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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yu-Ting Chang, Ph.D. | Dec 2020 | ||
| Bo-Ran Choi, DVM, Ph.D. | Dec 2020 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Dorian McGavern Lab | NIH/NINDS |
| 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. Daniela Čiháková Lab | Immunopathology |
| 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 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pediatric Oncology, Dr. Eric Raabe Lab | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Heidi Hempel Sullivan, Ph.D. | May 2018 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Jeffrey Schlom Lab | National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD |
| Carolyn Tallon, Ph.D. | May 2018 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Barbara Slusher Lab | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Michael E. Urbanowski, M.S., Ph.D. | May 2018 | 2nd 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 |
| Jonathan Ling, Ph.D. | May 2017 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience, Dr. Seth Blackshaw Lab | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Meng Su, Ph.D. | May 2017 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics | ABMGG Clinical Lab Genetics and Genomics (LGG) |
| Byung-Hak Kang, Ph.D. | Dec 2016 | Postdoctoral and Clincal Resident, Vet AP Residency, Dept of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Annie Hsieh, Ph.D. | May 2016 | 2nd 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 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Anne Macgregor Das, Ph.D. | May 2015 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, GI/Liver Pathology, Dr. Michael Goggins Lab | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Alvin Makohon-Moore, Ph.D. | May 2015 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue Lab | Memorial-Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
| Weijie Poh, Ph.D. | Dec 2015 | Biotech Entrepreneur, Co-Founder, PathoVax LLC; Research Fellow, Dr. Jennifer R. Brown Lab | Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA |
| Melek Sunay, Ph.D. | May 2015 | Staff Fellow | FDA |
| Joshua Wang, Ph.D. | May 2015 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, GYN Pathology; Co-Founder PathoVax LLC | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Hong Yuen Wong, Ph.D. | May 2015 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nat'l Heart Lung & Blood Institute | National Institutes of Health AML |
| Shu-Han Yu, Ph.D. | May 2015 | Assistant Professor | National Taiwan University |
| Jacqueline Brosnan-Cashman, Ph.D. | May 2014 | Scientific Editor, Clinical Cancer Research | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) |
| Saniya Fayzullina, Ph.D. | Dec 2014 | Staff Project Manager | GRAIL, Inc. |
| Teraneh "Tizzy" (Zarififar) Jhaveri, Ph.D. | May 2014 | Manager, Marketing Sciences | 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 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology | UCLA |
| Brian Simons, Ph.D. | May 2014 | Director, Comparative Pathology Program | Center for Comparative Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Ren-Chin Wu, Ph.D. | Dec 2014 | Assistant Professor | Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan |
| Arvin Gouw, M.A., Ph.D. | May 2013 | Stanford Nanotechnology & SPARK Fellow; Harvard Affiliate Faculty; VP of Research and Development at Rare Genomics Institute | Stanford and Berkely; Rare Genomics Institute, Hanover, MD |
| Kah Jing Lim, Ph.D. | May 2013 | Research Scientist | Acenzia, Inc. |
| Sophie Zhirong Lin, Ph.D. | May 2013 | 3rd 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 | Director of Research Development, Institute for Health Technologies | Nanyang Technological University |
| Kristen Rennoll-Bankert, Ph.D. | May 2013 | Scientist II | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
| Taylor Reynolds, Ph.D. | May 2013 | Discovery Pathologist, Immunology at Biogen | Biogen, Cambridge, MA |
| Jessica M. Fogel, Ph.D. | Dec 2012 | Research Associate, HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), Laboratory Center, Virology Core | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Kathleen K. Kelly (Brennan), DVM, Ph.D. | May 2012 | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Kelly Lab | Cornell University |
| Valerie Toodle, Ph.D. | May 2012 | Biological Patents Examiner | USPTO (US Patent and Trademark Office) |
| Genevieve L. Weber, Ph.D. | May 2012 | Postdoctoral Researcher; Instructor; Editor | Oregon State University; Oncotarget (Impact Journals LLC); ScienceDocs |
| Kai Lee Yap, Ph.D. | May 2012 | Assisant Director, Molecular Genetics & Cytogenetics; Assistant Professor of Pathology (Northwestern Univ Feinberg School of Medicine) | 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 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Barry Gertz, M.D., Ph.D. | May 2011 | Partner and VP of Research, Synaptic Research, LLC | Synaptic Research, LLC |
| Tory P. Johnson, Ph.D. | Dec 2011 | Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Cheryl Mei-Yi Koh, Ph.D. | Dec 2011 | Principal Investigator | Silicon Therapeutics |
| Melissa A. Landek-Salgado, Ph.D. | May 2010 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Akira Sawa Lab | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| Kimberly M. Walter, D.V.M., Ph.D. | May 2010 | Senior Scientist II, Abb Vie Pharmaceuticals | North Chicago, IL |
| Sarah K. Wyman (Brennan), Ph.D. | Dec 2010 | Senior Research Scientist | Cell Design Labs (a Gilead Company) |
| 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 (USTPO) |
| Youngtae Jeong, M.D., Ph.D. | Dec 2009 | Instructor, Department of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Center | Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Colleen Mulvey Lemmon, Ph.D. | May 2009 | Medical Science Liaison | Advaxis, Inc. |
| 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 | Director, Experimental Core Facility | Stockholm University |
| Victoria A. Laast, D.V.M, Ph.D. | May 2007 | Pathologist | Covance Labs, Inc. |
| Paria Mirmonsef, Ph.D. | May 2007 | Clinical Research Coordinator, Sports Medicine Research | Midwest Orthopedics |
| Koh Meng Aw Yong, Ph.D. | Dec 2006 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Sofia Merajver Breast Cancer Research Program | University of Michigan Health System |
| 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 | Principal Investigator, The Jay Kim Lab | University of Texas at Dallas |
| Craig N. Morrell, D.V.M, Ph.D. | May 2005 | Associate Professor, Department of Medicine | Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute |
| Onikepe A. Adegbola, M.D., Ph.D. | May 2003 | Global Head, Scientific Affairs; Clinical Trials | Quest Diagnostics |
| Jonathan R. Brody, Ph.D. | May 2003 | Director, Surgical Research; Co-director, The Jefferson Pancreas, Biliary and Related Cancer Center; Current Chair, Cancer Research Program (PRCRP), Department of Defense (Army) in Washington, D.C. | Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA |
| Laura K. Richman, D.V.M., Ph.D. | May 2003 | Executive Director - Translational Research, Gene Therapy Program | University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine |