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
PI: Todd Gould, MD
Alma Mater: Miami University (of Ohio), Case Western Reserve University
Research Interests: Behavioral changes of aging, geriatric neurology, Neurodegenerative diseases

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Hassan Saadi, MS
hsaadi@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
PI: Graeme Woodworth, MD
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, College Park, Georgetown University
Research Interests: Neuropsychiatry

Alexandra Seas

Alexandra Seas
alexandra.seas@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
PI: Graeme Woodworth, MD
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Research Interests: Drug delivery, bioengineering

Medical Student III

Medical Student III

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Yonit Addissie
yonit.addissie@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Microbiology & Immunology
PI: Stanley Lipkowitz, MD, PhD
Alma Mater: Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
Research Interests: Medical Genetics, Immunology

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Darin Gilchrist
darin.gilchrist@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
PI: Stuart Martin, PhD
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Research Interests: Cancer Biology and Metastasis

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Rebecca Lorsung
rebecca.lorsung@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
PI: Asaf Keller, PhD
Alma Mater: University of Minnesota
Research Interests:  CNS Injury, Therapeutic Ultrasound, Diagnostic Imaging, Electrophysiology

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Anna Maximova
anna.maximova@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
PI: Margaret McCarthy, PhD
Alma Mater: College of William and Mary
Research Interests:  Neurobiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases

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Shil Patel
shil.patel@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Microbiology & Immunology
PI: Rémy Bosselut, MD, PhD
Alma Mater: University of Pittsburgh
Research Interests: Cell-Microenvironment Interactions, Developmental and Regenerative Biology

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Ryan Scalsky
ryan.scalsky@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Epidemiology & Human Genetics
PI: Joana Carneiro da Silva, PhD
Alma Mater: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Research Interests: Pharmacogenomics of Cardiovascular, Chemotherapeutic and Antibiotic Medications

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Talia Solomon
talia.solomon@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Bioengineering
PI: Steven Jay, PhD
Alma Mater: Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interests: Bioengineering, Drug Delivery, Immune Engineering

Medical Student IV

Medical Student IV

Eason

Matthew Eason
matthew.eason@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
PI: Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, PhD
Alma mater: University of Maryland, College Park
Research Interests: Cancer biology and metastasis

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Aishwarya Iyer
Aishwarya.iyer@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Biochemistry
PI: Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos, PhD
Alma mater: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Research interests: Biochemical and biophysical approaches to investigate structure-function relationships of vital biomolecules in disease pathology

Kruk

Katie Kruk
katie.kruk@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
PI: Jessica Mong, PhD
Alma mater: Grand Valley State University
Research interests: Neural networks, applying/optimizing imaging techniques to help detect abnormalities.

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Adarsha Malla
apmalla@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Molecular Medicine
PI: Graeme Woodworth, MD
Alma Mater: Johns Hopkins University
Research Interests:  Neuroengineering, Interventional Radiology, Surgical Oncology, Focused Ultrasound

Moyer

Mitchell Moyer
Mitchell.moyer@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
PI: J. Marc Simard, MD, PhD
Alma mater: University of Pittsburgh
Research interests: Neurodegeneration/Metabolism

Chimdiya Onwukwe

Chimdiya Onwukwe
Chimdiya.onwukwe@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
PI: Jessica Mong, PhD
Alma mater: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Research interests: Addiction, Neurobiology, Tissue Engineering

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John Quinlan
john.quinlan@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Bioengineering
PI: Huang Chiao Huang, PhD
Alma Mater: Drexel University
Research Interests: Cancer Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Drug Development

 Schumacher

Justin Schumacher
justin.schumacher@som.umaryland.edu
Graduate Program: Bioengineering (UMCP)
PI: Giuliano Scarcelli, PhD (UMCP)
Alma mater: University of Rochester
Research interests: Biomedical engineering and medical imaging, particularly with medical devices, spectral imaging, quantitative imaging biomarkers, and image-guided interventions