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Entering Year 2023

	Paul Oancea Entering Year: 2023 Research Interests: Neuroscience, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry Undergraduate: B.S., Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin
	Brendan Olson Entering Year: 2023 Research Interests: Nanotechnology, Drug Design, Drug Delivery Undergraduate: B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah
	Ryan Pohorenec Entering Year: 2023 Research Interests: Drug Discovery, Medicinal Chemistry, Synthetic Methodology Undergraduate: BSc, Chemistry, University of Rochester Graduate: MSc, Chemistry, University of Rochester
	Nabeeha Qazi Entering Year: 2023 Research Interests: Immunology and Infectious Diseases Undergraduate: B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Texas at Dallas
	Alex Wilkins Entering Year: 2023 Research interests: Nanomedicine, drug delivery, cancer therapeutics Undergraduate: B.S., Chemical Engineering, The University of Alabama

Entering Year 2022

	Sumeen Gill Entering Year: 2022 Research Interests: Drug Development, Therapeutics, Drug Delivery Undergraduate: B.S., Neuroscience, Washington State University
	Tiffany Gunnels Entering Year: 2022 Research Interests: Drug Development, Neurodegeneration Undergraduate: B.S., Biochemistry, Texas A&M University
	Jacob Kuempel Entering Year: 2022 Research Interests: Cardiovascular Biology Undergraduate: B.S., Biology, Texas A&M University
	Logan Rivera Entering Year: 2022 Research Interests: Computational Oncology, Machine Learning Undergraduate: B.S., Biochemistry, Genetics, Texas A&M University
	Jimmy Wengler Entering Year: 2022 Research Interests: Big Data, Computational Oncology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Undergraduate: B.S., Bioinformatics, Brigham Young University

Entering Year 2021

	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
	Jacob Davis Entering Year: 2021 Research Interests: Host-Pathogen Interactions, Microbial Pathogenesis Undergraduate: B.S., B.A., Biochemistry, Ethics and Religion, University of Oklahoma
	Anna Pinson Entering Year: 2021 Research Interests: Mitochondrial Immunity, Cell Death Undergraduate: B.S., B.A., Biochemistry, Spanish, Harding University
	Thomas Wong Entering Year: 2021 Research Interests: Precision Medicine, Genomics, Oncology Undergraduate: B.S., Molecular Biology University of California, San Diego
	Kristina Zambo Entering Year: 2021 Research Interests: Cancer biology, Novel therapeutics/biomarkers, Genetics/epigenetics Undergraduate: B.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology, Johns Hopkins University

Entering Year 2020:

	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
	Roger Garcia Entering Year: 2020 Research Interests: Neuroinflammation, epigenetics Undergraduate: B.S., Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Kingsville
	Samson Hennessy-Strahs Entering Year: 2020 Research Interests: Solid Organ Transplantation Undergraduate: B.A., Biological Sciences, Cornell University
	Ashley Kidwell Entering Year: 2020 Research Interests: MicroRNA, Stem Cells, Fetal Brain Development Undergraduate: B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis
	Mailin Li Entering Year: 2020 Research Interests: RNA biology, genetics and epigenetics Undergraduate: B.S., Biology, Tufts University
	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
	Wesley Poon Entering Year: 2020 Research Interests: Medical Devices, Optical Coherence Tomography, Imaging, Drug Delivery Undergraduate: B.S., Bioengineering, University of California, Riverside

Entering Year 2019:

	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
	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
	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
	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
	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

Entering Class 2018:

	Aditya Dutta Gupta Entering Year: 2018 Research Interests: Neurodegenerative Diseases, Oncolytic Virotherapy, Brain-Machine Interfaces Undergraduate: B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California
	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
	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
	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 2017:

	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
	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
	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
	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 2016:

	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
	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
	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
	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

Entering Class 2015:

	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
	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