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.
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G3 Students

Mohamed Khalil
G3 Student
Advised by Subramaniam Malarkannan, PhD, and Scott Terhune, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology



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M4 Students

Puja Agrawal, PhD
Matched at Stanford University School of Medicine; Specialty: Pediatrics
Advised by Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

Carlie Aurubin, PhD
Matched at Mayo Clinic - Florida; Specialty: Internal Medicine
Advised by Vera Tarakanova, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology

Acacia Dishman, PhD
Matched at Harvard Medical School; Specialty: Radiation Oncology
Advised by Brian Volkman, PhD, Biochemistry

Katelyn Heimbruch, PhD
Matched at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital; Specialty: Pediatrics
Advised by Sridhar Rao, MD, PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

Alicia Ivory, MS
Matched at Medical College of Wisconsin; Specialty: Psychiatry
Advised by Andrew Greene, PhD, Physiology

Dwani Patel, PhD
Matched at Tucson Hospital Medical Center; Specialty: Transitional Year
Advised by Daniel Lipinski, MSc, DPhil, Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy