Training Grants

CSTP Program Alumni

  • Sergio Alcoser, PhD 2006 (Graham Bell and Manami Hara, advisors) is a biologist at the National Cancer Institute (NIH)
  • Katherine Doherty, PhD 2006 (Elizabeth McNally, advisor) is a research associate professor, neurology, Northwestern University
  • Rodney Dale, PhD 2007 (Eric Svensson, advisor) is an associate professor, developmental biology and informatics, Loyola University Chicago
  • Alexis Demonbreun, PhD 2009 (Elizabeth McNally, advisor) is an associate professor, pharmacology, Northwestern University
  • Avery Posey, PhD 2011 (Elizabeth McNally, advisor) is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 
  • Louis Choi, PhD 2012 (Robert Ho, advisor) is a STEM entrepreneur
  • Ermelinda Ceco, PhD 2013 (Elizabeth McNally, advisor) is senior vice-president and director, medical and scientific affairs, AREA 23 on Hudson
  • Adam Koch, PhD 2014 (James Holaska, advisor) is senior director, strategy and operations, Tempus Labs.
  • Kayliegh Swaggart, PhD 2013 (Elizabeth McNally, advisor) is an assistant professor of clinical medical and molecular genetics, Indiana University
  • Audrey Garnatz, PhD 2013 (Eric Svensson, advisor) is a senior agile product owner, Vizient
  • Kay-Marie Lamar, PhD 2014 (Elizabeth McNally, advisor) is an AAAS Science and Technology Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Matthew Hope, PhD 2017 (Ilaria Rebay, advisor) is a bioinformatician, Sophia Genetics
  • Rangarajan Nadadur, PhD 2017 MD 2020 (Ivan Moskowitz, advisor) is a Cardiology fellow at the University of California, San Francisco
  • Anna Chen, PhD 2018 (James Liao, advisor) is on the strategic planning team, Metabolic Diseases, Abbott
  • Andy Vo, PhD 2019 (Elizabeth McNally, advisor) is a principal research scientist at Abbvie
  • Jeffrey Steimle, PhD 2019 (Ivan Moskowitz, advisor) is a postdoctoral fellow in molecular physiology at the Baylor College of Medicine
  • Matthew Krause, PhD 2019 (Yun Fang, advisor) is a senior scientist, analytical development, Nkarta, Inc.
  • Sonja Lazarevic PhD 2022 (Ivan Moskowitz, advisor) is an NRSA postdoctoral fellow
  • Wenli Dai, PhD 2020 MD 2023 (Christopher Weber, advisor) is a pathology resident at the University of Pittsburgh
  • Amelia Joslin, PhD 2020 (Marcelo Nobrega, advisor) is a scientist in early discovery at Maze Therapeutics
  • Linsin Smith PhD 2022 (Ivan Moskowitz, advisor) is a scientist at Epic Bio
  • Devin Harrison, PhD 2021 (Yun Fang and Jun Huang, advisors) is a scientist at Tome Biosciences
  • Lauryn Carver is still in training
  • Tony Pan is still in training
  • Erik McIntire is still in training
  • Alexandra Cassano is still in training
  • Tipu Puri, MD-PhD (2003-04) is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago and chief medical officer for clinical operations
    Richard Quigg, mentor
  • Richard Lodato, MD (2003-05) is a cardiologist in private practice
    Roberto Lang, mentor
  • Rahul Kakkar, MD (2002-05) is an entrepreneur partner in Polaris Partners investment fund and a lecturer in medicine at Harvard Medical School. He was the CEO of Pandion Therapeutics and founding Corvidia Therapeutics.
    Elizabeth McNally, mentor
  • Gregory Jefford, PhD (2002-04) is a research professional with core facilities at the University of Chicago
    William Green, mentor
  • Marlon Everett, MD (2003-05) is an interventional cardiologist with University of Chicago Clinical Associates
    Roberto Lang, mentor
  • Delaina Eash, MD (2003-05) is a medical geneticist
    Elizabeth McNally and Christa Martin, mentors
  • Harold Olivey, PhD (2005-07) is a clinical associate professor of biology and biology department chair, Indiana University Northwest
    Eric Svensson, mentor
  • Rachel Mueller, PhD (2006) is a professor of biology at Colorado State University
    Robert Ho, mentor
  • Gregory Q. Wallace, PhD (2005-07) is a biology teacher at Wheeling High School
    Elizabeth McNally, mentor
  • Ewa Dembrowski, MD (2005-06) is an assistant professor of medicine (cardiology), Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Dorothy Hanck, mentor
  • Ankit Desai, MD (2006-07) is an associate professor of medicine and associate program director for research, cardiovascular disease fellowship,  Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
    Juan G.N. Garcia, mentor
  • Marion Hofmann-Bowman, MD (2006-07) is an clinical professor, University of Michigan
    Godfrey Getz, mentor
  • John Barkinge, PhD (2007-09) is the associate director of business development a TerSera Therapeutics
    Richard Jones, mentor
  • Gene Kim, MD (2004-05 & 2007-08) is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago
    Eric Svensson, mentor
  • Mauricio Cortes, PhD (2007-10) is Head of Platform Biology at Cellarity
    Nancy Schwartz, mentor
  • Ankush Goel, MD (2008-09) is an interventional cardiologist at Rush University-Copley/Dreyer Medical Clinic and Aurora Advocate Medical Center
    Stephen Archer, mentor
  • Tochi Okwuosa, DO (2008-09) is an associate professor and director of the Cardio-Oncology Program at the Rush University Medical Center
    Kim Williams, mentor
  • Alexander Craig MacKinnon, MD (2007-09) is a professor of pathology and director of division, University of Alabama Birmingham
    Ivan Moskowitz, mentor
  • Pamela Bergson, PhD (2010-12) is a senior engineering manager, UX foundations at The New York Times
    Dorothy Hanck, mentor
  • Ann Rossi Bilodeau, PhD (2010-12) is a senior bioprocess applications scientist at Corning Incorporated
    Elizabeth McNally, mentor
  • Jonathan Paul, MD (2010-11) is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago
    Stephen Archer, mentor
  • Thenappan Thenappan, MD (2010-13) is an associate professor medicine and section leader, pulmonary hypertension program, the University of Minnesota
    Stephen Archer, mentor
  • Joshua Bosman, PhD (2010-12) is a senior patent agent McDonnell Boehnen, Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
    Ivan Moskowitz, mentor
  • Chul Kim, PhD (2011-14) is a scientist in the pediatrics department at the University of Chicago
    Ivan Moskowitz, mentor
  • Eugene Wyatt, PhD (2012-15) is a Clinical Project Lead, Monopar Therapeutics
    Elizabeth McNally, mentor
  • Brittney Manvilla McClymonds, PhD (2012-13) is a manager of medical writing at Abbott Laboratories
    Robert Keenan, mentor
  • Michael Broman, MD-PhD (2011-14) is a cardiologist, OSF Healthcare, Urbana, Illinois
    Eric Svensson, mentor
  • Shilpa Keerthivasan, PhD (2012-15) is a principal scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb
    Fontini Gounari, mentor
  • David Zhang, MD-PhD (2013-14) is a physician, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
    James Liao, mentor
  • David Barefield, PhD (2014-15) is an assistant professor in cell & molecular physiology at Loyola University Chicago
    Elizabeth McNally, mentor
  • Jose Chavez, MD (2014-15) is a cardiologist, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
    James Liao, mentor
  • Anuj Mediratta, MD (2014-16) is an attending cardiologist, Atlantic Health System and clinical assistant professor of medicine, Thomas Jefferson University
    Roberto Lang, mentor
  • Stefan Mazurek, PhD (2014-16) 
    Gene Kim, mentor
  • Matthew Wohlever, PhD (2014-15) is an assistant professor chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Toledo
    Robert Keenan, mentor
  • Wenndy Hernandez, PhD (2015-16) is an assistant professor of human genetics at the University of Pittsburgh
    Minoli Perera, mentor
  • Megan Rowton, PhD  (2015-17) is a senior scientist at Regel Therapeutics
    Ivan Moskowitz, mentor
  • Sara Kalantari, MD (2015-17) is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago
    James Liao, mentor
  • Amita Singh, MD (2015-17) is a cardiologist at Northwestern University 
    Roberto Lang, mentor
  • Myung-Jin Oh, PhD (2015-16) is a client specialist at Biorasis (clinical trials)
    Yun Fang, mentor
  • Po-Yuan Tung, PhD (2016-18) is a principal research scientist multiomics, Arc Institute
    Yoav Gilad, mentor
  • Jonathan Grinstein, MD (2016-17) is an assistant professor of medicine at University of Chicago
    James Liao, mentor
  • Akhil Narang, MD (2016-18) is an assistant professor of medicine at Northwestern University and associate director of the echocardiography laboratory
    Roberto Lang, mentor
  • Ariel Miller, PhD (2017-19) is a supervisor/scientist in cell and gene therapy at Bio-Techne
    Ivan Moskowitz, mentor
  • Matthew Eckwahl, PhD (2017-19) is the principal medical writer at AbbVie
    Pan Tao, mentor
  • Ann Nguyen, MD (2017-19) is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago
    James Liao, mentor
  • Nikhil Narang, MD (2016-19) is an assistant professor, University of Illinois at Chicago and cardiologist at Advocate Health Care
    James Liao, mentor
  • Luke J. Laffin, MD (2017-18) is the Co-Director of the Center for Blood Pressure Disorders, Cleveland Clinic
    James Liao, mentor
  • Kalie Kebed, MD (2017-19) is a cardiologist in Minnesota with Allina Health
    Roberto Lang, mentor
  • Imo Ebong, MBBS (2018-20) is an associate professor, University of California at Davis
    Brian Smith, mentor
  • Hena Patel, MD (2019-2020) is an assistant professor of medicine, University of Chicago
    Willard Sharp, mentor
  • Isla McClelland, MD (2019-2020) is a cardiologist and clinical assistant professor, Ohio State University
    James Liao, mentor
  • Ranjeev Anchan, MD (2019-2020) is an interventional cardiologist with Bryan Heart
    James Liao, mentor
  • Ala Ousta, MD (2019-2021) is an chief resident of emergency medicine, Duke University Medical Center
    Willard Sharp, mentor
  • Ilya Karagodin, MD (2019-2021) is a clinical assistant professor and cardiologist in the NorthShore University Health System
    James Liao, mentor
  • Michael Henry, MD (2020-2022) is a cardiologist in Ashville, North Carolina
    James Liao, mentor
  • Nikola Sladojevic, MD-PhD (2020-2021) is a research assistant professor at the University of Chicago
    James Liao, mentor
  • Mark Belkin, MD (2020-2022) is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago
    James Liao, mentor
  • Joshua Theisen, MD-PhD (2020-2022) is an AHA postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago
    Ivan Moskowitz, mentor
  • Mark Dela Cruz, MD (2019-2022) is a cardiologist at Rush Medical Center
    James Liao, mentor
  • Kamran Kaveh, PhD (2022) is a postdoctoral researcher at Northwestern University
  • Eisha Wali, MD (2021-23) is an advanced cardiology imaging fellow at the University of Chicago
    Roberto Lang, mentor
  • Linda Lee, MD (2021-23) is an assistant professor at Northwestern University
    Roberto Lang, mentor