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Medical College of Wisconsin Graduate Student Dissertation Defenses

April

Christopher Monti
Microbiology & Immunology
Mentor: Scott S. Terhune, PhD
April 1, 2024
11:00 AM (CST)
Live Public Viewing

Abigael Collier
Doctor of Public Health
Mentor: Zeno Franco
April 3, 2024
3:00 PM (CST)
Live Public Viewing

Erika Shaw
Cell and Developmental Biology
Mentor: Daniel Lipinski
April 4, 2024
1:00 PM (CST)

Shuai Liu
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Mentor: Christopher Olsen, PhD
April 8, 2024
9:00 AM (CST)

Rosamaria Martinez
Doctor of Public Health
Mentor: Katherine Quinn
April 8, 2024
1:00 PM (CST)
Live Public Viewing

Kelli Brown
Doctor of Public Health
Mentor: Staci Young
April 10, 2024
10:00 AM (CST)
Live Public Viewing

Alisha Ziegler
Physiology
Mentor: Justin Grobe, PhD
April 10, 2024
1:00 PM (CST)
Live Public Viewing

Joanna Balza
Public & Community Health
Mentor: Kathryn E. Flynn, PhD
April 10, 2024
12:00 PM (CST)
Live Public Viewing

Olaitan Akinboboye
Public & Community Health
Mentor: Rebekah Walker, PhD
April 12, 2024
12:00 PM (CST)
Live Public Viewing

Elaheh Hashemi
Microbiology & Immunology
Mentor: Subramaniam Malarkannan, PhD
April 17, 2024
1:00 PM (CST)
Live Public Viewing

Ashley Brown
Microbiology & Immunology
Mentor: Weiguo Cui, PhD
April 29, 2024
1:30 PM (CST)

May

Alexander Miksell
Cell & Developmental Biology
Advisor: Cheryl Stucky, PhD
May 8, 2024
9:00 AM (CST)

Matthew Hadiono
Microbiology & Immunology
Advisor: John Kirby, PhD
May 9, 2024
11:00 AM (CST)
Live Public Viewing

Kevin Jennings
Microbiology & Immunology
Advisor: Nita Salzman, PhD
May 23, 2024
11:00 AM (CST)
Live Public Viewing

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