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.
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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
M2 Students
G1 Students
Mohamed Khalil
G1 Student
Advised by Subramaniam Malarkannan, PhD, and Scott Terhune, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology
G2 Students
G3 Students
G4 Students
Puja Agrawal
G4 Student
Advised by Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) and Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy
Katelyn Heimbruch
G4 Student
Advised by Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD, Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology) and Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy
M3 Students
Alexander Helfand, PhD
M3 Student
Advised by Jeffrey Binder, MD, Neurology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, and Biophysics
Clinton Piper, PhD
M3 Student
Advised by William Drobyski, MD, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Microbiology & Immunology
Erica N. Woertz, PhD
M3 Student
Advised by Joseph Carroll, PhD, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Biophysics, and Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy; located at the Eye Institute
M4 Students
Eric Darrah, PhD
Matched at Medical College of Wisconsin; Specialty: Pathology
Advised by Vera Tarakanova, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology
Alison Huckenpahler, PhD
Matched at Washington University in St. Louis; Specialty: Psychiatry
Advised by Joseph Carroll, PhD, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Biophysics, and Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy
Andrew Kleist, PhD
Matched at Johns Hopkins University; Specialty: Pediatrics
Advised by Brian Volkman, PhD, Biochemistry
Natasha Moussouras, PhD
Matched at University of Washington; Specialty: Pediatrics
Advised by Michael Dwinell, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology
Michael Olp, PhD
Matched at University of Michigan; Specialty: Pathology
Advised by Brian Smith, PhD, Biochemistry
Jason Siebert, PhD
Matched at Albert Einstein School of Medicine; Specialty: Emergency Medicine
Advised by Subramanian Malarkannan, PhD, Versiti Blood Research Institute