Our Students
Allison Czora
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Rhiannon Edwards
Undergraduate Institution: University of Richmond
Thesis Advisor: Elena MacFarlane
Thesis Advisor: Elena MacFarlane
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Ana Fisk
Undergraduate: University of Maryland
Thesis Advisor: Mary Armanios
Thesis Advisor: Mary Armanios
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Alyson Hally
Undergraduate Institution: West Chester University
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Tryggvi McDonald
Undergraduate Institution: University of Georgia
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Hope Orjuela
Undergraduate Institution: Colgate University
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Daniel Rabizadeh
Undergraduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University
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Nick Saba
Undergraduate Institution: Duke University
Thesis Advisor: Greg Newby
Thesis Advisor: Greg Newby
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Lydia Sanders
Undergraduate Institution: University of Kentucky, Lexington
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Madison Santizo
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Elyse Shoppell
Undergraduate Institution: Virginia Polytechnic Institute
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Ana Topasna
Undergraduate Institution: Reed College
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Kodi Harris
Undergraduate Institution: Morehouse College
Vivien Thomas Scholar
Thesis Advisor: Hilary Vernon
Vivien Thomas Scholar
Thesis Advisor: Hilary Vernon
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Christian Lopez
Undergraduate Institution: University of Dallas
Thesis Advisor: Jeff Coller
Thesis Advisor: Jeff Coller
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Uche Onuchukwu
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Vivien Thomas Scholar
Thesis Advisor: Jeff Mumm
Vivien Thomas Scholar
Thesis Advisor: Jeff Mumm
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J. Noah Workman
Undergraduate Institution University of Georgia
Thesis Advisor: Greg Newby
Thesis Advisor: Greg Newby
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Rama Alhariri
Undergraduate Institution: New York University Abu Dhabi, 2021
Thesis Advisor: Dan Arking
Thesis Advisor: Dan Arking
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Nelson Barrientos
Undergraduate Institution: University of Virginia 2020
Thesis Advisor: Andy McCallion
Thesis Advisor: Andy McCallion
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Julian Calderon-Espinosa
Undergraduate Institution: University of Toronto, 2021
Thesis Advisor: Linda Resar
Thesis Advisor: Linda Resar
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Eric Cormack
Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago, 2018
Graduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Thesis Advisor: Luisa Cochella
Graduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Thesis Advisor: Luisa Cochella
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Madeline Denton
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2017
Thesis Advisor: Charlotte Sumner
Thesis Advisor: Charlotte Sumner
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Hunter Giles
Undergraduate Institution: Brigham Young University, 2020
Thesis Advisor: Jennifer Erwin
Thesis Advisor: Jennifer Erwin
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Fujr Osman Ibrahim
Undergraduate Institution: Maryville University St. Louis, 2021
Thesis Advisor: Amboise Wonkam
Thesis Advisor: Amboise Wonkam
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Nikita Marcou
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern University, 2021
Thesis Advisor: Bert Vogelstein
Thesis Advisor: Bert Vogelstein
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Shakela Mitchell
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University, 2017
Thesis Advisor: Julie Hoover-Fong
Thesis Advisor: Julie Hoover-Fong
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Audrey Pion
Undergraduate Institution: University of Connecticut, 2020
Thesis Advisor: Garry Cutting
Thesis Advisor: Garry Cutting
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Estefan Santi
Undergraduate Institution: Stevens Institute of Technology, 2021
Thesis Advisor: Don Zack
Thesis Advisor: Don Zack
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Bailey Spiegelberg
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin Madison, 2019; St Louis University 2021
Thesis Advisor: Jennifer Erwin
Thesis Advisor: Jennifer Erwin
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Kyla Woyshner
Undergraduate Institution: University of California Berkeley, 2019
Thesis Advisors: Loyal Goff and Genevieve Stein-O’Brien
Thesis Advisors: Loyal Goff and Genevieve Stein-O’Brien
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Haley Appel
Undergraduate Institute: Salisbury University 2019
Thesis advisor: Seth Blackshaw
Thesis advisor: Seth Blackshaw
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Brennan Danlasky
Undergraduate Institution: University of California Davis, 2018
Thesis advisor: Geraldine Seydoux
Thesis advisor: Geraldine Seydoux
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Nguyet Le
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2020
Thesis advisor: Seth Blackshaw
Thesis advisor: Seth Blackshaw
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Kyler McKessy
Undergraduate Institution: University of California Berkeley, 2019
Thesis advisor: Dan Arking
Thesis advisor: Dan Arking
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Jacob Mitchell
Undergraduate Institution: Towson University, 2018
Thesis advisor: Elana Fertig
Thesis advisor: Elana Fertig
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Zachary Nicholas
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland Baltimore County, 2019
Thesis advisor: Genevieve Stein-O’Brien
Thesis advisor: Genevieve Stein-O’Brien
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Wendy Camejo Nunez
Undergraduate Institution: Morgan State University, 2020
Thesis advisor: Elena MacFarlane
Thesis advisor: Elena MacFarlane
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Afrooz Razi
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland, 2018
Thesis advisor: Kasper Hansen
Thesis advisor: Kasper Hansen
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Kenna Sherman
Undergraduate Institution: University of California Santa Barbara, 2020
Thesis advisor: Andy Feinberg
Thesis advisor: Andy Feinberg
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Nicholas Vulpescu
Undergraduate Institution: New York University, 2018
Thesis advisor: Victor Velculescu
Thesis advisor: Victor Velculescu
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Zachary Besich
Undergrduate Institution: University of Arizona 2013
Graduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University 2017
Thesis advisor: Susan Michaelis
Graduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University 2017
Thesis advisor: Susan Michaelis
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Rachel Boyd
Undergraduate Institution: University of Western Ontario 2019
Thesis advisor: Andy McCallion
Thesis advisor: Andy McCallion
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Daniel Bruhm
Undergraduate Institution: McGill University 2016
Thesis advisor: Victor Velculescu
Thesis advisor: Victor Velculescu
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Allison Kalinousky
Undergraduate Institution: University of Buffalo 2019
Thesis advisors: Hans Bjornsson and Jacqueline Harris
Thesis advisors: Hans Bjornsson and Jacqueline Harris
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Weifeng Li
Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University 2017
Graduate Institution: Peking Union Medical College 2019
Thesis advisor: Donald Zack
Graduate Institution: Peking Union Medical College 2019
Thesis advisor: Donald Zack
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Raymond Paranal
Undergraduate Institution: College of the Holy Cross 2015
Thesis advisors Nicholas Roberts and Laura Woods
Thesis advisors Nicholas Roberts and Laura Woods
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William Simmons
Undergraduate Institution: Colby College 2016
Thesis advisor: Geraldine Seydoux
Thesis advisor: Geraldine Seydoux
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Jared Slosberg
Undergraduate Institution: George Washington University 2019
Thesis advisor: Loyal Goff
Thesis advisor: Loyal Goff
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Basma Taleb Ismail
Undergraduate Institution: University of California Los Angeles 2017
Thesis advisor: Geraldine Seydoux
Thesis advisor: Geraldine Seydoux
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Vickie Trinh
Undergraduate Institution: University of Southern California 2015
Thesis advisor: Seth Blackshaw
Thesis advisor: Seth Blackshaw
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Jiaqi Xie
Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2016
Graduate Institution: Harvard University 2019
Thesis advisor Dan Arking
Graduate Institution: Harvard University 2019
Thesis advisor Dan Arking
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Emily Bramel
Undergraduate Institution: Penn State University
Undergraduate Degree: B.S. Genetics & Developmental Biology / Year 2017
Thesis Advisor: Elena Mac Farlane
Undergraduate Degree: B.S. Genetics & Developmental Biology / Year 2017
Thesis Advisor: Elena Mac Farlane
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Alice Eastman
Undergraduate Institution: Oberlin College
Undergraduate Degree: B.A, Biology /Year: 2018
Thesis Advisor: Garry Cutting
Undergraduate Degree: B.A, Biology /Year: 2018
Thesis Advisor: Garry Cutting
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Carolyn Hruban
Undergraduate Institution: University of Chicago
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Biology /Year: 2017
Thesis Advisor: Victor Velculescu
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Biology /Year: 2017
Thesis Advisor: Victor Velculescu
![Helen Schmidt](/-/media/institute-genetic-medicine/default-bio-pic.gif?h=150&iar=0&w=120&hash=EA5DC64BA4D59E7A5805CED67DFFE7FC)
Katherine Jenike
Undergraduate Institution: Whitman College
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Biology / Year: 2015
Johns Hopkins University, M.S., Bioinformatics / Year: 2018
Thesis Advisor: Michael Schatz
Undergraduate Degree: B.A., Biology / Year: 2015
Johns Hopkins University, M.S., Bioinformatics / Year: 2018
Thesis Advisor: Michael Schatz
![Helen Schmidt](/-/media/institute-genetic-medicine/default-bio-pic.gif?h=150&iar=0&w=120&hash=EA5DC64BA4D59E7A5805CED67DFFE7FC)
Olivia Sniezek
Undergraduate Institution: Westminster College
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Molecular Biology/ Year: 2018
Thesis Advisor: Hilary Vernon
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Molecular Biology/ Year: 2018
Thesis Advisor: Hilary Vernon
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Parris Washington
Undergraduate Institution: Spelman College
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology 2017
Morehouse School of Medicine, M.S. Neuroscience, 2018
Thesis Advisor: Seth Blackshaw
Undergraduate Degree: B.S., Biology 2017
Morehouse School of Medicine, M.S. Neuroscience, 2018
Thesis Advisor: Seth Blackshaw
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