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Entering Class 2014:

 

Entering Class 2015:

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Garrett Jensen

  • Entering Year: 2015
  • Research Interests: Immunology, Cardiology, Model Generation
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Jiang Chang, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences

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Kelsey Hudson

  • Entering Year: 2015
  • Research Interests: Spinal plasticity, Ionic plasticity, Pain, SCI
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley
  • Ph.D. Mentor: James Grau, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience

Entering Class 2016:

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Jonathon Cummock

  • Entering Year: 2016
  • Research Interests: Stroke, Artificial Intelligence, Neuroimaging, Outcome Prediction
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Neuroscience, Brigham Young University
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Stephen T.C. Wong, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences
  • jonnycummock@tamu.edu

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Marisa Pinson

  • Entering Year: 2016
  • Research Interests: Developmental Biology, Prenatal Exposures
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Biochemistry, Baylor University
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Rajesh Miranda, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences
  • Dissertation Title: Immediate and Lifelong Consequences of In Utero Exposure to Alcohol: A Systemic and Multi-Organ Approach

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Preston Arnold

  • Entering Year: 2016
  • Research Interests: Immunology, T-Cells, Tolerance
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Biochemistry, Brigham Young University
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Xian Chang Li, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences

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Tejaswini Reddy

  • Entering Year: 2016
  • Research Interests: Precision Oncology, Experimental Therapeutics, Breast Cancer
  • Undergraduate: B.A., Neuroscience, Wellesley College
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Jenny Chang, M.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences
  • Dissertation Title: Targeted Therapeutic Strategies for Triple Negative and Metaplastic Breast Cancers
  • treddy@tamu.edu

Entering Class 2017:

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Alan Hodges

  • Entering Year: 2017
  • Research Interests: Hematologic Malignancy, Metastatic Phenotypes, Immunotherapy
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Biological Engineering, Utah State University
  • Graduate: M.S., Biological/Biosystems Engineering, Utah State University
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Shu-Hsia Chen, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences
  • alan.hodges@tamu.edu

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Melanie Painter

  • Entering Year: 2017
  • Research Interests: Medical Devices, Cardiac Biomechanics, Congenital Heart Disease
  • Undergraduate: B.S./B.C.E., Biology, Chemical Engineering, The University of Alabama
  • Ph.D. Mentor: John C. Criscione. M.D., Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Biomedical Engineering
  • mlpainter@tamu.edu

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Rahul Ghosh

  • Entering Year: 2017
  • Research Interests: Deep Learning, Endovascular Interventions, Computer Vision
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Graduate: M.S., Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Stephen T.C. Wong, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Biomedical Engineering
  • rahulghosh@tamu.edu

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Vincent Provasek

  • Entering Year: 2017
  • Research Interests: DNA Repair Mechanisms, Neurodegenerative Disease
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Biochemistry, Genetics, Texas A&M University
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Muralidhar Hegde, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences

 

Entering Class 2018:

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Aditya Dutta Gupta

  • Entering Year: 2018
  • Research Interests: Neurodegenerative Diseases, Oncolytic Virotherapy, Brain-Machine Interfaces
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California

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Alexander Lu

  • Entering Year: 2018
  • Research Interests: Developmental Biology, Cardiovascular Regeneration, Metabolism, Epigenetics
  • Undergraduate: B.A., Biology: Neuroscience, Biomedical Physics, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Ph.D. Mentor: John P. Cooke, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences

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Megh Patel

  • Entering Year: 2018
  • Research Interests: Neuroregeneration, Tissue Engineering, Medical Devices
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Robert Krencik, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences
  • mdpatel4@tamu.edu

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Michael Woolley

  • Entering Year: 2017
  • Research Interests: Protein Engineering, Drug Development, Antimicrobials
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Human Biology, Utah State University
  • Graduate: M.S., Virology, Utah State University
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Zhilei Chen, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences

Entering Class 2019:

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Daniel Kermany

  • Entering Year: 2019
  • Research Interests: Ophthalmology, Computer Vision, Deep Learning
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Computational Biology, University of Texas at Austin
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Stephen T.C. Wong, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Biomedical Engineering

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Ju Young Ahn

  • Entering Year: 2019
  • Research Interests: Oncology, Spatial Transcriptomics, Deep Learning
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Stephen T.C. Wong, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Biomedical Engineering

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Macy Zardeneta

  • Entering Year: 2019
  • Research Interests: Microglial Dynamics, Neuroinflammation
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Chemistry, Stanford University
  • Graduate: M.S. Biology, Stanford University
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Farida Sohrabji, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences

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Nancy Mize Gonzalez

  • Entering Year: 2019
  • Research Interests: T-Cell Immunobiology in Neuropsychiatric Lupus
  • Undergraduate: B.A., Music, Biochemistry ('26), Shorter College; Arizona State University
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Wenhao Chen, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences

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Nicholas Larson

  • Entering Year: 2019
  • Research Interests: Medical Imaging, MRI
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Physics, Baylor University
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Diego Martin, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences

Entering Class 2020:

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Ashley Kidwell

  • Entering Year: 2020
  • Research Interests: MicroRNA, Stem Cells, Fetal Brain Development
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Karthik Mouli

  • Entering Year: 2020
  • Research Interests: Cellular Homeostasis, Neurodegeneration, Neuroimmunology, Sulfide Metabolism
  • Undergraduate: B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Thomas Kent, M.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences
  • kmouli@tamu.edu

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Mailin Li

  • Entering Year: 2020
  • Research Interests: RNA biology, genetics and epigenetics
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Biology, Tufts University
  • mailin.li@tamu.edu

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Morgan Chapman

  • Entering Year: 2020
  • Research Interests: Mitochondrial Disease, Innate Immunity, Antiviral Immunity
  • Undergraduate: B.S., B.S., Microbiology, Genetics, Texas A&M University
  • Ph.D. Mentor: Phillip West, Ph.D.
  • Ph.D. Department: Medical Sciences

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Roger Garcia

  • Entering Year: 2020
  • Research Interests: Neuroinflammation, epigenetics
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Samson Hennessy-Strahs

  • Entering Year: 2020
  • Research Interests: Solid Organ Transplantation
  • Undergraduate: B.A., Biological Sciences, Cornell University

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Wesley Poon

  • Entering Year: 2020
  • Research Interests: Medical Devices, Optical Coherence Tomography, Imaging, Drug Delivery
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside

 

Entering Class 2021:

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Anna Pinson

  • Entering Year: 2021
  • Research Interests: Mitochondrial Immunity, Cell Death
  • Undergraduate: B.S., B.A., Biochemistry, Spanish, Harding University

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Glori Das

  • Entering Year: 2021
  • Research Interests: Photoacoustic Imaging, Image-Guided Surgery, Neuroscience
  • Undergraduate: B.S., B.S.A., Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin
  • gloridas100@tamu.edu

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Jacob Davis

  • Entering Year: 2021
  • Research Interests: Host-Pathogen Interactions, Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Undergraduate: B.S., B.A., Biochemistry, Ethics and Religion, University of Oklahoma
  • jacob.r.davis@tamu.edu

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Kristina Zambo

  • Entering Year: 2021
  • Research Interests: Cancer biology, Novel therapeutics/biomarkers, Genetics/epigenetics
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Johns Hopkins University

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Thomas Wong

  • Entering Year: 2021
  • Research Interests: Precision Medicine, Genomics, Oncology
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Molecular Biology University of California, San Diego

Entering Class 2022:

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Jacob Kuempel

  • Entering Year: 2022
  • Research Interests: Cardiovascular Biology
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Biology, Texas A&M University

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Jimmy Wengler

  • Entering Year: 2022
  • Research Interests: Big Data, Computational Oncology, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Bioinformatics, Brigham Young University
  • jwengler@tamu.edu

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Logan Rivera

  • Entering Year: 2022
  • Research Interests: Computational Oncology, Machine Learning
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Biochemistry, Genetics, Texas A&M University

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Sumeen Gill

  • Entering Year: 2022
  • Research Interests: Drug Development, Therapeutics, Drug Delivery
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Neuroscience, Washington State University

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Tiffany Gunnels

  • Entering Year: 2022
  • Research Interests: Drug Development, Neurodegeneration
  • Undergraduate: B.S., Biochemistry, Texas A&M University
  • tiffany.gunnels@tamu.edu