Medical Scientist Training Program
Medical Scientist Training Program

Meet Our Current Students

Every year, 6-10 highly talented individuals from diverse backgrounds and interests join the MCW MSTP family. We currently have students from 38 different undergraduate institutions across 18 states.

Our students and administrators are very supportive and helpful to one another, fostering outstanding mentorship and creating an inclusive environment to help you integrate your passion for research with medicine.

Learn more about our current students, including their research interests and publications.

The MSTP is an unparalleled opportunity to receive an education that poises trainees for productive careers as both clinicians and researchers. MCW has a wide (and expanding) array of friendly faculty willing to support students in all phases of their education. Furthermore, the MCW MSTP administrators are extraordinarily kind and willing to facilitate the best training experience in any way possible.

Casey Zoss

M1 Students

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Brandon Adkins

M1 Student

badkins@mcw.edu

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Elizabeth Alessio

M1 Student

ealessio@mcw.edu

Oakland University

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Muskan Bansal

M1 Student

mbansal@mcw.edu

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Matthew Brown

M1 Student

maabrown@mcw.edu

University of Colorado Boulder

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Andrew Cao

M1 Student

acao@mcw.edu

Washington University in St. Louis

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Benjamin Chao

M1 Student

bchao@mcw.edu

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

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Malone Friedman

M1 Student

mfriedman@mcw.edu

North Carolina State University

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Thomas Mier

M1 Student

tmier@mcw.edu

Boston College

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Bradey Stuart

M1 Student

bstuart@mcw.edu

The University of Arizona

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Marissa Stutzman

M1 Student

mstutzman@mcw.edu

Arcadia University

M2 Students

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Maya Blau

M2 Student

mblau@mcw.edu

University of Rochester

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Ryan Bonate

M2 Student

rbonate@mcw.edu

Loyola University

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Donovan Drouillard

M2 Student

ddrouillard@mcw.edu

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

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Megan Fischer

M2 Student

mcfischer@mcw.edu

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Mina Ghobrial

M2 Student

mghobrial@mcw.edu

Tufts University

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Cristhian Gutierrez Huerta

M2 Student

cgutierrez@mcw.edu

University of California-Merced

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Samuel Hernandez

M2 Student

sahernandez@mcw.edu

Knox College

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Mindy Kim

M2 Student

minkim@mcw.edu

Johns Hopkins University

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Guadalupe Valdivia Esparza

M2 Student

gvaldivia@mcw.edu

Marquette University

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Luke Zangl

M2 Student

lzangl@mcw.edu

University of Wisconsin-Madison

G1 Students

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Jacob Bartosiak

G1 Student

jbartosiak@mcw.edu

Advised by John Corbett, PhD, Biochemistry

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Ryan Brown

G1 Student

rjbrown@mcw.edu

Advised by Weiguo Cui, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Josiah Murray

G1 Student

jmurray@mcw.edu

Advised by Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD, CBNA

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David Nowak

G1 Student

dnowak@mcw.edu

Advised by John Mantsch, PhD, Pharmacology and Toxicology

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Damon Schmalzriedt

G1 Student

dschmalzried@mcw.edu

Advised by Vera Tarakanova, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Kathryn Smith Taquet

G1 Student

ktaquet@mcw.edu

Advised by William Drobyski, MD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Emma Tillison

G1 Student

etillison@mcw.edu

Advised by Daisy Sahoo, PhD, Biochemistry

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Casey Zoss

G1 Student

czoss@mcw.edu

Advised by Kathleen Schmainda, PhD, Biophysics

G2 Students

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Karina Bursch

G2 Student

kbursch@mcw.edu

Advised by Brian Smith, PhD, Biochemistry

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Kelli Cole

G2 Student

kecole@mcw.edu

Advised by Bonnie Dittel, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Julian Grosskopf

G2 Student

jgrosskopf@mcw.edu

Advised by Michael Lerch, PhD, Biophysics

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Sritejasvinthi Karimikonda

G2 Student

skarimikonda@mcw.edu

Advised by Nita Salzman, MD, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Thomas Kelly

G2 Student

tjkelly@mcw.edu

Advised by Qing-song Liu, PhD, Pharmacology and Toxicology

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Siying Lin

G2 Student

silin@mcw.edu

Advised by Weiguo Cui, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Gopika SenthilKumar

G2 Student

gsenthilkuma@mcw.edu

Advised by Julie Freed, MD, PhD, Physiology

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Samuel Zorn

G2 Student

szorn@mcw.edu

Advised by Cheryl Stucky, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

G3 Students

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Ashley Brown

G3 Student

asbrown2@mcw.edu

Advised by Weiguo Cui, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Mohamed Khalil

G3 Student

mokhalil@mcw.edu

Advised by Subramaniam Malarkannan, PhD, and Scott Terhune, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Nicholas Malcolm

G3 Student

nmalcolm@mcw.edu

Advised by John McCorvy, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

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Christopher Monti

G3 Student

cmonti@mcw.edu

Advised by Scott Terhune, PhD Microbiology & Immunology

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Shana Terai Lara

G3 Student

stlara@mcw.edu

Advised by Kirsten Beyer, PhD, MPH, Public & Community Health

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Peter Zhang

G3 Student

pezhang@mcw.edu

Advised by Michael Martens, PhD, Biostatistics

G4 Students

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Kyler Crawford

G4 Student

kscrawford@mcw.edu

Advised by Brian Volkman, PhD, Biochemistry

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Matthew Hadiono

G4 Student

mhadiono@mcw.edu

Advised by John Kirby, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Stephen Mazurchuk

G4 Student

smazurchuk@mcw.edu

Advised by Jeffrey Binder, MD, Biophysics

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Kelsey Nolden (née Meacham)

G4 Student

knolden@mcw.edu

Advised by Blake Hill, PhD, Biochemistry

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Wasif Osmani

G4 Student

wosmani@mcw.edu

Advised by Matt Hodges, PhD, Physiology

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Tyler Waltz

G4 Student

twaltz@mcw.edu

Advised by Cheryl Stucky, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

G5 Students

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Melissa Anfinson

G5 Student

manfinson@mcw.edu

Advised by Aoy Mitchell, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

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Ayana Jamal

G5 Student

ajamal@mcw.edu

Advised by Brian Link, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

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Hayley Powers

G5 Student

hpowers@mcw.edu

Advised by Daisy Sahoo, PhD, Biochemistry

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Suma Thareja

Postdoctoral Fellow

sthareja@mcw.edu

Advised by Aoy Mitchell, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

M3 Students

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Linda Berg Luecke, PhD

M3 Student

Advised by Rebekah Gundry, PhD, Biochemistry

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Samantha Chou

M3 Student

Advised by Matthew Scaglione, PhD, Biochemistry

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Moujtaba Kasmani, PhD

M3 Student

Advised by Weiguo Cui, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Todd Stollenwerk, PhD

M3 Student

Advised by Cecilia Hillard, PhD, Pharmacology & Toxicology

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Paytsar Topchyan, PhD

M3 Student

Advised by Weiguo Cui, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

M4 Students

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Puja Agrawal, PhD

Matched at Stanford University School of Medicine; Specialty: Pediatrics

pagrawal@mcw.edu

Advised by Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

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Carlie Aurubin, PhD

Matched at Mayo Clinic - Florida; Specialty: Internal Medicine

caurubin@mcw.edu

Advised by Vera Tarakanova, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Acacia Dishman, PhD

Matched at Harvard Medical School; Specialty: Radiation Oncology

adishman@mcw.edu

Advised by Brian Volkman, PhD, Biochemistry

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Katelyn Heimbruch, PhD

Matched at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital; Specialty: Pediatrics

kheimbruch@mcw.edu

Advised by Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

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Alicia Ivory, MS

Matched at Medical College of Wisconsin; Specialty: Psychiatry

aivory@mcw.edu

Advised by Andrew Greene, PhD, Physiology

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Dwani Patel, PhD

Matched at Tucson Hospital Medical Center; Specialty: Transitional Year

ddpatel@mcw.edu

Advised by Daniel Lipinski, MSc, DPhil, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy