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Current Trainees

M1G and M2G - students in the first two years of clinical training

M3G and M4G - students in the first two years of the graduate phase of training, generally fulfilling didactic requirements for the PhD

M5G - students who have completed the comprehensive exam and are doing independent work toward their thesis

M6Gs - students who have completed and defended their thesis and returned to the clinical curriculum to complete the requirements for the MD

Name Status PhD Department Mentor
Alford, Sara M4G Biomedical Engineering Eric Hoffman, PhD
Alleman, Brandon M1G College of Medicine Peter Cram, MD & Gary Rosenthal, MD (Sum 08)
Boes, Aaron M6G Neuroscience Peg Nopoulos, MD
Bongers, Kale pM1G College of Medicine  
Brown, Eric M5G Biochemistry S. Ramaswamy, PhD
Cano, Marlene M3G Neuroscience Donna Hammond, PhD
Carvour, Martha M2G Epidemiology Gregory Gray, MD, MPH
Case, Adam M4G Free Radical & Radiation Biology Rick Domann, PhD
Chang, Michael M6G Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Beverly Davidson, PhD
Clay, Gwendolyn pM1G College of Medicine  
Coble, Jeff M1G College of Medicine Donna Hammond, PhD (Sum 08)
Curtiss, Miranda M4G Immunology Paul Rothman, MD
Cyr, Anthony M2G Free Radical and Radiation Biology Rick Domann, PhD
Dallapiazza, Robert M5G Pharmacology Johannes Hell, PhD
DeGrande, Sean M1G College of Medicine Lee-Ann Allen, PhD and Kevin Legge, PhD (Sum 08)
Delfs, Jennifer M2G Anatomy and Cell Biology Francis Miller, MD
Dickson, Matthew M6G Genetics Curt Sigmund, PhD
Elkins, Jacob M3G Biomedical Engineering Thomas Brown, PhD
Erickson, Beth M3G Molecular and Cellular Biology Jeff Murray, MD
Ettinger, Nicholas M6G Molecular & Cellular Biology Mary Wilson, MD
Fineberg, Sarah M5G Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Beverly Davidson, PhD
Fischer, Anthony M6G Genetics Paul McCray, MD
Fox, Daniel pM1G College of Medicine  
Francis, Sara M1G College of Medicine Dawn Quelle, PhD and Michael Henry, PhD (Sum 08)
Gaznick, Natassia pM1G College of Medicine  
Glasgow, Justin M2G College of Medicine Aliasger Salem, PhD (Sum07)
Gregory, Nicholas M1G College of Medicine William Nauseef, MD and John Harty, PhD (Sum 08)
Halabi, Carmen M6G Genetics Curt Sigmund, PhD
Halt, Amy M6G Pharmacology Johannes Hell, PhD
Harris, Ginny M5G Molecular & Cellular Biology Pedro Gonzalez-Alegre, MD
He, Beixin M3G Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Mark Anderson, MD, PhD
Hinckley, Jesse M2G Genetics Jorge DiPaola, MD
Ho, Kwo Wei M1G College of Medicine Charles Harata, MD, PhD and Johannes Hell, PhD (Sum 08)
Hoegger, Mark M1G College of Medicine Johannes Hell, PhD (Sum 08)
Iyer, Krishna pM1G College of Medicine  
Jongeling, Amy M6G Neuroscience Donna Hammond, PhD
Jordan, Emma M3G Molecular and Cellular Biology Jack Stapleton, MD
Kaiser, Eric M2G Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Andy Russo, PhD
Kaminsky, Paul M3G Anatomy & Cell Biology John Engelhardt, PhD
Khalsa, Sahib M6G Neuroscience Daniel Tranel, PhD
Kravchuk, Olga pM1G College of Medicine  
Kreple, Collin pM1G College of Medicine  
Lee, John M1G College of Medicine Bev Davidson, PhD (Sum 08)
Miller, Michael M1G College of Medicine Michael Henry, PhD and Ron Weigel, MD (Sum 08)
Nauseef, Jones pM1G College of Medicine  
Oakley, Fredrick M5G Anatomy & Cell Biology John Engelhardt, PhD
Peters, Anna M5G Immunology Gail Bishop, PhD
Pham, Nhat-Long M4G Immunology John Harty, PhD
Ramme, Austin M2G Biomedical Engineering Nicole Grosland, PhD
Schindler, Emily M4G Genetics Ed Stone, MD, PhD
Schulert, Grant M6G Microbiology Lee-Ann Allen, PhD
Schwartz, Justin M3G Microbiology Lee-Ann Allen, PhD
Sedore, Stanley M5G Biochemistry David Price, PhD
Sheffield, Abraham M4G Genetics Richard Smith, MD
Slupe, Andrew M1G College of Medicine Yuri Usachev (Sum 08)
Sprague, Daniel M6G Microbiology Tim Ratliff, PhD
Starks, Rachel pM1G College of Medicine  
Tabayoyong, William M5G Immunology Nicholas Zavazava, MD, PhD
Thoendel, Matthew M4G Microbiology Alex Horswill, PhD
Trandem, Kathryn M3G Immunology Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD
Trujillo, Jonathan M2G Immunology Stanley Perlman, MD, PhD
Ver Heul, Aaron M3G Biochemistry S. Ramaswamy, PhD
Wang, Siao-Yi M5G Immunology George Weiner, MD
Whittier, Kelsey pM1G College of Medicine Mark Chapleau, Ph.D. and Francis Abboud, M.D. (Sum 08)
Williams, Aislinn M5G Neuroscience Hank Paulson, MD, PhD
Ziemann, Adam M6G Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Michael Welsh, MD