Current Students

Each year, the University System of Georgia MD/PhD Program welcomes up to six students into the program. These diverse students are a collection of talented individuals from many different universities. Current students are listed below according to matriculation year.

We are happy to answer any questions you may have about the MD/PhD Program. Please do not hesitate to contact anyone in the Program for more information.

STUDENT		PROGRAM	UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
2018
	Dakota Booth dbooth@augusta.edu	1st Year Medical Student	Mercer University - Macon, GA
	Oluwamayokun Oshinowo ooshinowo@augusta.edu	1st Year Medical Student	Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA
2017
	Brandee Goo bgoo@augusta.edu	2nd Year Medical Student	University of Evansville - Evansville, IN
	Chase Wehrle cwehrle@augusta.edu	2nd Year Medical Student	Washington University in St. Louis - St. Louis, MO
2016
	Elinor Mannon emannon@augusta.edu	1st Year PhD Student Augusta University - Physiology Mentor: Paul O'Connor, PhD	Wellesley College - Wellesley, MA
	Rebekah Robinson rebrobinson@augusta.edu	1st Year PhD Student Augusta University - Genomic Medicine Mentor: Shruti Sharma, PhD	Armstrong State University - Savannah, GA
2015
	Jacob Kumro jkumro@augusta.edu	2nd year PhD student Augusta University - Neuroscience Mentor: David Blake, PhD	University of Georgia - Athens, GA
	Clare Edwards cledwards@augusta.edu	2nd year PhD student University of Georgia - Integrated Life Science Program Mentor: Michael Terns, PhD	University of Georgia - Athens, GA
2014
	Martin Halicek martin.halicek@gatech.edu	3rd Year PhD Student Georgia Institute of Technology - Biomedical Engineering Mentor: Baowei Fei, PhD	Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA
	Wonjo Jang wojang@augusta.edu	2nd Year PhD Student Augusta University - Molecular Medicine Mentors: Lin Mei MD/PhD, Jianhua Xu, PhD	Duke University - Durham, NC
	John Klement jklement@augusta.edu	3rd Year PhD Student Augusta University - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Mentor: Kebin Liu, PhD	Yale University - New Haven, CT
	Rodney Littlejohn rlittlejohn@augusta.edu	3rd Year PhD Student Augusta University - Pharmacology and Toxicology Mentor: Huabo Su, PhD	University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL
	Najeah Okashah nokashah@augusta.edu	3rd Year PhD Student Augusta University - Pharmacology and Toxicology Mentor: Nevin Lambert, PhD	Florida State University - Tallahassee, FL
	Samantha Spellicy samantha.spellicy25@uga.edu	3rd Year PhD Student University of Georgia - Neuroscience Mentor: Steven Stice, PhD	University of Maryland - College Park, MD
	Lynn Tran lytran@augusta.edu	3rd Year PhD Student Augusta University - Genomic Medicine Mentor: Jin Xiong She, PhD	University of North Georgia - Dahlonega, GA
	Paul Tran ptran@augusta.edu	3rd Year PhD Student Augusta University - Genomic Medicine Mentor: Jin Xiong She, PhD	University of North Georgia - Dahlonega, GA
2013
	Kristin Ates kates@augusta.edu	4th Year PhD Student Augusta University - Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine Mentor: Albert Pan, PhD	Tulane University - New Orleans, LA
	Alec Davila adavila@augusta.edu	4th Year PhD Student Augusta University - Pharmacology and Toxicology Mentor: Zsolt Bagi, MD, PhD	Barry University - Miami Shores, FL
	Aaron Fan afan@augusta.edu	3rd Year Medical Student Defended 2018: Augusta University - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Mentor: Esteban Celis, MD, PhD	Emory University - Atlanta, GA
	Lauren Prusinski lprusinski@augusta.edu	3rd Year Medical Student Defended 2018: Augusta University - Molecular Medicine Mentor: Ayman Al-Hendy, MD, PhD	Valparaiso University - Valparaiso, IN
2012
	Irene Falk ifalk@augusta.edu	3rd Year Medical Student Defended 2018: Cambridge University - Neurodegeneration Mentors: Steve Jacobson and Stefano Pluchino	Duke University - Durham, NC
	Bianca Islam bislam@augusta.edu	4th Year Medical Student Defended 2017: Augusta University - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Mentor: Darren Browning, PhD	Georgia State University - Atlanta, GA
	Merry Ma mma@augusta.edu	3rd Year Medical Student Defended 2018: Augusta University - Neuroscience Mentor: Darrell Brann, PhD	University of Georgia - Athens, GA
	Mason Webb mwebb@augusta.edu	4th Year Medical Student Defended 2017: Augusta University - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Mentor: Samir Khleif, MD	University of Georgia - Athens, GA
2011
	Harrison Grace hegrace@uga.edu	3rd Year Medical Student Defended 2018: University of Georgia - Neuroscience Mentor: Michael Tiemeyer, PhD	University of Georgia - Athens, GA
	Jason Lee clee@augusta.edu	4th Year Medical Student Defended 2017: Augusta University - Neuroscience Mentor: Joe Tsien, PhD	Georgia Gwinnett College - Lawrenceville, GA
	Kevin Lindsay klindsay@gatech.edu	3rd Year Medical Student Defended 2018: Georgia Institute of Technology - Biomedical Engineering Mentor: Ravi Bellamkonda, PhD	Mercer University - Macon, GA
	Phil Yao pyao@augusta.edu	4th Year Medical Student Defended 2017: University of Georgia - Cellular Biology Mentor: Rick Tarleton, PhD	Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA

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