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Soechting.
Received a PhD in Neuroscience:
Katherine Himes - Univ. Minnesota (2007)
Received a PhD in another field
Eugene Y. Vasserman ‘03 – Computer Science, Kansas State (2010) - Assistant Professor, Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Matthew Dufek ’02 - Pharmaceutical Sciences, Univ. North Carolina (2011) - Genentech
Received an MD:
Narayan Kissoon ‘07 – Univ. Minnesota (2011) – Neurology Residency, Mayo Clinic
Mara Bann ’06 – Johns Hopkins (2011) – Internal Medicine Residency, Univ. Washington
David Bearl ’06 – Univ. Minnesota (2011) – Pediatrics Residency, Creighton Univ., Univ. Nebraska
Ronda Farah ’06 – Univ. Minnesota (2011) - Dermatology
Callie Cox ‘07 – Des Moines University (2011) – Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Aurora Sinai Medical Center
Maya Babu ‘05 – Harvard Univ. (2010), MBA Harvard) – Neurosurgery Residency, Mayo Clinic
Sibyl Siegfried ’05 – Univ. Wisconsin (2011) – Family Medicine Residency, Group health, Seattle
Philip Barbosa ‘04 - Univ. Minnesota TC (2010) – Urology Residency, Stanford
Sean Marquis '04 – Ross Univ. (2009) – Emergency Medicine Resident, Univ. Toledo
James Slotto ‘04 – Uniformed Services Univ. (2008) – Navy Flight Surgeon
Josh Froman '03 - Univ. Minnesota (2007) – General Surgery Resident
Kelly Casperson '01 - Univ. Minnesota (2005) – Urology Resident
Enrolled in a Graduate Program:
Desiree Abu-Odeh ’10 – Univ. Minnesota, Bioethics Master’s Program
Ricky De Mello ’10 – Univ. St. Thomas Law School
Kacey Rajkovich ’10 – Univ. Texas-Southwestern, Neuroscience
Robert Wickham ‘10 – Yale Univ., Neuroscience
Tatiana Anderson ’09 – Univ. Washington, Neuroscience
Preethi David ’09 – Univ. Minnesota
Krista M. Johnson ’09 – Univ. Minnesota, Pharmacy
Mike Keebler ’09 – Cambridge Univ., Pharmacology
Matthew Lewis ‘09 – Cornell Univ., Neurobiology and Behavior
Anh Tran ’09 - University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Fulbright Full Grant
Kirubel Zeleke ’09 - Tulane University School of Public Health,
Natalie Zlebnik ‘08 – Univ. Minnesota, Neuroscience
Angela Walker '08 - Univ. Texas-Southwestern, Neuroscience
Aida Attar '07 – UCLA, Neuroscience
Amanda Kinnischtzke ‘07 – Univ. Pittsburgh - Neuroscience
Sonya Polson ‘07 – Univ. Pittsburgh - Neuroscience
Kelly Sovell ‘07 – Univ. Minnesota, MPH Epidemiology
Jonathan Ehrich '06- Univ. Washington, Neuroscience
Kim Krawczewski ‘06 – Purdue Univ. - Neuroscience
Paul Johnson '06 – Scripps Research Inst., Neuroscience
Enrolled in MD/PhD Program
Jenny Zick ’10 – Univ. Minnesota
Enrolled in Medical School:
Tarini Goyal ’12 – Univ. Minnesota
Pouya Hemati ’11 – Univ. Minnesota TC
Arman Cicic ’10 – Des Moines Univ.
Amy Erickson ‘10 – Des Moines Univ.
Armin Jewell ’10 - Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rachel Kyllo ’10 – U Penn
Janaki Paskaradevan ’10 – Johns Hopkins
Rima Chakraborty '09 - University of Missouri, Kansas City
David Horn ’09 – Medical Coll. Wisconsin
Kiran Kanth ’09 – Univ. Minnesota TC
Emily Kidd ’09 – Boston Univ.
Jessica Novak ’09 – Univ Wisconsin
Charles Vasquez ’09 – UCLA
Carmen Avendano ‘08 – St. George's Medical School
Tracy Buchanan ’08 – Wright State University
Ken Dodd ’08 – Univ. Minnesota TC
Nils Westfall (Wubbels) ‘08 – Univ. Minnesota
Jo Barta ‘07 – Univ. Minnesota
Brittani Conway ’07 – Univ. Minnesota TC
Joseph Page ‘07 – Rush University
Trent Tollefson ‘07 - Univ. Minnesota TC
Blake Daley ’06 - Touro University Medical School
Dan Mark '06 – New York Medical College
Twinkle Pandian ‘06 – Mayo
Shivang Patel ‘06 – Touro Univ. Coll. Osteopathic Med.
Sarah Rustad ’06 - Saba University, Dutch Antilles
Dustin Sperr ‘06 - Univ. Minnesota TC
Jon Papic ‘04 - Univ. Minnesota TC
Sean Marquis ‘04 – Ross Univ.
Heidi Skoog L'Esperance ’03 – Michigan State University
Employed:
Katherine Himes ’99 – PhD ’07 – Assistant to Sr. Vice President, Academic Affairs, UM
Megahn Beck ’04 – MS Genetic Counseling – Genetic Counselor, Kaiser Permanente
Meredith Seaborn ’04 – Neurological Technical Consultant, Medtronic
Karen Baker ’08 – MPH, Data Analyst, Hennepin County Medical Center
Josiah Severin ’09 - Clinical Studies Specialist, Medtronic
Samantha Lundeby ‘09 - Project Coordinator, Dittman Research Corporation, Anchorage, AK
Joined Phi Beta Kappa:
Brittani Conway - studied Spanish (2007)
Alexander Hartmann – studied Chinese and Korean (2007)
Sonya Polson - studied French (2007)
Kelly Sovell – studied Italian (2007)
Kelsey Pflepsen – studied Spanish (2011)
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