Alumni
A PhD in Pathobiology emphasizes translational research and places our graduating students in an exceptional position to pursue careers in academic research, government, and the biotech industry. Our alumni are spread across the world pursuing their dream careers. The scientific knowledge and critical thinking skills shown by our graduates have set them up to succeed in any career path they choose.
Meet Our Alumni
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Where Our Graduates Are Today
Our alumni have gone on to pursue a wide range of career paths, from academia to financial analysis. Most graduates do a post-doctoral fellowship after graduating and enter academic research as an assistant professor. However, a PhD in Pathobiology can be used to enter nearly any career and our program is committed to support and assist our students pursue their unique career paths.
| Name | Graduation Year | Current Position | Institution/Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ana (Annie) Jenike, Ph.D. | May 2023 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Oregon Health and Science University |
| Kathleen (Katie) Mulka, DVM, DACVP, Ph.D. | May 2023 | Assistant Professor of Anatomic Pathology | School of Veterinary Medicine, Univ of Penn |
| Thomas R. Nirschl, Ph.D. | May 2023 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Jelani Zarif Laboratory | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Monali Praharaj, M.S., Ph.D. | May 2023 | Research Scientist-I | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company |
| Carli B. Jones, Ph.D. | Dec 2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow in Radiation Oncology and Immuno-oncology | City of Hope National Medical Center |
| Worarat (Pan-am) Chaisawangwong, M.Sc., Ph.D. | Aug 2022 | Research Scientist | BioNTech |
| Peter E. Chianchiano Jr., M.S, Ph.D. | Aug 2022 | Senior Manager | Alliance Mangement, Tempus Labs, Inc. |
| Yeh Wang, M.D., Ph.D. | Aug 2022 | Post-doctoral Research Fellow | Dr. Ie-Ming Shih Lab, JHUSOM |
| Pola Olczak, Ph.D. | Aug 2022 | Field Application Scientist | Covaris, LLC |
| Ye Eun Jeong, Pharm., Ph.D. | May 2022 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | FDA |
| Tat Wei Lionel Chia, Ph.D. | Dec 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Foghorn Therapeutics |
| Daniel R. Monaco, Ph.D. | Dec 2021 | Scientist | ImmuneID |
| Yea Ji Jeong, D.V.M., Ph.D. | Aug 2021 | Anatomic Pathology Resident | Ohio State University |
| Wei-Kai Huang, M.S., Ph.D. | May 2021 | Postdoctoral Scholar | University of New York |
| Swathi Karthikeyan, M.S., Ph.D. | May 2021 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Christina Curtis and Dr. Mike Bassik Lab | Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Monika M. Looney, Ph.D. | May 2021 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Petros Karakousis Lab | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Katie L. Marshall, Ph.D. | May 2021 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Nicholas Maragakis Lab | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Kristen L. Nicholes, M.S. | May 2021 | Research Scientist | Fate Therapeutics |
| Yu-Ting Chang, Ph.D. | Dec 2020 | ||
| Bo-Ran Choi, DVM, Ph.D. | Dec 2020 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Dorian McGavern Lab | NIH/NINDS |
| Nivedita Chowdhury, Ph.D. | Dec 2020 | Scientist | Atreca |
| John A. Fissel, Ph.D. | Dec 2020 | Clinical Microbiology Fellow | Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA |
| Byung Woo Kim, Ph.D. | Dec 2020 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Zhaohui Ye Lab | FDA |
| Zoila Areli Lopez Bujanda, Ph.D. | Dec 2020 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Dan Littman Lab | Skirball Institute, NYU |
| Emily C. Maggioncalda, Ph.D. | Dec 2020 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Evan Snitkin Lab | University of Michigan |
| Eva Shrestha, Ph.D. | Dec 2020 | Worldwide Medical Fellow | Biogen |
| Minling Gao, Ph.D. | May 2020 | ||
| Audrey Knight, Ph.D. | May 2020 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Victoria Baxter Lab | University of Chapel Hill School of Medicine |
| Janelle Montagne, M.S., Ph.D. | May 2020 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow Drs. Elizabeth Jaffee and Elana Fertig Lab | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Samantha Semenkow, Ph.D. | May 2020 | Sr. Biotech Research Associate | Citi Group |
| Hee Sun Choi, Ph.D. | Dec 2019 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Kuchroo Lab | Brigham Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School |
| Drew T. Bell, Ph.D. | May 2019 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Indiana University School of Medicine |
| Bo-Yi Sung, M.D., Ph.D. | May 2019 | Instructor | National Defense Medical Center, Taipei |
| Wan Rou Yang, Ph.D. | Dec 2018 | Johns Hopkins General Psychiatry Residency Program | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Corey Porter, Ph.D. | Oct 2018 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Matthias Truttman Lab | University of Michigan |
| Jaeyeun Lee, Ph.D. | May 2018 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Richard Ambinder Lab | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Bradley A. Poore, Ph.D. | May 2018 | Clinical Chemistry Fellow | Dartmouth-Hitchcock |
| Heidi Hempel Sullivan, Ph.D. | May 2018 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | National Human Genome Research Institute and Education and Community Involvement Branch |
| Carolyn Tallon, Ph.D. | May 2018 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Barbara Slusher Lab | Johns Hopkins University Drug Discovery |
| Michael E. Urbanowski, M.S., Ph.D. | May 2018 | 3rd Year Med Student | University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| Youngran Park, Ph.D. | Dec 2017 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Drs. Ie-Ming Shih and Tian Li Wang Lab | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Breann Yanagisawa, Ph.D. | Dec 2017 | Academic Copyeditor | Research Square Durham, NC |
| Allison Hanaford, Ph.D. | May 2017 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Hiroyuki Nakai Lab | Oregon Health and Science University |
| Rosie Jiang, Ph.D. | May 2017 | Senior Life Sciences Specialist | L.E.K. Consulting |
| Yi-Hsin Lin, M.D., Ph.D. | May 2017 | Attending Physician, Director of Gynecology | Tri-Service General Hospital |
| Jonathan Ling, Ph.D. | May 2017 | Assistant Professor, Molecular Pathology | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Meng Su, Ph.D. | May 2017 | Assistant Professor of Pathology; Associate Director of Colorado Genetics Laboratory | University of Colorado |
| Byung-Hak Kang, Ph.D. | Dec 2016 | Investigative Pathologist - Investigator III | Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research |
| Annie Hsieh, Ph.D. | May 2016 | 3rd Year Resident, Neurology | Albert Einstein Medical Center |
| Sungyul Lee, Ph.D. | May 2016 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Narry Kim Lab | Institute for Basic Science Center for RNA Research, Seoul National University |
| Wan Yee Leong, Ph.D. | May 2016 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Medicine | Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Wei Wen Teo, Ph.D. | May 2016 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Cancer Science Institute of Singapore |
| Alyssa Walker, Ph.D. | May 2016 | Tutor in Biology | Howard Community College |
| Sarah Croessmann, Ph.D. | May 2015 | Research Assistant Professor | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Anne Macgregor-Das, Ph.D. | May 2015 | Biologist | FDA |
| Alvin Makohon-Moore, Ph.D. | May 2015 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue Lab | Memorial-Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
| Weijie Poh, Ph.D. | Dec 2015 | Chief Scientist | Digital Life Line, Singapore |
| Melek Sunay, Ph.D. | May 2015 | Staff Fellow | FDA |
| Joshua Wang, Ph.D. | May 2015 | Founder, CEO and President | VerImmune |
| Hong Yuen Wong, Ph.D. | May 2015 | Research Assistant Professor | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Shu-Han Yu, Ph.D. | May 2015 | Assistant Professor, S.H.Y. Lab, Institute of Biotechnology | National Taiwan University |
| Jacqueline Brosnan-Cashman, Ph.D. | May 2014 | Scientific Writer | PathAI |
| Saniya Fayzullina, PhD, PMP, PfMP | Dec 2014 | Director, Program Management, Identifeye Health | Independent Consultant -Sanity Consulting, LLC |
| Teraneh "Tizzy" (Zarififar) Jhaveri, Ph.D. | May 2014 | Associate Director, Medical Affairs (Oncology) | Gilead Sciences |
| Kihyuck Kwak, Ph.D. | May 2014 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) |
| Kah Suan Lim, Ph.D. | May 2014 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Alan D'Andrea & Timur Yusufzai Lab | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA |
| Yiting Lim, Ph.D. | May 2014 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA |
| Allison Sharrow, Ph.D. | May 2014 | Assistant Project Scientist | UCLA |
| Brian Simons, Ph.D. | May 2014 | Director, Comparative Pathology Program | Center for Comparative Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Ren-Chin Wu, M.D., Ph.D. | Dec 2014 | Vice Chair, Anatomic Pathology | Chang Gung Memorial Hospital |
| Arvin Gouw, M.A., Ph.D. | May 2013 | Founding CEO of Bacchus Therapeutics and Instructor in the Division of Oncology | Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Kah Jing Lim, Ph.D. | May 2013 | Research Scientist | Acenzia, Inc. |
| Sophie Zhirong Lin, Ph.D. | May 2013 | 4th Year Medical Student, Department of Medicine | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Laxmi "Lucky" Pellakur-Slider, Ph.D. | May 2013 | Scientific Director | PRECISIONscientia |
| Shaaretha Pelly, Ph.D. | May 2013 | Sr. Assistant Director of Research, Institute for Health Technologies | Nanyang Technological University |
| Kristen Rennoll-Bankert, Ph.D. | May 2013 | Regulatory Affairs Manager | Biomeme, Inc. |
| Taylor Reynolds, Ph.D. | May 2013 | Discovery Pathologist, Immunology at Biogen | Biogen, Cambridge, MA |
| Jessica M. Fogel, Ph.D. | Dec 2012 | Research Program Manager, HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Kathleen K. Kelly (Brennan), DVM, Ph.D. | May 2012 | Veterinary Pathologist II | Charles River Laboratories |
| Valerie Toodle, Ph.D. | May 2012 | Biological Patents Examiner | USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office) |
| Genevieve L. Weber, Ph.D. | May 2012 | Instructor/Adjunct Faculty | Oregon State University |
| Kai Lee Yap, Ph.D. | May 2012 | Director, Molecular Diagnostics; Professor of Pathology | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago |
| Po-Min Chiang, Ph.D. | May 2011 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Clinical Medicine | National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan |
| Joseph Paul Garay, Ph.D. | May 2011 | Sr. Research Associate | Oregon Health and Science University |
| Barry Gertz, M.D., Ph.D. | May 2011 | CSO and EVP | Synterica, Inc. |
| Tory P. Johnson, Ph.D. | Dec 2011 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Neurology-Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infections | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Cheryl Mei-Yi Koh, Ph.D. | Dec 2011 | Principal Scientist | DeepCure |
| Melissa A. Landek-Salgado, Ph.D. | May 2010 | Contractor, Molecular Psychiatry Program | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Kimberly M. Walter, D.V.M., Ph.D. | May 2010 | Associate Director, Biomarker Scientist | Atreca, Inc. |
| Sarah K. Wyman (Brennan), Ph.D. | Dec 2010 | Research Specialist | University of California, San Francisco |
| Jennifer R. (Wehner) Zitner, Ph.D. | May 2010 | Advanced Lecturer, Human Anatomy and Physiology | Loyola University Chicago |
| Barry A. Chestnut, Ph.D. | May 2009 | Primary Patent Examiner, Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry | US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) |
| Youngtae Jeong, M.D., Ph.D. | Dec 2009 | Assistant Professor, New Biology | Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology |
| Colleen Mulvey Lemmon, Ph.D. | May 2009 | Sr. Medical Science Liaison | Seagen |
| Yen-Chun Liu, M.D., Ph.D., M.S. | May 2009 | Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Hematopathology | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
| Joon Tae Park, Ph.D. | May 2009 | Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering | Incheon National University, South Korea |
| Kristi L. Helke, DVM, Ph.D., DACVP | May 2008 | Professor, Comparative Medicine; Director, MUSC-VA Veterinary Diagnostic Lab | Medical University of South Carolina |
| Bruce K. Huang, Ph.D. | May 2008 | Cancer Researcher | National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD |
| Alexandra "Sasha" M. Klevytska, Ph.D. | May 2008 | Biology and Neuroscience Teacher | The Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, MD |
| Kazunori Murata, Ph.D., DABCC | May 2008 | Clinical Chemist, Department of Laboratory Medicine | Memorial-Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
| Stina M. Tucker, Ph.D. | May 2008 | Deputy Head of Department of Comparative Medicine | Karolinska Institutet |
| Victoria A. Laast, D.V.M, Ph.D. | May 2007 | Associate Director, Pathology | Labcorp Drug Development |
| Paria Mirmonsef, Ph.D. | May 2007 | Assistant Professor | Rush University Medical Center |
| Koh Meng Aw Yong, Ph.D. | Dec 2006 | Product Manager | Charles River Laboratories |
| Craig A. Fletcher, DVM, Ph.D., Dipl. ACLAM | May 2006 | Associate Vice Chancellor of Research; Director, Division of Comparative Medicine; Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Jung-Whan Kim, D.V.M, Ph.D. | May 2006 | Adjunct Professor, Biological Sciences | University of Texas at Dallas |
| Craig N. Morrell, D.V.M, Ph.D. | May 2005 | Professor, Department of Medicine | Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center |
| Onikepe A. Adegbola, M.D., Ph.D. | May 2003 | Founder, Casa de Sante; Physician Entrepreneur, Digital Health | Casa de Sante |
| Jonathan R. Brody, Ph.D. | May 2003 | Vice Chair of Research for the Dept. of Surgery; Associate Director of Translational Research of the Brenden-Colson Pancreatic Center for Patient Care | Oregon Health and Science University |
| Laura K. Richman, D.V.M., Ph.D., DACVP | May 2003 | Chief Development Officer | Affinia Therapeutics |