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Medical College of Wisconsin Neuroscience Doctoral Program Students

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NDP students and Cheryl Stucky, PhD, spend a day volunteering at the Hunger Task Force in Franklin, WI. Harvesting corn for 5 hours was hard work but lots of fun and very rewarding!

NDP Student Testimonials

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"I like MCW because of the collaborative platform for research, the atmosphere and the interdisciplinary research environment where the knowledge can be transferred to a clinical application."

Seung Yi Lee

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"Seeking to further understand the underlying mechanisms of the visual system and its interaction with the brain truly excites me about neuroscience."

Jonathon Young

Alexander Salmon

"Courses in computer science and neuroscience led me to join a lab that marries neurobiology and computer science. This made the NDP and Joe Carroll’s lab at MCW an easy choice."

Alexander Salmon

Neuroscience Doctoral Program Current Students

Michael Abiola

mabiola@mcw.edu

Malika Allen

Emma Augustine

eaugustine@mcw.edu

Forouzan Azarafrouz

fazarfarouz@mcw.edu

Darby Bennett

dbennett@mcw.edu

Emma Bonniwell

ebonniwell@mcw.edu

Rutuja Borawke

rborawke@mcw.edu

Asher Boucher

aboucher@mcw.edu

Luke Ehlert

lehlert@mcw.edu

Hannah Follett

hfollett@mcw.edu

Vladislav Friedman

vfriedman@mcw.edu

Scholastica Go

Bryna Goeckner

bgoeckner@mcw.edu

Brooke Greiner

bgreiner@mcw.edu

Allison Hall

allhall@mcw.edu

Isaac Ikuejamoye

iikuejamoye@mcw.edu

Hilda Jurkiewicz

hjurkiewicz@mcw.edu

Shannon Kafura

skafura@mcw.edu

Zainab Khalid

zakhalid@mcw.edu

Joseph Kreis

jgkreis@mcw.edu

Meera Krishna

mkrishna@mcw.edu

Nathan Meinhardt

nmeinhardt@mcw.edu

Robert Newland

rnewland@mcw.edu

Damaris Nieves Torres

dnieves@mcw.edu

Kaitlyn Partridge

kpartridge@mcw.edu

Taylor Rau

Kaitlyn Rhyner

kmrhyner@mcw.edu

Dianise Rodriguez-Garcia

drodriguez@mcw.edu

Bailey Schultz

baischultz@mcw.edu

Katharine Schwister

kschwister@mcw.edu

Alanna Sullivan

arsullivan@mcw.edu

Juan Taborda

jtaborda@mcw.edu

Alexander J. Tate

Aleksandra Winiarz

awiniarz@mcw.edu

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