Alumni
Ariyan, Charlotte, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2000
Graduated: May 2003
Dissertation Title: Strategies to Improve Islet Cell Transportation
Current Position: Associate Professor of Surgery, Cornell Medical College
Avesta, Arman, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2019
Graduated: 2024
Dissertation: Developing Capsule Networks for Brain Image Segmentation
Current Position: Radiology Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital
Belcher, Justin, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2010
Graduated: May 2015
Dissertation Title: Acute Kidney Injury in the Setting of Cirrhosis
Current Position: Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology), Yale School of Medicine
Branagan, Andrew, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2014
Graduated: December 2019
Dissertation Title: Developing A More Effective Influenza Vaccination Strategy for Patients with Plasma Cell Disorders
Current Position: Medical Director, Mass General Hospital Cancer Center
Curtis, Susanna, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2017
Graduated: December 2020
Dissertation Title: Cannabinoids for the reduction of pain and inflammation in sickle cell disease
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sina
Das, Rita, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2008
Graduated: May 2012
Dissertation Title: Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) in the Pathogenesis of Tuberculosis
Current Position: Therapeutic Area Head, Moderna
Dorsey, Karen, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2003
Graduated: December 2006
Dissertation Title: Measurement of Physical Activity in Obese and Non-Obese Children
Current Position: Associate Professor, Adjunct (Pediatrics), Yale School of Medicine
Grisotti, Gabriella, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2014
Graduated: December 2018
Dissertation Title: Decreased Lymphangiogenesis Alters Angiogenesis and Dermal Remodeling in Wound Healing
Current Position: Surgery Fellow (Pediatric), UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Gruenbaum, Benjamin, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2017
Graduated: December 2020
Dissertation Title: Neuronal Mechanisms of Impaired Consciousness in an Awake Rodent Absence Seizure Model
Current Position: Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Gruenbaum, Shaun, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2013
Graduated: December 2017
Dissertation Title: The Role of Branched-Chain Amino Acids in Glutamate Metabolism and Seizure Modulation in a Rat Model of Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Current Position: Senior Associate Consultant in Neuroanesthesia, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Gulati, Ashima, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2017
Graduated: December 2019
Dissertation Title: Genetic Determinants of Intracranial Aneurysm in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Human Exome-Based Approach and Disease Models
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Genomics and Precision Medicine, Pediatric Nephrologist, Children’s National Hospital
Hammond, Christopher, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2011
Graduated: December 2016
Dissertation Title: Stress, Neurophysiology, Affective States, and Co-occurring Cannabis and Tobacco use in Adolescents
Current Position: AssociateProfessor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Hardy, Susan, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2002
Graduated: December 2004
Dissertation Title: Patterns, Probability and Predictors of Recovery from Disability in Activities of Daily Living among Community-dwelling Older Persons
Current Position: Medical Director, Harbor Health Services
Hassan, Hatim, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2002
Graduated: May 2007
Dissertation Title: Mechanisms of Regulation of Anion Exchanger SLC26A6
Current Position: Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology), Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Herzog, Erica, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2001
Graduated: December 2005
Dissertation Title: Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells as Progenitors of Alveolar Epithelium
Current Position: John Slade Ely Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep) and Professor of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine
Hoffman, Ellen, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2009
Graduated: December 2014
Dissertation Title: Functional Analysis of Genes Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Zebrafish Model System Current
Current Position: Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine
Hoimes, Christopher, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2009
Graduated: 2012
Dissertation Title: Nanoparticles for Epigenetic Targeting of Solid Tumors
Current Position: Instructor in Medicine, Duke Cancer Institute
Hsieh, Evelyn, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2011
Graduated: December 2014
Dissertation Title: Osteoporosis Among HIV-Infected Individuals in China
Current Position: Associate Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Epidemiology, Yale School of Medicine, Chief of Rheumatology VA Connecticut Health Care System
Huen, Sarah, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2008
Graduated: December 2013
Dissertation Title: Regulation and Function of Macrophage Polarization in Ischemic Injury
Current Position: Assistant Professor (Nephrology) and Pharmacology, UT Southwestern School of Medicine
Jastreboff, Ania, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2008
Graduated: December 2011
Dissertation Title: Neural Response to Stress and Food Cues in Obese Individuals
Current Position: Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and of Pediatrics, Director of Yale Obesity Research Center, Yale School of Medicine
Jou, Roger, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2006
Graduated: May 2012
Dissertation Title: The Structural Neural Phenotype of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Heterogeneous and Distributed Abnormalities in the Social Brain and its Long-Range Connectivity
Current Position: Assistant Clinical Professor and Clinician, Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine
Kim, Agnes, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2006
Graduated: December 2011
Dissertation Title: AMPK Regulation and Function in the Ischemic Heart
Current Position: Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Director, Non-invasive Cardiac Imaging and Echocardiography Lab, Director, Cardio-Oncology Program, University of Connecticut
Kim, Nancy, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2004
Graduated: May 2007
Dissertation Title: Persistence with Oral Hypoglycemic Therapy One Year After Initiation
Current Position: Associate Clinical Professor (General Medicine), Yale School of Medicine, Senior Medical Director of Care Signature, Yale-New Haven Health System
Kim, Sang Taek, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2010
Graduated: December 2014
Dissertation Title: Characterization of CD4 T Cells That Help Memory B Cells and Their Clinical Relevance
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology), Yale School of Medicine
Koraishy, Farrukh, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2010
Graduated: December 2014
Dissertation Title: The Crosstalk of HGF and Canonical WNT Signaling in Kidney Repair
Current Position: Clinical Professor in Medicine (Nephrology), Stony Brook University
Kurbatov, Vadim, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2019
Graduated: 2024
Dissertation: Mapping and Functional Characterization of HOCX Gene Expression Patterns in Human Normal Tissue and Solid Tumors
Current Position: Physician, Wallingford, CT
Lee, Christopher, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2009
Graduated: December 2018
Dissertation Title: Timing Of Therapeutic Hypothermia Initiation in Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Current Position: Associate Medical Director, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Lee, Samuel, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2000
Graduated: May 2004
Dissertation Title: Trafficking and Secretion of Virulence-associated Proteins in Candida Albicans
Current Position: Professor and Chair of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno
Education
Lee, Warren Tih-Shih, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2001
Graduated: 2006
Dissertation Title: Characterization of Candidate Susceptibility Genes in Human Temporal Lobe Epilepsy with Mesial Temporal Sclerosis
Current Position: Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University
Lemaire, Mathiew, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2009
Graduated: May 2015
Dissertation Title: Discovery of Novel Genes That Cause Rare Pediatric Renal Diseases Using Exome Sequencing
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology), University of Toronto, Scientist-Track Investigator, Cell Biology program at SickKids Research Institute
Liao, John, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2004
Graduated: May 2007
Dissertation Title: Studies in Therapeutic Vaccination and Immune Evasion by HPV Oncoproteins
Current Position: Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington
Liu, Elise, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2018
Graduated: 2022
Dissertation: The Role and Production of Gut Food-Specific Immunoglobulin A
Current Position: Instructor in Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Yale School of Medicine
Lu, Benjamin, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2020
Graduated: 2024
Dissertation: Cellular Determinants of Anti-Tumor Immunity: KIR+ and CD8+ cells in Human Melanoma
Current Position: Instructor in Medicine (Medical Oncology), Yale University
Marion, Chad, DO, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2012
Graduated: December 2015
Dissertation Title: Chitinase 3-Like-1 (Chil1) as an Immune Modulator in Gram-negative Pneumonia: Balancing Host Resistance and Host Tolerance
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care), Wake Forest Baptist Health
Mehra, Vishal, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2005
Graduated: December 2008
Dissertation Title: The Molecular Basis of Free Fatty Acid-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction, Impaired Angiogenesis and VEGF-Resistance
Current Position: Director (Advanced Cardiac Imaging), Geisinger Medical Center
Merola, Jonathan, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2015
Graduated: December 2018
Dissertation Title: Characterization Of Human Endothelial Cells with Crispr/Cas9-Mediated Complete Ablation of Mhc Molecule Expression
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Abdominal Transplant Surgeon, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Miller, Edward J., MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2003
Graduated: May 2008
Dissertation Title: The Cardioprotective Effects of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase
Current Position: Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular), Yale School of Medicine
Moledina, Dennis, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2015
Graduated: December 2018
Dissertation Title: Cd4+T-Cell Derived Inflammatory Mediators as Biomarkers for Diagnosis of Acute Interstitial Nephritis
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology), Director of Kidney BioBank, Yale School of Medicine
Mori, Makoto, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2017
Graduated: December 2021
Dissertation title: Characterization and Prediction of Postoperative Recovery After Cardiac Surgery
Current Position: Clinical Fellow, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Moriarty, Katie, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2005
Graduated: May 2009
Dissertation Title: Estrogen Receptor-Mediated Rapid Signaling in Endothelial Progenitor Cell Contributions to Ischemia
Current Position: Cardiovascular Specialist, St. Croix Medical Center, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
Mullan, Clancy, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2021
Graduated: 2024
Dissertation: Regulation and Elimination of Human Endothelial Co-Stimulatory Molecules
Current Position: Resident Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital
Njei, Basile, MD, MPH, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2021
Graduated: 2022
Dissertation: Patterns of Acute Liver Injury and Post-Acute Liver Sequelae of COVID-19
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Nygaard, Haakon, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2009
Graduated: December 2011
Dissertation Title: The Role of Cellular Prion Protein in β-Amyloid Induced Neuronal Network Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease
Current Position: Associate Professor of Medicine (Neurology), The University of British Columbia
O’Neill, Kathleen, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2018
Graduated: December 2021
Dissertation Title: Improving Care for Survivors of Gun Violence
Current Position: Resident (General Surgery), Yale New Haven Hospital
Oliveira, Carlos, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2014
Graduated: December 2019
Dissertation Title: Estimating The Effectiveness of Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: A Case-Control Study with Bayesian Model Averaging
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Disease), Biostatistics, and Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Yale School of Medicine
Paglino, Justin, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2003
Graduated: May 2008
Dissertation Title: Modifying Parvoviral Oncoselectivity and Allotropism
Current Position: Self Employed
Panda, Alexander, MD, MPH, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2008
Graduated: May 2012
Dissertation Title: Age Associated Alterations in Toll-like Receptor Function of Human Dendritic Cells and Correlation With Influenza Vaccine Response.
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine and Beeson Scholar, Tufts University School of Medicine
Popov, Violeta, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2010
Graduated: May 2014
Dissertation Title: Role of β -catenin in Regulating Hepatic Lipid Metabolism in NAFLD
Current Position: Associate Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Protack, Clinton, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2011
Graduated: May 2014
Dissertation Title: The Role of EphB4 During Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation
Current Position: Surgeon, Greater Baltimore Medical Center Healthcare
Provost, Karin, DO, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2003
Graduated: May 2010
Dissertation Title: The Role of Interferon Gamma in the Regulation of the Epithelial Responses in Allergic Airway Inflammation
Current Position: Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care and Sleep Medicine), Co-Director of ICU, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Ryder, Alex, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2011
Graduated: December 2016
Dissertation Title: Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Vectored Chimeric Hemagglutinin Constructs As Broadly Cross-Reactive Influenza Vaccines
Current Position:Medical Director and SVP, Spectra Laboratories
Samuel, Varman, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2000
Graduated: May 2004
Dissertation Title: Mechanisms of Fat Induced Hepatic Insulin Resistance
Current Position: Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology), Yale School of Medicine
Sherr, Jennifer, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2007
Graduated: December 2011
Dissertation Title: β before α: The Importance of Residual β-cell Function for α-cell Secretion of Glucagon in Response to Hypoglycemia
Current Position: Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology), Yale School of Medicine
Shung, Dennis, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated:2020
Graduated: 2022
Dissertation: Deep Risk Prediction of Embedding Patient Data: Application to Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine (Digestive Diseases), Yale School of Medicine
Siebel, Stephan, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2015
Graduated: December 2021
Dissertation Title: Minimizing tracer Interference to Assess in vivo Hepatic Metabolism with Glutamine- generated Mass Isotopmers
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology), Yale School of Medicine
Tang, Paul, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2005
Graduated: December 2008
Dissertation Title: Role of MyD88-Dependent Inflammation in Flow-Mediated Vascular Remodeling
Current Position: Associate Professor of Surgery (Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery), Vice Chair, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Tu, Long, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2019
Graduated: 2023
Dissertation: Strategies to Optimize Neuroimaging in the Emergency Department
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine
VanDuin, David, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2004
Graduated: December 2007
Dissertation Title: Toll-Like Receptors in Older Adults and Response to Vaccination
Current Position: Professor of Medicine, Founder and Director of Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Section, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
VonKohorn, Isabelle, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2008
Graduated: May 2011
Dissertation Title: Predicting Which Mothers Will Go Back to Smoking After Pregnancy: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
Current Position: Chief of Neonatology, Holy Cross Hospital
Weiss, Ram, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2002
Graduated: December 2004
Dissertation Title: Metabolic Characteristics of Obese Children with Normal Vs. Impaired Glucose Tolerance
Current Position: Professor of Pediatrics, Technion – Israel Institute of Science
Westphal, Alexander, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2007
Graduated: December 2013
Dissertation Title: Clinical Characterization and Amygdala Hypothesis of Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
Current Position: Associate Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
Williams, Kyle, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2008
Graduated: December 2015
Dissertation Title: Characterization and Treatment of Inflammation and Autoimmunity in Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tics
Current Position: Instructor (Psychiatry) and Director of the Pediatric Neuropsychiatry and Immunology Program in the OCD and Related Disorders Program at Massachusetts General Hospital
Zhang, Yu, MD, Ph.D.
Matriculated: 2015
Graduated: December 2021
Dissertation Title: Modulation of T Cell Response Hierarchy by Coinhibition and Costimulation With Cancer Immunotherapy
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology), Yale New Haven Hospital