MSTP students in the Sahoo lab
Medical Scientist Training Program

Meet Our Current MCW MSTP 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

Phase 1 First Year Students

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Matthew Babik

Phase 1 First Year Student

mbabik@mcw.edu

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Ahmet Korkaya

Phase 1 First Year Student

akorkaya@mcw.edu

Augusta University

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Daniel Laws

Phase 1 First Year Student

dlaws@mcw.edu

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Andrew Miller

Phase 1 First Year Student

anmiller@mcw.edu

Rice University

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Sophie Shapiro

Phase 1 First Year Student

srshapiro@mcw.edu

University of Michigan

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Erica Steen

Phase 1 First Year Student

esteen@mcw.edu

University of California San Diego

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Mi Tran

Phase 1 First Year Student

mtran@mcw.edu

Northwestern University

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Anna Vradi

Phase 1 First Year Student

avradi@mcw.edu

The Ohio State University

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Garret Wang

Phase 1 First Year Student

gawang@mcw.edu

University of California San Diego

Phase 1 Second Year Students

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Anooj Arkatkar

Phase 1 Second Year Student

aarkatkar@mcw.edu

Michigan State University

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Xander Bradeen

Phase 1 Second Year Student

xbradeen@mcw.edu

University of Colorado-Boulder

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Jasson Crentsil

Phase 1 Second Year Student

jcrentsil@mcw.edu

University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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Lauren Elberfeld

Phase 1 Second Year Student

lelberfeld@mcw.edu

East Carolina University

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Cora Helton

Phase 1 Second Year Student

chelton@mcw.edu

Indiana University

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Joseph Hennessey

Phase 1 Second Year Student

jhennessey@mcw.edu

Marquette University

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Christopher Jin

Phase 1 Second Year Student

cjin@mcw.edu

University of California-Irvine

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Payton Klosa

Phase 1 Second Year Student

pklosa@mcw.edu

Valparaiso University

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Michael Lam

Phase 1 Second Year Student

milam@mcw.edu

California State University-Long Beach

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Oluwadara Okeremi

Phase 1 Second Year Student

ookeremi@mcw.edu

Rice University

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Rashi Purohit

Phase 1 Second Year Student

rpurohit@mcw.edu

Boston University

G1 Students

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Brandon Adkins

G1 Student

badkins@mcw.edu

Advised by Emma Morrison, PhD, Biochemistry

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Elizabeth Alessio

G1 Student

ealessio@mcw.edu

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

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Muskan Bansal

G1 Student

mbansal@mcw.edu

Advised by Christian Kastrup, PhD, Biochemistry

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Matthew Brown

G1 Student

maabrown@mcw.edu

Advised by Vera Tarakanova, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Andrew Cao

G1 Student

acao@mcw.edu

Advised by Renren Wen, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Benjamin Chao

G1 Student

bchao@mcw.edu

Advised by Peter LaViolette, PhD, Biophysics

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Malone Friedman

G1 Student

mfriedman@mcw.edu

North Carolina State University

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Samuel Hernandez

G1 Student

sahernandez@mcw.edu

Advised by Anne Kwitek, PhD, Physiology

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Sam Lawton

G1 Student

slawton@mcw.edu

Advised by Justin Grobe, PhD, Physiology

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Rana Mansour

G1 Student

rmansour@mcw.edu

Advised by Francesca Marassi, PhD, Biophysics

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Thomas Mier

G1 Student

tmier@mcw.edu

Advised by Bonnie Dittel, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Bradey Stuart

G1 Student

bstuart@mcw.edu

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

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Marissa Stutzman

G1 Student

mstutzman@mcw.edu

Advised by Joy Lincoln, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

G2 Students

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Maya Blau

G2 Student

mblau@mcw.edu

Advised by Chris Kristich, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Ryan Bonate

G2 Student

rbonate@mcw.edu

Advised by Eric Paulson, PhD, Biophysics

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Megan Fischer

G2 Student

mcfischer@mcw.edu

Advised by Elena Semina, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

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Mina Ghobrial

G2 Student

mghobrial@mcw.edu

Advised by Curt Sigmund PhD, and Pablo Nakagawa, PhD, Physiology

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Mindy Kim

G2 Student

minkim@mcw.edu

Advised by Ze Zheng, PhD, Physiology

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Guadalupe Valdivia Esparza

G2 Student

gvaldivia@mcw.edu

Advised by Daisy Sahoo, PhD, Biochemistry

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Luke Zangl

G2 Student

lzangl@mcw.edu

Advised by Matt Hodges, PhD, Physiology

G3 Students

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Jacob Bartosiak

G3 Student

jbartosiak@mcw.edu

Advised by John Corbett, PhD, Biochemistry

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Ryan Brown

G3 Student

rjbrown@mcw.edu

Advised by Weiguo Cui, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Donovan Drouillard

G3 Student

ddrouillard@mcw.edu

Advised by Michael Dwinell, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Cristhian Gutierrez Huerta

G3 Student

cgutierrez@mcw.edu

Advised by Andreas Beyer, PhD, Physiology

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Josiah Murray

G3 Student

jmurray@mcw.edu

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

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David Nowak

G3 Student

dnowak@mcw.edu

Advised by John Mantsch, PhD, Pharmacology and Toxicology

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Damon Schmalzriedt

G3 Student

dschmalzried@mcw.edu

Advised by Vera Tarakanova, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Kathryn Taquet

G3 Student

ktaquet@mcw.edu

Advised by Michelle Riehle, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Emma Tillison

G3 Student

etillison@mcw.edu

Advised by Daisy Sahoo, PhD, Biochemistry

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Casey Zoss

G3 Student

czoss@mcw.edu

Advised by Kathleen Schmainda, PhD, Biophysics

G4 Students

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Karina Bursch

G4 Student

kbursch@mcw.edu

Advised by Brian Smith, PhD, Biochemistry

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Julian Grosskopf

G4 Student

jgrosskopf@mcw.edu

Advised by Michael Lerch, PhD, Biophysics

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Sritejasvinthi Karimikonda

G4 Student

skarimikonda@mcw.edu

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

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Thomas Kelly

G4 Student

tjkelly@mcw.edu

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

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Siying Lin

G4 Student

silin@mcw.edu

Advised by Weiguo Cui, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Kelli Sommers

G4 Student

ksommers@mcw.edu

Advised by Bonnie Dittel, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Samuel Zorn

G4 Student

szorn@mcw.edu

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

G5 Students

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Shana Lara

G5 Student

stlara@mcw.edu

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

M3 Students

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Ashley Brown

M3 Student

asbrown2@mcw.edu

Advised by Weiguo Cui, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Matthew Hadiono

M3 Student

mhadiono@mcw.edu

Advised by John Kirby, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Ayana Jamal

M3 Student

ajamal@mcw.edu

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

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Mohamed Khalil

M3 Student

mokhalil@mcw.edu

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

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Nicholas Malcolm

M3 Student

nmalcolm@mcw.edu

Advised by John McCorvy, PhD, and Jonathan Marchant, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

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Stephen Mazurchuk

M3 Student

smazurchuk@mcw.edu

Advised by Jeffrey Binder, MD, Biophysics

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Christopher Monti

M3 Student

cmonti@mcw.edu

Advised by Scott Terhune, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

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Gopika SenthilKumar

M3 Student

gsenthilkuma@mcw.edu

Advised by Julie Freed, MD, PhD, Physiology

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Peter Zhang

M3 Student

pezhang@mcw.edu

Advised by Michael Martens, PhD, Biostatistics

M4 Students

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Kyler Crawford, PhD

M4 Student

kscrawford@mcw.edu

Advised by Brian Volkman, PhD, Biochemistry

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Emily Kolyvas, PhD

M4 Student

ekolyvas@mcw.edu

Advised by Oxford MSTP

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Kelsey Nolden, PhD

M4 Student

knolden@mcw.edu

Advised by Blake Hill, PhD, Biochemistry

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Wasif Osmani, PhD

M4 Student

wosmani@mcw.edu

Advised by Matt Hodges, PhD, Physiology

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Hayley Powers, PhD

M4 Student

hpowers@mcw.edu

Advised by Daisy Sahoo, PhD, Biochemistry

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Melissa Quintanilla Anfinson, PhD

M4 Student

manfinson@mcw.edu

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

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Suma Thareja, PhD

M4 Student

sthareja@mcw.edu

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

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Tyler Waltz, PhD

M4 Student

twaltz@mcw.edu

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