Graduate school

Master of Professional Studies in Homeland Security

John J. Biskupski, BA, Central Connecticut University
Capstone Experience: Asymmetrical Warfare threats by the People’s Republic of China targeting the United States and the implications to Public Health
Adviser: Eugene Lengerich, VMD

Abigail Cunning, BA, Rosemont College
Capstone Experience: Noncommunicable Diseases: A Threat to Public Health Preparedness
Adviser: Eugene Lengerich, VMD

Lindsay D. Dally, BS, Troy University
Capstone Experience: Systemic Review of the Technological Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Social Media to Support Emergency Responders for Pediatric Patients
Adviser: Eugene Lengerich, VMD

Lindsay English, BS, Waynesburg University
Capstone Experience: Protecting Healthcare Networks from Cybersecurity Threats
Adviser: Eugene Lengerich, VMD

Jason Heller, BS, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Capstone Experience: Systemic Review: Department of Veteran Affairs Homeless Programs
Adviser: Eugene Lengerich, VMD

Alexandra Kowsh, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination in Latinx Communities in Rural Pennsylvania: A Study through Penn State Outreach & the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Adviser: Eugene Lengerich, VMD

Jasmine N. Lee-Hall, BS, Fort Hayes State University
Capstone Experience: Veterans & PTSD: Fighting the Internal War Post Service
Adviser: Gavin Macgregor-Skinner BVSc, MSc, MPH, MRCVS

Graciella Souza McBrearty, BA, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Systematic Review of How effective were the Mitigations in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic for most states in the United States.
Adviser: Eugene Lengerich, VMD

Marni E. Russell, BS, Grand Canyon University
Capstone Experience: Extreme Heat – The Effect on the Population and Proposed Solutions
Adviser: Eugene Lengerich, VMD

Melissa Serrano Burns, BS, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
Capstone Experience: The COVID 19 Pandemic’s Effect on the Biological Drug Development Timeline and the Implications for Future Biological Drugs
Adviser: Eugene Lengerich, VMD

Stephanie A. Slagle, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: A Systemic Review of the Policies and Procedures of Disease Prevention and Emergency Preparedness in Early Care Settings in Pennsylvania
Adviser: Eugene Lengerich, VMD

Jeffrey David Toony, BFA, Webster University
Capstone Experience: XR/VR/AR and the gamification of efficient emergency management training and planning
Adviser: Jennifer Osetek, MHS, PhD

Master of Public Health

Miewan Ahmed, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Needs Assessment of Behavioral and Mental Health Providers Serving Local Refugee and Immigrant Communities
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Christopher Almeda, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Assessing and Strengthening the Emotional Intelligence of Future Generations
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Victoria Baumert, BA, Albright College
Capstone Experience: Why do Parents Not Vaccinate Their Children For HPV?: Observing Trends in Responses from HPV Vaccine-Hesitant Parents
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Halle Becker, BS, Messiah University
Capstone Experience: Healthcare in the Home – How to meet the Healthcare Needs of Sex Trafficked Survivors in a Long-term Care Home Setting
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Eunita Chandarat, BS, West Chester University
Capstone Experience: The Association between Levels of Relational Intimacy, among Older Adults and Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Incidence in Pennsylvania and Surrounding States
Adviser: Casey Pinto, PhD, CRNP, MPH

Nicholas Dennis, BA, Millersville University
Capstone Experience: Rates of falls and fall-related injuries in renters versus homeowners over 65 years old
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Rebecca Derbes-Bobersky, BS, Lebanon Valley College
Capstone Experience: Sustaining Basic Hygiene and Non-Food Supplies within Penn State Community Food Pantries
Adviser: Kathleen Sturgeon, PhD

Kaedryn A. DiGuglielmo, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Addressing Root Causes of Food Insecurity in Lebanon County
Adviser: Laura Carrel, PhD

Shalinie Dowlatram, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: The Pain of Gun Violence: Pilot Study and Grant Application for Assessing the Long-term Health Outcomes for Survivors of Gun Violence
Adviser: Jane Schubart, MBA, MS, PhD

Kaitlyn Marie Durant, BS, West Chester University

Capstone Experience: Diabetes Prevention Among Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Youth
Adviser: Betsy Aumiller, D.Ed

Elizabeth Easterling, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Grant Proposal: Addressing Health Literacy in Older Adults Living in Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Riley Anne Eisler, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Outcomes Associated with the use of Prescription Stimulants in Obesity Treatment: A Systematic Review
Adviser: Melissa Butt, DrPH

Kate Ferguson, BS, Wittenberg University
Capstone Experience: Exploring Connections between Allied Health Professionals and Non-clinical Staff Education, Preparedness, and Comfort while Caring for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Venus R. Grella, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Predictors for Emergency Department Utilization Among those with Autism Spectrum Disorder 0 to 21 Years Old
Adviser: Vonn Walter, PhD

Dung (Young) Ho, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: What is the Relationship between Prenatal Sleep Disorders and Postpartum Anxiety in Mothers during COVID in the US?
Adviser: Kristin Sznajder, PhD

Taylor Keckler, BS, Messiah College
Capstone Experience: Evaluating the impact of the Lebanon Bicycle Recycle on the physical health and habits of community members in Lebanon, PA.
Adviser: Michelle, LaClair, MPH, CHES

Elysse Mellott, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: The Revision and Reimplementation of the School Immunization Catch Up Program in Pennsylvania
Adviser: Michelle, LaClair, MPH, CHES

Jordan Sellers, BA, Franklin & Marshall College
Capstone Experience: National Comparison of Veterans and Non-Veterans Medical Center Patient Satisfaction Ratings: An HCAHPS Survey Data Analysis
Adviser: Michelle, LaClair, MPH, CHES

Jocelyn Simmers, BSW, California University of Pennsylvania
Capstone Experience: Social Determinants of Health in Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Joelle Williamson, BS, Messiah College
Capstone Experience: TTR Amyloidosis Education and Outreach Program
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Alice Zhang, BS, Duke University
Capstone Experience: Not just for Snacks: Vending Machines as an Innovative Method for Overdose Prevention
Adviser: Aleksandra Zgierska, MD, PhD

Integrated Undergraduate Accelerated Master Of Public Health

Laura Bockoff, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Pain Disorders
Adviser: Carolyn Bernstein, MD

Olivia Jeannette Bognanni, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: A Review of Effective Communication Strategies for Health Promotion During Emerging Infectious Diseases; from a Global Health Perspective
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Erin E. Cavanaugh, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Examining the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on prenatal care utilization among pregnant women in central Pennsylvania
Adviser: Wenke Hwang, PhD

Dana Doyle, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Stories to Prevent (StoP) Covid-19 among Expecting and Postpartum Mothers
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Juliette Entenman, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Social Determinants Associated with Opioid Use Behaviors in Rural/Urban American Adults
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Monioluwa Evelyn Erinle, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Targeting Comorbid Depression Within Adolescents Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Olivia R. Filandro, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Do Student Athletes Receive Adequate Follow-up Care Post Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI)?
Adviser: Wenke Hwang, PhD 

Victoria Francois, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: An Evaluation Plan for Penn State College of Medicine Diversity Pathway Programs
Adviser: Inginia Genao, MD

Britney Goldsman, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Total Drug Spending for High-Cost, High-Need Adults in the United States From 2011-2020
Adviser: Wenke Hwang, PhD

Alexandra Harvey, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Systematic Review of Internalized Weight Bias among Adolescents
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Ashley Regina Hibbs, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Impact of SES & Healthcare Accessibility on HIV Prevention Efforts in Substance Abuse Facilities in the Rural US
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Rachel Jacobs, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Mixed Methods Research: Qualitative Analysis of Challenges Faced by People with Immunosuppression due to Lupus during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Gavin Kerr, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Knowledge of Emergency Medical Services by Physicians Directly in Contact with the Emergency Service System
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Jenny Lee, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Implementation Plan to Improve the Internship Program at SimiTree Healthcare Consulting
Adviser: Donalee Unal, MD

Noah Fredrick Morando, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Mental Health in Young Adults Following the COVID-19 Pandemic Intervention
Adviser: Cindy Reed

Sydney Neuman, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Is the Urinalysis Necessary in Adult Patients with Abdominal Pain and No Urinary Symptoms: A Retrospective Chart Review
Adviser: Michelle LaClair, MPH, CHES

Madison Pennie, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Corporate & Nongovernmental Donation Partnerships in Disaster: A Case Study Analysis
Adviser: Damian Morales, MPH

Skylar Pulver, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Association Between Self-reported STI Symptoms and Stillbirth in Sub-Saharan Africa using Nationally Representative Surveys
Adviser: Casey Pinto, PhD, MPH, CRNP

Lyndsay Stakem, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Identifying Challenges and Addressing Opportunities for Improved Care for Maternal and Child Health in Uganda
Adviser: Julie Lentes, MPH

Kathryn Van Scyoc, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Global Health Burden of Burn Pits on U.S. Military Personnel
Adviser: Julie Lentes, MPH

Jason Haoxu Wang, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: Young Adults’ Body Satisfaction: From Childhood Obesity to Current and Future Behavior
Adviser: Melissa Bopp, PhD

Master of Science

Alana Artura Benn, BS, Howard University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis: Testing Chandelier Cell Abnormalities in the 16P11.2 Microdeletion Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Adviser: Anirban Paul, PhD
Continued Education: Neuroscience PhD Program, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa.

Sarah Carey, BS, State University of New York at Fredonia
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Thesis: Implicating CXCL10 and CXCL13 Signaling in T Cell Trafficking to the CNS during Polyomavirus Infection
Adviser: Aron Lukacher, MD, PhD
Employment: Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh

Caroline Chang, BS, DVM, North Carolina State University
Major: Laboratory Animal Medicine
Thesis: The Role of Glutathione Peroxidase 3 in Ovarian Cancer
Adviser: Tiffany Whitcomb, DVM, DACLAM

Jack Cimino, BS, Dickinson College
Major: Neuroscience
Thesis: Agonist-induced D1 Receptor Mediation of Spatial and Temporal Working Memory
Adviser: Yang Yang, PhD
Continued Education: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

Rachel L. Griffin, BS, DVM, Michigan State University
Major: Laboratory Animal Medicine
Thesis: Transcription Factor SOX2 as an Indicator of Progression in Early-Stage Bladder Cancer
Adviser: Tiffany Whitcomb, DVM, DACLAM
Employment: Michigan State University

Kristina Rogers, BS, University of Pittsburgh
Major: Anatomy
Thesis: Does Smoking Buffer against Stress-induced Reduction in Cognitive Performance?
Adviser: Andrea Hobkirk, PhD

Ashley N. Varley, BS, DVM, Delaware Valley College & Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Major: Laboratory Animal Medicine
Thesis: Neurodevelopmental Changes of the Brain-gut Acid in the Valproic Acid Induced Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Rat (Rattus Norvegicus)
Adviser: Tiffany Whitcomb, DVM, DACLAM

Doctor of Public Health

Tarek B. Eshak, MD, Cairo University
Major: Public Health
Dissertation: Retention in Care Among People Living with HIV: The Syndemic Effect of Substance Abuse, Depression, and Diabetes and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dissertation Adviser: Kristin Sznajder, PhD
Postdoctoral training: Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa.

Eileen S. Flores, BA, Barnard College, Columbia University
Major: Public Health
Dissertation: Skin Cancer Prevention Behaviors Among Hispanics in the Pennsylvania State Cancer Institute Catchment Area: A Mixed Method Study
Dissertation Adviser: Shelley Bluethmann, PhD

Kyungha Kim, BE, Handong Global University
Major: Public Health
Dissertation: “The Opioid Epidemic Among Pregnant Women: Treatments For Opioid Use Disorder And Their Association with Pregnancy and Maternal Outcomes”
Dissertation Adviser: Douglas Leslie, PhD Postdoctoral training: University of Maryland, Baltimore

Savanna Gates Ledford, BS, MS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill & Johns Hopkins University
Major: Public Health
Dissertation: COVID-19 and Cancer in Pennsylvania: Behaviors, Advocacy, and Mortality
Dissertation Adviser: Eugene Lengerich, VMD
Postdoctoral training: Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Fellowship, Little Rock, Ar.

Douwné Müller, BS, Shippensburg University
Major: Public Health
Dissertation: Hepatitis B Vaccination Barriers among Adults, aged 19 to 59, with Diagnosed Diabetes
Dissertation Adviser: Jessica Yingst, DrPH

Cheryl Richardson, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Major: Public Health
Dissertation: Exploring the role of healthcare staff education and experience on comfort level when providing care to individuals with intellectual disabilities
Dissertation Adviser: Casey Pinto, PhD, CRNP
Postdoctoral Employment: Penn State Health, Hershey, Pa.

Sangeeta Gopal Saxena, MBBS, Delhi University
Major: Public Health
Dissertation: Promoting Equity among International Medical Graduates
Dissertation Adviser: Kristin Sznajder, PhD
Postdoctoral Employment: Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C.

Doctor of Philosophy

Radha Dhingra, MD, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Hospital
Major: Epidemiology
Dissertation: Understanding the Bi-directional Relationship Between Mental Illness and Cardiovascular Disease
Dissertation Adviser: Duanping Liao, MD, PhD

Ashna Dhoonmoon, BS, BA, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Modulation of the Replication Stress Response by the mono-ADP-Ribosyltransferase PARP1
Dissertation Adviser: George-Lucian Moldovan, PhD
Postdoctorate Training: Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa.

Adam J. Fike, BA, Arcadia University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Transcriptional Regulation of B Cell Responses in Protection and Autoimmunity
Dissertation Adviser: Ziaur Rahman, MD, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: Bristol Meyers Squibb, Princeton, N.J.

Rebecca Fleeman, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Conveyed by Apolipoprotein E ε4: Immunometabolism and the Brain-Body Connection
Dissertation Adviser: Elizabeth Proctor, PhD Postdoctorate Employment: Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries

Chenqi Fu, BS, Fudan University
Major: Biostatistics
Dissertation: Bayesian Predictive Hypothesis Testing and Model Averaging
Dissertation Adviser: Shouhao Zhou, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA

Zhuangzhuang Geng, BS, China Pharmaceutical University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Regulatory Function of AUTS2 on Vital Signaling Pathways during Brain Development
Dissertation Adviser: Zhonghua Gao, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia

Nour Hawila, BS, American University of Beirut
Major: Biostatistics
Dissertation: Confidence Intervals for Noninferiority Testing, Bayesian joint Modeling of Interrater and Intrarater Reliability, Topics in Biostatistical Modeling and Statistics Education
Dissertation Adviser: Arthur Berg, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: Bristol Myers Squibb 

Ian R. Hayman, BS, The University of Idaho
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Initial Infection and Intercellular Spread of Epstein-Barr Virus in Stratified Epithelium
Dissertation Adviser: Clare Sample, PhD
Postdoctorate Training: Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle

Christine Hehnly, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Infections from Paenibacillus Thiaminolyticus with a Type IV Pilus causes Neonatal Sepsis and Subsequent Infant Postinfectious Hydrocephalus in Uganda
Dissertation Adviser: James Broach, PhD
Postdoctorate Training: Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston

Xupeng Hong, BAGR, Shanghai Ocean University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Determinants of HBV Host Tropism and Roles of HBV Precore/Core Proteins
Dissertation Adviser: Jianming Hu, MD, PhD
Postdoctorate Training: The Rockefeller University, New York

Ryan Hylton, BS, Washington State University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Cofilactin Bundling in Neurodevelopment and Degeneration
Dissertation Adviser: Matthew Swulius, PhD
Postdoctorate Training: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany

Brandon LaFever, BS, Rochester Institute of Technology
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Effects of Lipopolysaccharide-induced Nasal Inflammation on the Olfactory Neural Circuit
Dissertation Adviser: Fumiaki Imamura, PhD
Postdoctorate Education: Emergency Medical Technician and Physician Assistant

Menglu Liang, BM, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Major: Biostatistics
Dissertation: Modeling and Dynamic Prediction for Recurrent Time-to-event Data with Competing Risks
Dissertation Adviser: Ming Wang, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: University of Maryland, College Park, Md.

Wenxue Lin, BS, Dalian Medical University
Major: Epidemiology
Dissertation: Effect of Menthol Flavor in Cigarettes on Addiction and Toxicant Exposure
Dissertation Adviser: Joshua E. Muscat, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: Temple University, Philadelphia

Xiaoming Liu, BA, Rutgers University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Mechanisms of Resistance to Anti-GD2 Immunotherapy in Neuroblastoma
Dissertation Adviser: Hong-Gang Wang, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: Sonata Therapeutics, Watertown, Ma.

Barbara Manfredi, BS, MS, University of Parma
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Effects of Schweinfurthin Analogue 5’-Methylschweinfurthin G in Multiple Myeloma Cell Lines
Dissertation Adviser: Raymond Hohl, MD, PhD
Postdoctorate Training: Oakland University, Mich.

Greer McKendrick, BS, College of Charleston
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Pharmacological and Neurocircuit Regulation of Opioid-Context Associations
Dissertation Adviser: Nicholas Graziane, PhD
Postdoctorate Training: Johns Hopkins, Baltimore

Darren Mehay, BA, Indiana University
Major: Anatomy
Dissertation: Angiotensin-(1-7) and Neural Mechanisms Controlling Energy Balance
Dissertation Adviser: Amy C. Arnold, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia

Asvelt J. Nduwumwami, BA, Williams College
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Regulatory Role of Sphingolipid Metabolites in Immunogenic Cancer Cell Death
Dissertation Adviser: Jong Yun, PhD
Postdoctorate Training: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas

Mary Piscura, BS, The Ohio State University
Major: Anatomy
Dissertation: Mechanisms and Efficacy of Non-Opioid Alternatives for the Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain in Mice
Dissertation Adviser: Daniel Morgan, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Auburn, Ala.

David Rasicci, BS, University of California, Santa Barbara
Major: Anatomy
Dissertation: Cardiac Myosin Dysfunction in Genetic Cardiomyopathies and Ischemic Heart Failure
Dissertation Adviser: Christopher Yengo, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, W. Va.

Anna Livvia Ricci, BS, University of Utah
Major: Anatomy
Dissertation: Association of Synchronized Oscillations of Sleep with Brain Maturation and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Dissertation Adviser: Julio Fernandez-Mendoza, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vt.

Tanay Thakar, B.Tech, University of Pune, India
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Assessing the Role of Gap Avoidance Mechanisms and Nucleosome Assembly Pathways as Guardians of DNA Replication Fork Stability
Dissertation Adviser: George Lucian Moldovan, PhD
Postdoctorate Training: Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York

Joshua Walston, BA, The Pennsylvania State University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Epstein-Barr virus Glycoproteins BDLF2 and BMRF2 are Important for Efficient Infection and Spread in Oral Epithelia
Dissertation Adviser: Clare E. Sample, PhD
Postdoctorate Training: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh

Xi Wang, BS, Nankai University, China
Major: Biostatistics
Dissertation: Analysis of Crossover Designs with Nonignorable Dropout Dissertation
Adviser: Vernon M. Chinchilli, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: Microsoft

Xingyan Wang, BS, Peking University, China
Major: Biostatistics
Dissertation: Statistical Methods for Aggregating Trans-Ancestry Genome Wide Association Summary Statistics & Its Applications to Nicotine & Alcohol Addiction Phenotypes
Dissertation Adviser: Dajiang J. Liu, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: Penn State Health, Hershey, Pa.

Natalie Yoshioka, BA, University of Maryland
Major: Anatomy
Dissertation: G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 2: A Novel Regulator of Postnatal Skeletal Development
Dissertation Adviser: Fadia Kamal, PharmD, PhD
Postdoctorate Employment: Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences, Yakima, Wash.

Li Zhang, BE, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Major: Epidemiology
Dissertation: Studies of Berries and Health
Dissertation Adviser: Joshua Muscat, PhD and John Richie, PhD

Mi Zhou, MD, China Medical University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Accumulation of Misfolded Proteins in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) impairs the Extracellular Vesicle (EV) Cargo and the Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT)
Dissertation Adviser: Jeffrey Sundstrom, MD, PhD
Postdoctorate Training: Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa.

Doctor of Medicine/Master of Public Health

Benjamin Alexander Jonik, BS, Duquesne University
Capstone Experience: Demographic Relationships to Patient-Provider Trust and Their Impact on COVID-19 Pandemic Behaviors
Adviser: Casey Pinto, PhD, MPH, NP
Residency: Anesthesiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Abigail Washington, BA, Wheaton College
Capstone Experience: Association of Sarcoidosis Prevalence and Air Pollution
Adviser: Matthew Helm, MD and Melissa Butt, DrPH
Residency: Internal Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Holly Wisnouski, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Capstone Experience: A Meta-Analysis Characterizing the Spatiotemporal Prevalence of Lassa Fever
Adviser: Paddy Ssentongo, PhD
Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Doctor of Medicine/Doctor of Philosophy

Daniel J. Goetschius, BS, MSc, Grove City College; Dublin City University
Major: Molecular Cellular and Integrative Biosciences
Dissertation: Icosahedral Subparticle Extraction & Correlated Classification: Characterizing Heterogeneities in Icosahedral Viruses
Dissertation Adviser: Susan Hafenstein, PhD
Residency: Internal Medicine, UPMC Medical Education, Pittsburgh

William Davis Haselden, Jr., BS, University of Alabama – Birmingham
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Nitric Oxide Diffusion and Degradation Drive Emergent Cerebrovascular Dynamics
Dissertation Adviser: Patrick Drew, PhD
Residency: Neurological Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

Martin T. Johnson, BS, Drexel University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Calcium Signaling Pathways in Smooth Muscle Remodeling During Hypertension and Asthma
Dissertation Adviser: Mohamed Trebak, PhD
Residency: Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.

Spencer R. Katz, BS, Yale University
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Silver Linings: Applications of Silver Staining for Micro-CT-based Computational Phenomics
Dissertation Adviser: Keith Cheng, MD, PhD
Residency: Pediatrics/Medical Genetics, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Mallory Peterson, BS, The Pennsylvania State University
Major: Engineering, Science and Mathematics
Dissertation: Leveraging Neural Imaging for the Management of Hydrocephalus
Dissertation Adviser: Steven J. Schiff, MD, PhD
Residency: Neurological Surgery, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.

Carson A. Wills, BS, Haverford College
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Dissertation: Mechanisms of Small Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Chemotherapy-Induced Metastasis
Dissertation Adviser: Hong-Gang Wang, PhD
Residency: Internal Medicine, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Patricia P. Yee, BS, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: The Roles of Tumor-Associated Neutrophils in Glioblastoma Necrosis and Progression
Dissertation Adviser: Wei Li, PhD
Residency: Neurological Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.

Physician assistant program

MD program

Devon R. Ackerman – East Stroudsburg University, BS
Residency: Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Rawan Alhau – Rutgers University, basketball
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Psychiatry

Carolina Inmaculada Alvarez – Vassar College, BA
Residency: Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash.: Surgery-General

Kilash Anthraper – Shippensburg University, BS; Millersville University, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Anesthesiology

Jane-Frances Chiemezie Aruma – Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, BS
Residency: McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill.: Anesthesiology

Shavini Himansi Athukorala – New York University, BA; Rutgers University, MBS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Ophthalmology

Thomas Martin Barrett – Muhlenberg College, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Pediatrics

Gary Steven Beemer – University of Florida, BS, MS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Orthopaedic Surgery

Daniel Julius Berger – California Polytechnic State University, BS
Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Va.: Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine

Makenna N. Brezitski – Wake Forest University, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Family Medicine

David Lee Brinton – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: UPMC Medical Education, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Anesthesiology

Justin Brooke – University of Missouri, BS
Residency: Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colo.: Emergency Medicine

Parker Richard Burrows – Weber State University, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Anesthesiology

Catherine Marie Caldwell – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Ky.: Neurological Surgery

Olivia C. Calisi – Boston University, BA; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Winston- Salem, N.C.: Surgery-General

Kathryn Mackenzie Carlisle – Boston College, BA, BA
Residency: Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, Pa.: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Michael Charles Carter – Brigham Young University, BS
Residency: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.: Emergency Medicine

Kimberly Ho-Yun Chan – University of Michigan, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Otolaryngology

Joshua Chen – Temple University, BA
Residency: Inspira Health Network, Mullica Hill, N.J.: Transitional Year

Mckenzee Chiam – Villanova University, BS
Residency: UPMC Medical Education, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Psychiatry

Brian Joseph Chin – Washington University, BA; The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law School, JD
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Internal Medicine

Shara Chopra – The Pennsylvania State University, BS, BA
Residency: UPMC Medical Education, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dermatology

Jacob Colello – Liberty University, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, Pa.: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Andrew Scott Cross – Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, BS
Residency: Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pa.: Orthopaedic Surgery

Nicholas Jospeh D’Alonzo – The University of Scranton, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Surgery-General

Yongwook Dan – Northwestern University, BA
Residency: ISMMS Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, N.Y.: Anesthesiology

Joseph Dao – Georgetown University, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: UC San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.: Surgery-Preliminary

Matthew Carl Darok – Messiah University, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Denali Helen Davis – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, BS
Residency: UPMC Medical Education Pittsburgh, Pa.: Anesthesiology

Kunal Debroy – College of William and Mary, BS
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center/Einstein, Bronx, N.Y.: Neurology

Anne Elizabeth Fenton Dimmock – Franklin and Marshall College, BA; The Pennsylvania State University, MPH
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Internal Medicine

Martha Dresley Doxsey – University of Massachusetts, BS
Residency: Tufts Medical Center-MA, Boston, Mass.: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Elizabeth U. Drda – Lebanon Valley College, BS
Residency: University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Ariz.: Pediatrics

Amanda Blaine Dubbs – Millersville University, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Family Medicine

Julia Dunbar – University of Notre Dame, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Emergency Medicine

Garrett Victor Dunn – Washington and Jefferson College, BA
Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio: Anesthesiology

Brandon Eden – Muhlenberg College, BS
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Md.: Anesthesiology

Kodi Endres – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Anesthesiology

Alana Ebbitt Ernharth – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Anesthesiology

Hannah Marie Herbert Faeben – Virginia Commonwealth University, BS
Residency: Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, N.C.: Family Medicine

Noa Fatimah Farou – The University of Texas at Austin, BSA
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, S.C.: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Zachary Robert Foster – Brigham Young University, BS
Residency: University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, N.C.: Anesthesiology

Madelaine Fritsche – James Madison University, BS, BS
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.: Dermatology

Randy Enrique Galan – University of Utah, BS
Residency: UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, Calif.: Family Medicine

Sage Gee – University of Nevada, BS
Residency: University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine, Reno, Nev.: Psychiatry

Aria Ghahramani – Franklin and Marshall College, BA
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Psychiatry

Sarah Gabrielle Gillespie – University of Virginia, BA
Residency: Christiana Care, Newark, Del.: Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine

Daniel James Goetschius – Grove City College, BS; Westminster Theological Seminary, MAR; Dublin City University, MSc; The Pennsylvania State University, PhD
Residency: UPMC Medical Education, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Internal Medicine

Stephanie Golub – University of Maryland, College Park, BS; The Johns Hopkins University, MS
Residency: Maine Medical Center Portland, Maine: Family Medicine

Marina Laura Gonzalez – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa.: Internal Medicine

Paul Jacob Gottshall – Marquette University, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio: Internal Medicine

Neha Gupta – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: George Washington University, Washington D.C.: Emergency Medicine

Giang I. Ha – University of California, Berkeley, BS, MTM
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center/Einstein, Bronx, N.Y.: Internal Medicine

William Haselden – University of Alabama, BS, BSE; The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, PhD
Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa: Neurological Surgery
(Graduated December 2022)

Steven James Hatten Jr. – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.: Internal Medicine

Stephanie Julia Hawkins – Ursinus College, BS
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.: Internal Medicine

Sarah Marie Hershberger – Marian University, BS, BA
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center/Einstein, Bronx, N.Y.: Family Medicine

Ryan Higgins – Seattle Pacific University, BS
Residency: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb.: Otolaryngology

Lisa Ho – Stony Brook University, BS
Residency: Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Mass.: Radiology- Diagnostic

Don Hoang – Wright State University, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd

Maria S. Holstrom Mercader – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.: Emergency Medicine

Travis Hoover – Messiah University, BS
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Md.: Radiation Oncology

Nonyelum Victoria Ibik – Lincoln University, BS
Residency: Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas: Transitional Year

Raisha Haleema Ismail – Williams College, BA
Residency: University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vt.; Internal Medicine

Diane Haeji Jang – Dartmouth College, BA
Residency: Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Seattle, Wash.: Surgery-Preliminary

Kimberly Ellen Jayne – Trevecca Nazarene University, BS
Residency: Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Pa.: Family Medicine

Martin Thomas Johnson – Drexel University, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, PhD
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.: Internal Medicine

Benjamin Alexander Jonik – Duquesne University, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, MPH
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.: Anesthesiology

Katherine Julian – The Ohio State University, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Col.: Internal Medicine

Alma Jusufagic – University of California, Los Angeles, BS, MPH
Residency: MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Jennifer Ann Kane – Elon University, BA
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Urology

Spencer Ridgway Katz – Yale University, BS; The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, PhD
Residency: Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio: Pediatrics/Medical Genetics

Noor Kawmi – Assumption University, BA
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.: Anesthesiology

Charles Jerome Keith – United States Military Academy, BS
Residency: Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash.: Radiology-Diagnostic

Steven King – The College of New Jersey, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Internal Medicine

Kelly Marie Kons- University of Wisconsin, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Bronson Ross Kunzler – Utah State University, BS
Residency: UPMC Medical Education, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Internal Medicine

Shelby Alexis Labe – Trinity College, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.: Anesthesiology

Makayla Beatrice Lagerman – Bucknell University, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Family Medicine

Michael Elden Larsen – University of Utah, BS
Residency: University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah: Pediatrics/Medical Genetics

Charles Chansoo Lee – Cornell University, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Plastic Surgery (Integrated)

Morgan Elizabeth Lehman – University of Pittsburgh, BS
Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston- Salem, N.C.: Internal Medicine

Brooke Pero Lichak – Lehigh University, BS
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.: Pediatrics

Christine Lin – Cornell University, BS
Residency: UPMC Medical Education, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Radiology-Diagnostic

Jeffrey Lorenz – The Pennsylvania State University, BS, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Otolaryngology

Victoria Elaine Malone – Lebanon Valley College, BS
Residency: Wellspan Health Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, Pa.: Family Medicine

Brandon Martinazzi- Juniata College, BS
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pa.: Orthopaedic Surgery

Carly M. Maucione- Rutgers University, BA
Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Mo.: Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical

Elise M. McNulty – Princeton University, BS; The Johns Hopkins University, MHS
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.: Pediatrics

Rea Mittal – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: Childrens National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.: Child Neurology

Puneet Modgil – The Ohio State University, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Internal Medicine

Rebecca Ann Morgis – Albright College, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.: Pediatrics

Drew Dalton Mullins – Swarthmore College, BA
Residency: UPMC St. Margaret, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Family Medicine

Frederick Mun – Carnegie Mellon University, BA, BS
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.: Orthopaedic Surgery

Leah Musser – University of Pittsburgh, BS
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio: Neurology

Zakary S. Newberry – University of Maryland, Baltimore County, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Family Medicine

Uyen Phuong Nguyen – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala.: Surgery-General

Robert H. Nordell, IV – University of Iowa, BS
Residency: Tower Health/Reading Hospital, West Reading, Pa.: Emergency Medicine

Wendy Osei-Bonsu – College of Saint Benedict, BA
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.: Neurology

Megha Patel – McGill University, BS; McMaster University, MSGH
Residency: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.: Pediatrics

Rutu R. Patel – The College of New Jersey, BS
Residency: Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, N.J.: Psychiatry

Jordan Elise Pearson – Houghton College, BS
Residency: University of Rochester/Strong Memorial, Rochester, N.Y.: Anesthesiology

Lindsey Peck – Duke University, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: St. Lukes Hospital, Bethlehem, Pa.: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Mallory R. Peterson – The Pennsylvania State University, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, PhD
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, Pa.: Neurological Surgery

Blaine Michael Prichard – The Pennsylvania State University, BS; University of Pittsburgh, BS
Residency: University at Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, N.Y.: Family Medicine

Olga Prokunina – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BS
Residency: Brown University /Butler Hospital, Providence, R.I.: Psychiatry

Anna Marie Ptasinski – Lafayette College, BS
Residency: Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Orthopaedic Surgery

Muhammed A. Rahim – Rutgers University, BA
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.: Internal Medicine

Roberto Ramirez-Rivera – The Johns Hopkins University, BS
Residency: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.: Family Medicine

Nina Razavi – Saint Louis University, BS
Residency: Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Alyson Rich – University of Michigan, BS
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio: Neurology

Monica Rizk – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BS, BA
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Medicine-Preliminary

Meghan E. Robbins – Boston University, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Conn.

Catherine Marie Roberts – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: UPMC Harrisburg, Harrisburg, Pa.: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Savreen Kaur Saran – University of California, Berkeley, BA
Residency: UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, Calif.: Family Medicine

Alyssa R. Scott – Muhlenberg College, BS; University of North Carolina, MPH
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Md.: Internal Medicine

Stephen Petros Sekoulopoulos – Valparaiso University, BS, BA; Indiana University School of Medicine, MS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Urology

Mariam A. Shalaby – University of Pittsburgh, BS
Residency: ISMMS Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, N.Y.: Psychiatry

Rebecca Claire Smith – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, BS
Residency: Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine: Psychiatry

Natasha Sood – University of Pittsburgh, BS; Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, MPH; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass.: Anesthesiology

Lilly Su – The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: Stanford Health Care, Stanford, Calif.: Pediatrics

Haorui Sun – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: New York Presbytery Hospital – Columbia University Medical Center, New York, N.Y.: Family Medicine

Cyril “Simo” Tankam – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Medical degree awarded posthumously

Morris Kobina Taylor – Messiah University, BSc
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Family Medicine

Amy Thompson – United States Military Academy, BS
Residency: William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas: Orthopaedic Surgery

Garrett Thompson – University of New Hampshire, BS; University of Sheffield, MPH
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Emergency Medicine

Alyssa Wang Tuan – University of Florida, BS, BS, MPH
Residency: University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.: Internal Medicine

Jacqueline Tucker – The Pennsylvania State University, BS, MEd
Residency: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minn.: Otolaryngology

Valerie Jeanette Urban – Connecticut College, BA
Residency: University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Pediatrics

Baadal Ajay Vachhani – Muhlenberg College, BS
Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston- Salem, N.C.: Psychiatry

John Walsh – Miami University, BS, BS
Residency: Ohio Health-Grant Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio: Family Medicine

Melody Wang – University of California, Los Angeles, BS
Residency: Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.: Family Medicine

Abigail Washington – Wheaton College, BA; The Pennsylvania State University, MPH
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Dermatology

Benjamin W. Watt – Saint Vincent College, BS
Residency: Lawndale Christian Health Center, Chicago, Ill.: Family Medicine

Sarah Rebecca Weber – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Ophthalmology

Carson Alice Wills – Haverford College, BS; The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, PhD
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.: Internal Medicine

Holly Nicole Wisnousky – Coe College, BA; The Pennsylvania State University, MPH
Residency: University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Emergency Medicine

Lisa Marie Witmer – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Internal Medicine

Ashley Wong – The Pennsylvania State University, BS, MEd
Residency: George Washington University, Washington D.C.: Internal Medicine

Megan Lynn Wood – Iona University, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, MEd
Residency: Stony Brook Teaching Hospital, Stony Brook, N.Y.: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Emma Wu – University of California, San Diego, BS, MS
Residency: UC San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.: Anesthesiology

Akshata Yalvigi
Residency: Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Conn.: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Jay William Yang – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa.: Radiology-Diagnostic

Habib Yazgi – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pa.: Internal Medicine

Patricia Pei Hsuan Yee – University of Michigan, BS; The Pennsylvania State University, PhD
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.: Neurological Surgery

Lisa Renae Yoder – Allegheny College, BS
Residency: University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Anesthesiology

Zeva Michal Young – The Pennsylvania State University, BS
Residency: University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo.: Pediatrics

Zahra Zhu – New York University, BA
Residency: New York Presbytery Hospital – Columbia University Medical Center, New York, N.Y.: Child Neurology

Monica Marie Zukowski – University of Pittsburgh, BS
Residency: Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Surgery-General