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Alumni

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
James Bartram	2016-2023	Postdoctoral Fellow, Signer Lab, University of California San Diego	San Diego, CA
Kyle Ferchen	2017-2023	Postdoctoral Fellow, Grimes Lab, Cinicinnati Children's Health & Medical Center	Cincinnati, OH
Mary Bedard	2017-2023	Medical School, University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH
Joshua Bennett	2019-2023	Medical School, University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH
Stanley DeVore	2019-2023	Medical School, University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH
Phillip Witcher	2019-2023	Medical School, University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH
John Donovan	2017-2022	Scientific Writer, MedPace	Cincinnati, OH
Brian Hunt	2016-2022	Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University	New Haven, CT
Ayusman Dash	2016-2022	Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. John T Cunningham's Lab, Cancer Biology Department, University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine	Cincinnati, OH
Laurel Romano	2017-2022	Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Theodosia Kalfa's Lab, Division Of Hematology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital & Medical Center	Cincinnati, OH
Vivienne Woo	2015-2021	Scientist\|Immuno -epigenetics, Moderna	Cambridge, MA
Jose Javier	2014-2021	Associate Scientist II, Stowers Institute for Medical Research	Kansas City, MO
Chrystelle Vilfranc	2014-2021	Scientific Director, Columbia University Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center	New York, NY
Mark Jordan Althoff	2013-2020	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus	Denver, CO
Yanan Yu	2015-2020	Postdoctoral Fellow, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA
Camille Sullivan	2016-2020	Orthopedic Surgical Medical Residency, University of California	San Francisco, CA
Chinmayee Goda	2014-2020	Research Scientist, Huntsman Cancer Institute	Salt Lake City, UT
Madeline Niederkorn	2014-2020	Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. John Crispino's Lab, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	Memphis, TN
Ritama Paul	2014-2020	Postdoctoral Fellow, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson	Philadelphia, PA
Marissa Leonard	2013-2019	Scientific Writer, MedPace	Cincinnati, OH
Molly Smith	2013-2019	Scientist II, Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.	San Diego, CA
Nicole Oatman	2013-2019	Postdoctoral Fellow, Ghent University	Gent, Belgium (Europe)
Sonya Ruiz-Torres	2013-2019	Scientist II, Abbvie Biotechnology Ltd	Barceloneta, PR
Kris Alavattam	2014-2019	Postdoctoral Scholar, Murry/Nole Labs, University of Washington	Seattle, WA
Kara Finley (Wolfe)	2015-2019	Project Manager at PPD Laboratories - Oncology - Scientific Outreach	Hamilton, OH
Hannah Flood (Pressler)	2013-2019	Lead Clinical Research Associate at Medpace	Cincinnati, OH

Past Alumni

2018

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Bryan Maliken	2014-2018	Internal Medicine Resident Harrington Physician-Scientist Pathway, University Hospitals	Cleveland, OH
Sasha Ruiz-Torres	2012-2018	Homemaker, Research Consultant	Cincinnati, OH
Nicholas Brown	2012-2018	Principal Scientist Translational Medicine, Loxo Oncology	Indianapolis, IN
Pankaj Dwivedi	2012-2018	Senior Scientist Researcher, Genentech	San Francisco, CA

2017

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Raghav Pandey	2012-2017	Senior Medical Writer and Strageist, Envision Communications	Cleveland, OH
Eric A. Smith	2012-2017	Incoming Physician-scientist track pathology resident, University of Utah and ARUP laboratories	Cincinnati, OH
Xiaoyi Chen	2011-2017
Michelle Glaunert (Chadwick)	2011-2017	Senior Medical Writer, Nucleus Global - Scientific Pathways	Warren, NJ
Marie Matrka	2010-2017	Medical Science Liaison in Oncology, Eli Lilly and Company	Cincinnati, OH

2016

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Archana Shrestha	2011-2016	Research Associate, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Cincinnati, OH

2015

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Nitin S. Narayanan	2012-2015	Associate Clinical Lead Oncology, IQVIA	Overland Park, KS
Allie Adams	2009-2015	Clinical Trial Manager, Medpace	Cincinnati, OH
Juozas (Joe) Vasiliauskas	2008-2015	Diagnostic Research Scientist at Amazon DX	Cincinnati, OH

2014

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Garrett Rhyasen	2011-2014	Senior Director of Search & Evaluation, Global Business Development & Licensing, Oncology R&D at AstraZeneca	Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Marthe-Sandrine Eiymo Mwp Mpollo	2010-2014	Medical Science Liaison, Janssen	Montreal, Canada
Stacey Cranert	2009-2014	Director of Research, Immuno-Oncology at Poseida Therapeutics, Inc.	San Diego, CA

2013

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
John Pozniak	2011-2013
Yuan-Hung Lo	2011-2013	Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University	Palo Alto, CA
Chien-Hung Gow	2010-2013	Physician, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital	Taipei, Taiwan
Teng Teng	2007-2013	Associate Director, Head of Functional Genomics	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Devikala Gurusamy	2007-2013	Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health	Rockville, MD
Meghan Brundage	2006-2013	Scientist, Moderna	Cambridge, MA
Traci Tuttle	2005-2013	Cell Biologist at Advanced Testing Laboratory	Cincinnati, OH

2012

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Jared Isaac	2007-2012	Associate Director, Biopharmaceutical Product and Assay Development at Cygnus Technologies, LLC	Wilmington, NC
Deanna Patmore	2007-2012	Senior Project Manager, Crescendo Biologics	Cambridge, England
Jason Karch	2006-2012	Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine	Houston, TX
Purnima Wagh	2006-2012	Research Associate, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center	Cincinnati, OH
Tara Willson	2005-2012	Clinincal Specialist Neuromodulation, Boston Specific	Cincinnati, OH

2011

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Andrea Griesinger	2009-2011	Research Associate, University of Colorado Anschutz	Aurora, CO
Fu-Sheng Chou	2007-2011	Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City	Kansas City, MO
David Tompkins	2006-2011
Preeti (Kapoor) Tandon	2006-2011	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Cincinnati, OH
Trudy Aebig	2005-2011	Visiting Assistant Professor, Miami University	Cincinnati, OH
Kristy Stengel	2005-2011	Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Nashville, TN
Jennifer Barger Fleming	2005-2011	Scientist II, Asklepios Biopharmaceutical (AskBio), Inc	Chapel Hill, NC
Gina (Whitmore) Kavanaugh	2004-2011	Clinical Research Manager, St. Elizabeth Healthcare	Cincinnati, OH
Timmy Mani	2004-2011	Commercial Insights Oncology Solid Tumors, Amgen	Ventura County, CA

2010

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Regan Memmott	2006-2010	Medical Oncology specialist, James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute	Columbus, OH
Nicholas Olshavsky	2005-2010	Director, Clinical Trial Manager, Medpace	Cincinnati, OH
Jason Puglise	2005-2010	Scientist III, University of Florida	Gainesville, FL
Shikha Khatri	2004-2010	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Cincinnati, OH
Megan Thobe	2004-2010	Patent Counsel, Amgen	Carmel, IN
Dana Borcherding	2004-2010	Senior Scientist, Iowa State University	Ames, IA
Jerry Ovesen	2003-2010	Pharmacologist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; The National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)	Cincinnati, OH
Mary McVey Buschmann	2003-2010	Scientific Writer, University of California San Diego	Flossmoor, IL
Trisha Wise-Draper	2003-2010	Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati Hematology and Oncology	Cincinnati, OH

2009

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Sara Maxfield Meyer	2004-2009	Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center	Philadelphia, PA
Nisha Schuler Sipes	2004-2009	Assistant Center Director for Research Translations and Program/Regulatory Support, US Environmental Protection Agency	Durham, NC
Elisia Tichy	2003-2009	Instructor, Univeristy of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA
Rishkesh Kulkarni	2003-2009	Post-Doc, University of Cincinnati Cancer Biology	Cincinnati, OH

2008

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Haiming Xu	2003-2008	Senior Scientist, Versant NewCo	Greater Boston
Seetha Srinivasan	2002-2008	Website Manager/Lecturer/Editorial Consultant, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center	New York, NY
Ning Guo	2002-2008	Associate Professor, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine	China
Jeremy Hilty	2002-2008
Beth Wooddy	2002-2008
Gunnar Johansson	2002-2008	Scientist- Unilabs- Serving Pharma Spectrum Health	Umea, Sweden

2007

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Yuxin (Ben) Feng	2003-2007	Research Associate, University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH
Wesley Braden	2002-2007	Regional Director Medical Science Liaisons (Oncology), Eisai US	Chicago, IL
Kevin Link	2002-2007	Clinical Trial Manager, Medpace	Cincinnati, OH
Clark Bacon	2002-2007	Research Assistant, University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH
Janet Hess-Wilson	2002-2007	Principal Toxicologist, GSI Environmental Inc.	San Antonio, TX
Richard Bennett	2001-2007	Associate Professor, University of Southern Indiana	Evansville, IN
Nikolaos Nikolaidis	2001-2007	Biomedical Research Scientist and Clinical Trial Manager, Medpace	Cincinnati, OH

2006

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Emily Deye Bosco	2002-2006	Director in Cell Therapy, Early Oncology Research at AstraZeneca	Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Craig Burd	2001-2006	Associate Professor, The Ohio State University	Columbus, OH
Hasan Siddiqui	2001-2006	Health Scientist Administrator, National Cancer Institute	Rockville, MD
Kelly Monk	2001-2006	Co-Director & Senior Scientist, Director and Professor Neuroscience Program, Vollum Institute	Portland, OR
Molly McFarland-Mancini	1999-2006	PhD Molecular and Cellular Biology	Union, KY
Robin Tharakan	1999-2006	Research Associate, NanoString Technologies, Inc.	Seattle, Washington
David Myer	1998-2006

2005

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Christopher Ferrante	2002-2005
Robin Hashimoto	1999-2005	Senior Manager, Medical Writing, Neurocrine Biosciences	Portland, OR
Brad Mallory	1998-2005	Associate Dean of Inclusive Excellence, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College	Cincinnati, OH

2004

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Amy Staubach	2001-2004
Christin Petre-Draviam	2000-2004
Michael Markey	2000-2004	Director of Genomics Research, Wright State University	Lebanon, OH
Huajing Wan	2000-2004
Yukari Tokuyama	1999-2004	Business Development Director of Cell Therapy, Charles River Laboratories	Portland, OR
Yelena Wetherill	1999-2004	Director of Alliance Management, Business Development & Licensing, Novartis Institudes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)	Cambridge, Massachusetts

2003

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Steve Angus	1999-2003	Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine	Durham, NC
Henning Horn	1998-2003	Assistant Professor, Hamad bin Khalifa University	Qatar
Shekar Menon	1998-2003	Senior Manager, Clinical & Translational Product Marketing, Akoya Business, Inc	San Francisco, CA

2002

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Matt Strobeck	1998-2002	Managing Partner, Birchview Capital	USA
Eric Carlson	1997-2002	Chief Scientific Officer, Oyster Point Pharma	Fort Worth, TX
Karen Liby	1997-2002	PhD Program Director, Michigan State University College	Lebanon, NH
Kristin Long	1997-2002
Jonathan Yates	1997-2002
Shengwen Zhang	1997-2002	Executive Director, QLD Biotherapeutics., Inc	Greater Boston
Thomas Uveges	1996-2002	VP of Biologics at ACE Surgical Supply Co., Inc.	Newtonville, MA

2001

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
James Muth	1996-2001	Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Health	West Chester, OH

2000

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Fan Zhang	1998-2000
Mihaela Sin	1997-2000
Rachel Boland	1995-2000	Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Health	Cincinnati, OH
Lucy Gildea (Wiley)	1995-2000	Chief Scientific Officer, Mary Kay Inc.	Dallas, TX
Randall Marsh	1995-2000	Principal Scientist, Proctor & Gamble	Hamilton, OH
Jacqueline McEntire	1995-2000	Cell and Molecular Biology, Eli Lilly and Company	Indianapolis, IN
Christopher Conn	1996-2000	Director, Companion Diagnostics Strategy Lead, AbbVie	San Francisco, CA
Weiguo Chen	1995-2000
Amber Ochoa	1995-2000
Cameron Sheeler	1994-2000	Associate Professor, Liberty University	Lynchburg, VA

1999

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Shailaja Akunura	1997-1999	Clinical Trial Manager, Medpace	Cincinnati, OH
Huijun (Veronica) Zhu	1996-1999	Senior Software Consultant, Ascension	Greater St. Louis, MO
Natasha Mitcher	1994-1999	VP for scientific services, The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning, LLC	Dayton, OH
Sheri Gordon (Rudisell)	1994-1999	Senior Scientist, Campbell Soup Company	Swarthmore, PA
Fan Yang	1993-1999
Zvjezdana (Stella) Sever	1992-1999	Research Project Manager, Penn State Health	Hershey, PA

1998

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Tonyia Pyles	1993-1998	Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch
Dana Tolarova	1993-1998	Independent Biotechnology Professional	Natick, MA
Melinda Reilly (Wilder)	1993-1998	Science Teacher, Cincinnati Public Schools	Cincinnati, OH
Kamil 'Can (John) Akcali	1992-1998	Professor, Biophysics Divison, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine	Sihhiye, Ankara
Greg Peters	1992-1998
Kathleen Broomall	1991-1998	Chair of Sciences, Chatfield College	Cincinnati, OH
Donald J. Lowrie	1990-1998	Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Cincinnati, OH

1997

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Haibo Jiang	1994-1997	IT Business Partner R&D, Spark Therapeutics, Inc	Philadelphia, PA
Tatiana Loukianova	1994-1997
Gary Martin	1992-1997
Wanli Bi	1991-1997
Kenneth Kramer	1991-1997	Director, M1 Component, Associate Professor. Director, Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, Creighton University	Omaha, NE
Donna McLaren	1991-1997	VP, Orchard Therapeutics	London, England
Wendy Strother	1991-1997	Senior Medical Director, Avant Healthcare	Carmel, IN
Jing-Xiang Tao	1991-1997
Hong Wang	1991-1997
Naeem Hashmi	1989-1997	Crescent Medical Center	San Jose, CA

1996

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Haesun Kim	1991-1996	Associate Professor - Cell Neurobiology, Rutgers University	Newark, NJ
Haiyan Chen	1991-1996
Sui Lin	1990-1996
David Carpenter	1989-1996	Director of Intellectual Property, BeiGene	San Francisco, Ca

1995

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Bo Li	1989-1995	Director of Device R&D, Emergent BioSolutions	Gaithersburg, MD
Cunqi Cui	1988-1995
Raymond Grill	1988-1995	Deceased

1994

Graduate Name	Attending Years	Current Position/Employer Name	Current Location (City, State)
Teri Adams	1989-1994	Director, Undergraduate Neuroscience Program Associate Professor and Director, Center for Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Biology, Neuroscience, IUPUI	Indianapolis, IN
Lisa Austin	1989-1994	Technology Specialist, Medlen & Caroll, LLP	Highland, MI
Qizhi Gong	1989-1994	Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Huma Anatomy, University of California College of Biological Sciences	Davis, CA

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