Profiles of Selected Alumni
Current as of 2025
Kamonwan (Pear) Fish, PhD
Grad Year: 2014
Advisor: Longnecker
Current Position: Senior Scientist, AbbVie
Current as of 2024
Teerawat Wiwatpanit, PhD
Grad Year: 2018
Advisor: García-Añoveros, Jaime
Current Position: Principal Investigator and Research Fellow, Medical Innovation Development and Assessment Support, Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
Julia MacKenzie, PhD, MPH
Grad Year: 2010
Advisor: Longnecker, Richard
Current Position: Chief Programs Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Current as of 2023
Jaime Symowicz, PhD
Grad Year: 2007
Advisor: Stack, Sharon
Current Position: Director of Educational Strategy and Content , Med IQ
Miles Fuller, PhD
Grad Year: 2016
Advisor: Layden, Brian
Current Position: Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Sarah Kerns, PhD, MPH
Grad Year: 2007
Advisor: McGarry, Thomas
Current Position: Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Current as of 2022
Yvonne Wu, PhD
Grad Year: 2009
Advisor: Jones, Jonathan
Current Position: North America Regulatory Affairs Leader, Oncology, Janssen Research & Development
Stephanie Rangel, PhD
Grad Year: 2014
Advisor: Hauser, Alan
Current Position: Associate Professor/ Director of Clinical Trials Unit, Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Current as of 2021
Derrick McCarthy, PhD
Grad Year: 2013
Advisor: Miller, Stephen
Current Position: Associate Director of Platform Enhancements, TCR2 Therapeutics
Elena Brin, PhD
Grad Year: 2002
Advisor: Leis, Jonathan
Current Position: Chief Scientific Officer, Athae Bio
Finola Moore, PhD
Grad Year: 2010
Advisor: Kiyokawa, Hiroaki
Current Position: Director of Pipeline Research, Immune Oncology, Catamaran Bio
Samuel McBrayer, PhD
Grad Year: 2012
Advisor: Rosen, Steven
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
Jennifer Hobbs, PhD
Grad Year: 2006
Advisor: Rundell, Mary
Current Position: University Secretary and Senior Vice President for Administration and Chief of Staff, The New School
Current as of 2020
Luisa Hiller, PhD
Grad Year: 2005
Advisor: Haldar
Current Position: Eberly Family Career Development Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Current as of 2019
Nehal Gosalia, PhD
Grad Year: 2014
Advisor: Harris
Current Position: Associate Director of Genetics, RTW Investments
Scott Baker, PhD
Grad Year: 1996
Advisor: Jones
Current Position: Lead Biologist, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Current as of 2018
Ian Mehr, PhD, MBA
Grad Year: 1998
Advisor: Seifert
Current Position: Head of US Business Development, Kowa Company
Christina Cordero, PhD, MPH
Grad Year: 2006
Advisor: Satchell
Current Position: Project Director, The Joint Commission
Alyson Fuller, JD, PhD
Grad Year: 2006
Advisor: Kim, B.S.
Current Position: Vice President of Intellectual Property, Prolacta Bioscience
Shanthi Ganeshan, PhD
Grad Year: 1997
Advisor: Wolinsky
Current Position: Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs, Glaxo Smith Kline
Sheila Chari, PhD
Grad Year: 2009
Advisor: Winandy
Current Position: Editor in Chief, Cell Stem Cell
Current as of 2017
Derek Applewhite, PhD
Grad Year: 2007
Advisor: Borisy
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Reed College
Mark Merchant, PhD
Grad Year: 2001
Advisor: Longnecker
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Genentech
Margaret Ruesch, PhD
Grad Year: 1998
Advisor: Laimins
Current Position: Vice President, Pfizer
Daniel Foltz, PhD
Grad Year: 2001
Advisor: Nye
Current Position: Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH
Grad Year: 2002
Advisor: Seifert
Current Position: Professor, Vanderbilt University