Program Alumni

2020s

2025

• Name:

  Briana Clary, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Postdoctoral Associate, The University of Georgia

  Matriculation Year:

  2025

• Name:

  Alexis Crockett, Ph.D.

  Matriculation Year:

  2025

• Name:

  Jacob Feldmann, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Research Associate, West Virginia University

  Matriculation Year:

  2025

• Name:

  Anna Korol, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pittsburgh

  Matriculation Year:

  2025

2024

• Name:

  Philip Bender, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Post-Doctoral Researcher, Pasteur Institute

• Name:

  Abbey Manning, Ph.D.

  Matriculation Year:

  2024

• Name:

  Mason McCollum, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Postdoctoral Associate, University of Maryland - Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing

  Matriculation Year:

  2024

• Name:

  Sree Motipally, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Pittsburgh

• Name:

  Robin Oliverio, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Science Communications and Media Specialist, Carnegie Science Center

• Name:

  Rachel Taitano, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Finishing Medical School at West Virginia University

• Name:

  Bailey Whitehead, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Post-Doctoral Researcher, Oregon Health and Science University

2023

• Name:

  Jacob Bumgarner, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb

• Name:

  Rachel Hostetler, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Outreach Scientist, Allen Brain Institute

• Name:

  Tyler McGaughey, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Research Imaging Specialist, West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute

• Name:

  Hecmarie Meléndez-Fernández, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Advisor, Eli Lilly & Company

2022

• Name:

  Ray Anderson, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Scientific Communication Lead, Medical Pharma Lead

• Name:

  Jacob Boos, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Georgia

• Name:

  Emily Burrage, Ph.D.

• Name:

  Jennifer Liu, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Post-doctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University

2021

• Name:

  Divine Nwafor, M.D., Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Neurosurgery Resident, University of Virginia

• Name:

  Deidre O'Dell, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Adjunct Instructor at California University of Pennsylvania in in California, PA

• Name:

  Ariel Thomas, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Senior Manager of AMCP Dossiers - Abbvie

2020

• Name:

  Jessica Cunningham, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Resident, OB-GYN, Prisma Health, South Carolina

• Name:

  Russell Hardesty, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Postdoctoral Researcher, National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies

• Name:

  Dakota Jackson, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Account Manager, Carl Zeiss Microscopy

• Name:

  Dominic Quintana, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Scientist at Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc in San Diego, CA

2010s

2019

• Name:

  J.Z. Cavendish, M.D., Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Resident, Neurology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center

• Name:

  Tiffany Petrisko, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Post Doctoral Scholar at The University of California, Irvine

• Name:

  Ashley Russell, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

• Name:

  Anton Sobinov, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Post Doctoral Scholar at the University of Chicago

• Name:

  Paula Webster, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Health Science Manager, CRMRP, Department of Defense

2018

• Name:

  Paul Holcomb, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Environmental Scientist II, Battelle

2017

• Name:

  Christopher Bauer, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Kentucky

• Name:

  Abigail Myers, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Hamilton College

• Name:

  Erienne Olesh, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Executive Director of Student and Faculty Innovation - WVU Research Office

• Name:

  Helen Rodgers, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Senior Manager of Scientific Communications, Red Nucleus

2016

• Name:

  Sylwia Brooks, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Assistant Professor, West Virginia University

• Name:

  Brandon Lucke-Wold, M.D., Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Neurosurgery resident, University of Florida and co-founder of SwifTAG Systems

2015

• Name:

  Danielle Doll, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Field Medical Scientific Associate Director - Training, Sanofi Genzyme

• Name:

  Lindsay Lueptow, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Supervisor, University of California, Los Angeles Behavioral Testing Core

• Name:

  Ashley Petrone, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Associate Professor, West Virginia University

• Name:

  Jiahong Sun, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Research Scientist, Alector

2014

• Name:

  Jimena Gonzalez-Joekes, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Relocated to Argentina

• Name:

  Rolf Hansen, III, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  US Medical of Psychiatry at Teva Pharmaceuticals

• Name:

  Lindsay Michalovicz, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Senior Service Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2013

• Name:

  William Talkington, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Junior Developer at Health Hearing

• Name:

  Ryan Turner, M.D., Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University

2012

• Name:

  Doug Kolson, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Post-doctoral fellow and research staff at West Virginia University

• Name:

  Cristy Ku, M.D., Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Resident at the University of Buffalo

• Name:

  Rachel Leon, M.D., Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Associate Director, Neurologic Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, UT Southwestern Medical Center

• Name:

  Amy Prostko, Ph.D.

2011

• Name:

  Jeffery Christiansen, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Laboratory Manager, Advanced Regenerative Therapies

• Name:

  Richard Felix II, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Post-doctoral fellow, Washington State University, Vancouver

2010

• Name:

  Deya Darwish, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  No longer working in science

2000s

2009

• Name:

  Jillian Hardee, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan

2007

• Name:

  Vincent DiNapoli, M.D., Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Neurosurgeon, Mayfield Brain and Spine, Cincinnati, OH

• Name:

  Yunyong Ma, Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Staff Research Associate, Stanford University

• Name:

  Carl Shrader, M.D., Ph.D.

  Additional Information:

  Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, WVU School of Medicine