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Alumni Outcomes

2020-2024 Graduates

Name	Degree	Degree Date	Initial Placement
Fuller, Margaret	MD/PhD	Spring 2024	Resident, Psychiatry, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City
Rouault, Alix	PhD	Spring 2022	Postdoc, University of Michigan
Mersch, Kacey	PhD	Summer 2021	Postdoc, Washington University
Lopez, Josue	PhD	Summer 2021	Postdoc, University of Texas at Austin
Walimbe, Ameya	MD/PhD	Spring 2021	Resident, Baylor University
Matasic, Daniel	MD/PhD	Spring 2021	Resident, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins
van der Heide, Carly	MD/PhD	Spring 2021	Resident, Psychiatry, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Gu, Vivian	PhD	Summer 2020
Genova, Rachel	MD/PhD	Spring 2020	Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

2010-2019 Graduates

Name	Degree	Degree Date	Initial Placement	Current Position
Moose, Devon	MS	Spring 2018	PhD Student, Cancer Biology Program, University of Iowa
Sloan-Heggen, Christina	MD/PhD	Spring 2018	Resident, Pediatric Medical Genetics, University of Michigan
Cook, Daniel	MD/PhD	Spring 2018	Resident, Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University
Molinarolo, Steven	PhD	Spring 2018	Postdoc, University of Iowa
Mao, Suifang	PhD	Fall 2017	Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley
Wang, Shiyi	PhD	Fall 2017	Postdoc, Duke University
Shah, Viral	MD/PhD	Spring 2017	Resident, Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Tesdahl, Natalya	MS	Spring 2017
Gyore, Jacob	MS	Fall 2016
Rasmussen, Tyler	MD/PhD	Spring 2016	Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Iowa
Fox, Daniel	MD/PhD	Spring 2016	Resident, Internal Medicine, Washington University
Bongers, Kale	MD/PhD	Spring 2016	Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
Hsiao, Jordy	PhD	Spring 2015	Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Agilent Technologies Santa Clara, California
Hedberg Buenz, Adam	PhD	Spring 2015	Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Hoegger, Mark	MD/PhD	Spring 2015	Resident Department of Internal Medicine University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Research Resident, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Lee, John	MD/PhD	Spring 2015	Resident Department of Psychiatry University of California, Los Angeles Semel Institute for Neuroscience
Kreple, Collin	MD/PhD	Spring 2015	Resident Department of Neurology University of California, San Francisco
Dyle, Michael	PhD	Spring 2015	Postdoc, Internal Medicine, University of Iowa
Nauseef, Jones	MD/PhD	Spring 2015	Resident Department of Internal Medicine Weill Cornell Medical School
Miller, Michael	MD/PhD	Spring 2015	Resident Department of Pediatrics Vanderbilt University
Thommandru, Bernice	MS	Spring 2015	Research Intern Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Lee, Sora	PhD	Fall 2014	Postdoctoral Fellow University of Pennsylvania	Inside Sales Representative STEMCELL Technologies Vancouver, Canada
Shearer, Eliot	MD, PhD	Spring 2014	Otolaryngology University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Kaiser, Eric	MD/PhD	Spring 2014	Neurology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Raddant, Ann	PhD	Fall 2013	Assistant Professor Master of Physician Assistant Studies St. Ambrose University Davenport, Iowa
Kim, Kristin	MS	Fall 2012
DeGrande, Sean	PhD	Fall 2012	Medical Student Ohio State University	Resident, Cleveland Clinic
He, Julie	MD/PhD	Spring 2012	Internal Medicine MaGaw Medical Center at Northwestern University	Clinical Fellow, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Pelham, Chris	PhD	Spring 2012		Research Assistant Professor, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Esser, Alison	PhD	Fall 2011	Postdoctoral Fellow Lab of Kathy Weilbacher Washington University St. Louis, Missouri
Collier, Daniel	PhD	Fall 2011	Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Research Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology University of Vermont
Weatherford, Eric	PhD	Spring 2011	Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Postdoctoral Associate University of Iowa
Barnes, Matt	PhD	Spring 2011	Postdoctoral Fellow Lab of Valerie Weaver University of California—San Francisco San Francisco, California
Stringer, Dan	PhD	Fall 2010	Postdoctoral Fellow National Cancer Institute	Field Application Specialist, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Frederick, MD
Mao, Mao	PhD	Spring 2010	Postdoctoral Fellow, Ophthalmology University of California—San Francisco San Francisco, California	Associate Specialist, University of California, San Francisco
Svensson, Robert	PhD	Spring 2010	Postdoctoral Fellow University of California—San Diego San Diego, California	Senior Scientist, Nimbus Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
Pierce, Stephanie	PhD	Spring 2010	Postdoctoral Fellow University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Regulatory Affairs Scientist, Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
Fineberg, Sarah	MD/PhD	Spring 2010	Resident Yale New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut	Instructor, Yale University MYSM School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

2000-2009 Graduates

Name	Degree	Degree Date	Initial Placement	Current Position
(Trantow) McDowell, Colleen	PhD	Fall 2009	Postdoctoral Fellow University of North Texas Fort Worth, Texas	Assistant Professor University of North Texas Health Sciences Center
Hehnly, Heidi	PhD	Summer 2009	Postdoctoral Fellow University of Massachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts	Assistant Professor SUNY Upstate Medical School
Ziemann, Adam	MD/PhD	Spring 2009	Resident, Internal Medicine University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Associate Medical Director, Neuroscience Development AbbVie Chicago, Illinois
Xu, Weidong	PhD	Spring 2009	Postdoctoral Fellow, Pharmacology University of Illinois	Pediatric Researcher, Evanston Hospital
(Wegman) Points, Lauren	PhD	Spring 2009	Postdoctoral Fellow, Radiation Oncology University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Research Associate Department of Health and Human Physiology University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Schmidt, Jennifer	MS	Spring 2009	Continuing Research
Kerov, Vasiliy	PhD	Spring 2009	Postdoctoral Fellow Yale University
Drake, Justin	PhD	Spring 2009	Postdoctoral Fellow University of California—Los Angeles Los Angeles, California	Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota
Chang, Michael	MD/PhD	Spring 2009	Resident Maimonides Hospital Brooklyn, New York	Radiologist, St. Joseph Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, NY
(Barren) Sreenilayam, Brandy	PhD	Spring 2009	Teaching Position Illinois College	Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry State University of New York—Brockport Brockport, New York
Ainsley, Joshua	PhD	Spring 2009	Postdoctoral Scholar Tufts University Boston, Massachusetts	Senior Director of Data Science, Vroom, New York, NY
Boudreau, Ryan	PhD	Spring 2008	Postdoctoral Scholar University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Al-Rousan, Rabaa	MS	Spring 2007
Pishchulina, Anna	MS	Summer 2006	Research Scientist Abbott Laboratories Glenview, Illinois	Director, Strategy and Planning CIS, Emerson Flow Group, Moscow, Russia
Lyngdoh, Namrhen	MS	Summer 2006		Physician Assistant, Pennsylvania
Bai, Jing	MS	Spring 2006
Farmen, Sara	MD/PhD	Spring 2006	Medical Scientist Training Program, Pathology University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan	Physician Pathology, Aurora BayCare Medical Center Green Bay, WI
Whyte, Doug	PhD	Fall 2005	Research Officer University of Melbourne Howard Florey Institute Melbourne, Australia
Rovinsky, Sherry	MS	Spring 2004	Research Assistant II, Dermatopathology University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Research Associate UT Southwestern Medical Center
Khan, Ahmir	MD/PhD	Spring 2004	Resident, Internal Medicine Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois	Physician Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois
Yarbrough Brown, Tracy	MD/PhD	Spring 2004	Resident, Family Medicine Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines, Iowa	Associate Professor Departments of Pharmacology and Physiology George Washington University Washington, DC
Walters, Robert	MD/PhD	Spring 2003	Resident Preliminary Medicine University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Physician Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center of New Mexico
Smith, Sonja	MS	Spring 2003	Research Assistant II, Biological Sciences University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Research Specialist, Rheumatology, University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Kang, Myoung-Goo	PhD	Spring 2003	Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Adjunct Faculty, University of Texas Medical Branch Principal Investigator, Center for Cognition and Sociality Institute for Basic Science Daejeon, Korea
Epping, Eric	MD/PhD	Spring 2003	Resident, Psychiatry University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Clinical Professor Department of Psychiatry University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Granovsky, Alexey	PhD	Fall 2002	Research Associate Institute of Cancer Research University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois	Croatia
Banulescu, Sultana	MS	Summer 2002	Graduate Research Assistant, Radiation Oncology University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Fellow Department of History of Medicine Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey
Watson, Robert	PhD	Spring 2001	Postdoctoral Fellow, Physiology University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Instructor Department of Pharmaceutical Science State University of New York—Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York
Shi, Qi	PhD	Spring 2001	Research Associate, Genetics Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio	Research Associate Department of Genetics Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio
Looft-Wilson, Robin	PhD	Fall 2000	Postdoctoral Fellow, Cell and Molecular Physiology Yale University New Haven, Connecticut	Associate Professor and Director of Neuroscience Department of Kinesiology College of William and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia
Boontaveekul, Luecha	MS	Fall 2000
Sifri, Nadia	MS	Summer 2000
Kao, Aimee	MD/PhD	Summer 2000	Resident, Medicine Beth Israel Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts	Clinical Fellow Department of Behavioral Neurology University of California—San Francisco San Francisco, California
Coleman, Sean	PhD	Summer 2000	Assistant Professor, Biology University of the Ozarks Clarksville, Arkansas	Professor Department of Biology University of the Ozarks Clarksville, Arkansas
Petersen, Greg	MS	Spring 2000	Instructor, Biology and Advanced Biology	Science Faculty Department of Biotechnology Kirkwood Community College
Lim, Leland	MD/PhD	Spring 2000	Resident, Medicine Washington University St. Louis, Missouri	Staff Physician and Clinical Assistant Professor VA Palo Alto Healthcare System and Stanford School of Medicine

1992-1999 Graduates

Name	Degree	Degree Date	Initial Placement	Current Position
Sinn, Patrick	PhD	Fall 1999	Postdoctoral Fellow, Pediatrics University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Research Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Short, Daniel	MD/PhD	Spring 1999	Resident, Internal Medicine Mayo School of Medicine Rochester, Minnesota	Fellow Endocrinology Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota
Cotten, Joseph	MD/PhD		Resident, Medicine Boston University Boston, Massachusetts	Research Fellow Department of Anesthesia University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, California
Adams, Christopher	MD/PhD	Spring 1999	Resident, Internal Medicine University of Texas Southwest Dallas, Texas	Professor of Medicine and Research Chair for the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
Shirke, Aneil	MD/PhD	Summer 1998	Resident, Psychiatry Columbia University New York, New York	Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst and Instructor New York, New York
Abell, Amy	PhD	Summer 1998	Postdoctoral Fellow University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado	Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences University of Memphis Memphis, Tennessee
Gurnett, Christina	MD/PhD	Spring 1998	Resident, Pediatrics University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Professor and Head of Pediatric Neurology, Washington University Children’s Hospital St. Louis, Missouri
Li, Zhi "Jason"	MD/PhD	Spring 1998	Resident, Internal Medicine University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Resident Ambulatory Care University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky
Anderson, Michael G.	PhD	Fall 1997	Postdoctoral Fellow Howard Hughes Medical Institute The Jackson Lab Bar Harbor, Maine	Professor Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Pattekar, Mandar	MS	Spring 1997
Winter, Michael	PhD	Fall 1996	Research Fellow University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Assistant Research Scientist Department of Internal Medicine University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Davis, David	PhD	Summer 1996	Research Associate, Pathology University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois	Research Scientist Genentech San Francisco, California
Wemmie, John	MD/PhD	Spring 1996	Resident, Psychiatry University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Professor Department of Psychiatry University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Liao, Dezhi	PhD	Spring 1996	Postdoctoral Fellow Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland	Associate Professor Department of Neuroscience University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
Carson, Mark	MD/PhD	Spring 1996	Resident, Urology University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Physician Oregon Urology Institute Springfield, Oregon
Yang, Bin	PhD	Fall 1995	Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University Palo Alto, California	Research Scientist Genentech San Francisco, California
Witte, Sonia	PhD	Fall 1995	Adjunct Professor Massachusetts Pharmaceutical College Boston, Massachusetts	Adjunct Professor Massachusetts Pharmaceutical College Boston, Massachusetts
Motto, David	MD/PhD	Fall 1995	Postdoctoral Fellow, Physiology and Biophysics University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Associate Member Bloodworks Northwest Research Institute Seattle, Washington
Guo, Wei	PhD	Fall 1995	Postdoctoral Fellow, Cell Biology Yale University New Haven Connecticut	Professor Department of Cell Biology University of Pennsylvania
Shi, Hong	PhD	Summer 1995	Postdoctoral Associate, Physiology and Biophysics University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Physician Private Practice Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Thomas, Dianna	PhD	Fall 1994
Richardson-Wallace, Jeanne	MD/PhD	Summer 1994	Resident, Pediatrics University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota	Physician Department of Pediatrics Allina Medical Clinic Forest Lake, Minnesota
Tverberg, Lois	PhD	Fall 1993	Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Assistant Professor Department of Biology Hope College Holland, Michigan
Meyer, Andrew	PhD	Fall 1993	Assistant Professor Concordia College Moorhead, Minnesota	Associate Professor Department of Natural Sciences Dalton State College Decatur, Georgia
Matsuda, James	MD/PhD	Fall 1993	Resident, Pediatrics University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii	Staff Physician Department of Pediatrics IHP Pediatrics Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Frattali, Anne Eder	MD/PhD	Spring 1993	Resident, Pathology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Medical Director Department of Pathology Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Powers, Scott	MS	Summer 1993		Information Technologist, Parke-Davis Pharmaceuticals, NJ
Schoderbek, William	MD/PhD	Spring 1993	Resident, Internal Medicine University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia	Private Practice Internal Medicine Helena, Montana
Anderson, Matthew	MD/PhD	Spring 1993	Resident, Pathology University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Associate Professor Department of Neurology Harvard University Boston, Massachusetts
Volk, Kenneth	PhD	Summer 1992	Postdoctoral Fellow University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa	Associate Professor PRC Academic Affairs Dean Collin College Frisco, Texas
Roberts, Lewis	PhD	Summer 1992	Fellow, Gastroenterology Mayo School of Medicine Rochester, Minnesota	Peter and Frances Georgeson Professor Gastroenterology Cancer Research Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota
Dai, Lucia	MS	Summer 1992
Tan, Rosemarie	MD/PhD	Spring 1992	Resident, Pediatrics University of California—San Francisco San Francisco, California	Pediatrician Coronado, California
Knudson, C. Michael	MD/PhD	Spring 1992	Resident, Pathology Washington University St. Louis, Missouri	Clinical Professor Department of Pathology University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Diehl, Edward	PhD	Spring 1992	Postdoctoral Fellow Duke University Durham, North Carolina	Consultant, Mayberry USA, LLC Wisconsin