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Commencement 2019
Tuesday, May Twenty-eighth
Two Thousand and Nineteen
6:30 p.m.
The Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts
615 Louisiana
Houston, TexasTHE COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION
Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Commencement Speaker
President of the College of Medicine and Honored Guests
Chancellor
Provost
Deans of the College
Associate Provosts
Chairs of Academic Departments and Center Directors
Trustees of the College
Professors of the College
Associate Professors of the College
Assistant Professors of the College
Instructors of the College
Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy and Faculty Advisors
Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine
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Significance of the Colors of the Academic Regalia
The color of the velvet edging of the hood and gown indicates the degree; in the lining
of the hood are the college colors of the institution that conferred the degree.
The hood and gown of the Doctor of Philosophy has a blue velvet edging;
Doctor of Medicine, green; both Doctor of Divinity and Doctor of Theology, scarlet;
Doctor of Laws, purple; Doctor of Science, golden yellow;
Doctor of Letters and Humanities, white; and Doctor of Dentistry, lilac.
iiiPROGRAM
Processional
Welcome .................................................................................... Mr. Fred R. Lummis, Chair, Board of Trustees
Introductions and Remarks .................................... Dr. Paul E. Klotman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive Dean
Presiding ....................................................................................................... Dr. Alicia D.H. Monroe, Provost
Senior Vice President of Academic and Faculty Affairs
Remarks by the Student Representative
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences ............................................................. Dr. Marissa Ann Scavuzzo
Remarks by the President of the Graduating Class
School of Medicine ..................................................................................................Mr. Brian Sooman Park
Introduction of Awardees..............................................................................................Dr. Alicia D.H. Monroe
Presentation of Awardees and Conferring of Honorary Degrees.........................................Dr. Paul E. Klotman
Doctor of Humanities in Medicine
Dr. Marla M. Guerra
Retired Superintendent, South Texas Independent School District
Liz Scott
Co-Executive Director, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
Doctor of Letters in Medicine
Dr. Erin K. O’Shea
President, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Dr. Ruth J. Simmons
President, Prairie View A&M University
ivJohn E. Whitmore Lecture Commencement Address ...................................................... Dr. Ruth J. Simmons
Presentation of the Candidates for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy...................................... Dr. Adam Kuspa
Interim Dean
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Conferring of Degrees ....................................................................................................... Dr. Paul E. Klotman
Administration of the Physician’s Pledge ................................................................................ Dr. Joseph S. Kass
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
School of Medicine
Presentation of the Candidates for the Degree Doctor of Medicine.................................. Dr. Jennifer Christner
Dean
School of Medicine
Conferring of Degrees ....................................................................................................... Dr. Paul E. Klotman
Benediction ................................................................... Dr. Virgil Fry, Executive Director – Lifeline Chaplaincy
Recessional
Investing Marshals
School of Medicine
Dr. Edward Lee Poythress, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
Dr. Andrea Gail Stolar, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
The John E. Whitmore
Endowed Lectureship
Mrs. Clara Whitmore established the John E. Endowed Lectureship in 1987
as a perpetual tribute to the lifetime accomplishments of her late husband, John E. Whitmore;
his service as a Trustee of Baylor College of Medicine; and his interest in medical education,
research and healthcare. Mrs. Whitmore further enhanced the endowment in 1993.
The College lost a dear friend with her death in 2010.
vErin K. O’Shea, Ph.D.
Dr. Erin K. O’Shea is the sixth president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the first woman to lead
the institute. She also is the Paul C. Mangelsdorf Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and a professor of
chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University. O’Shea was named an HHMI investigator in 2000, and
she previously served as vice president and chief scientific officer of the institute before being named president
in 2016.
Under her leadership, the institute has established key priorities for its work in discovery science and science
education, and O’Shea is responsible for new efforts at HHMI to increase diversity in science and improve the
academic ecosystem. She also has overseen strategic changes to the institute’s core programs to ensure it maintains
its impact over time.
O’Shea is a leader in the fields of gene regulation, signal transduction and systems biology, and she maintains a
lab at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus. Prior to joining HHMI leadership, she was the director of Harvard’s
Center for Systems Biology and served on the faculties of Harvard and the University of California, San Francisco.
She completed her undergraduate training at Smith College and her doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
and the American Academy of Microbiology. She serves on the boards of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
and Rescuing Biomedical Research and on the scientific advisory board of the Francis Crick Institute.
Marla M. Guerra, Ed.D.
For 17 years, Marla Guerra served as the superintendent of the South Texas Independent School District, where
Baylor College of Medicine has six partner high schools. Guerra was instrumental in the expansion and success
of these schools.
Under her leadership, the district had a rise in student success, with performance in state accountability
consistently surpassing set targets and levels of others across the state and campuses consistently ranking among
the best in the state and nation. At the time of her retirement, the district ranked first in the state and sixth in
the nation in the Niche 2018 Best K-12 School Districts rankings.
Guerra has driven the expansion of academic offerings and opportunities for hands-on learning and networking
through partnerships with local businesses and organizations as well as institutions of higher learning.
She started her career as a social worker and held numerous positions as she pursued her 40-year career in
education, including teacher, principal, assistant superintendent, superintendent and college professor.
Guerra worked with Baylor to expand its network of high schools and middle schools with programs aimed
at students interested in careers in medicine, science and the health professions. Baylor’s network of schools in
South Texas includes four high schools and two middle schools.
viLiz Scott
Liz Scott is the co-executive director of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, which was created in January 2005
following the death of her daughter, Alex, of cancer at the age of 8.
At the age of 4, three years after being diagnosed with neuroblastoma, Alex told her parents that she wanted
to raise money to cure cancer in children through lemonade stands. At the time of her death, more than $1
million had been raised through lemonade stands run by children nationwide.
Since the first lemonade stand in 2000, the foundation has raised more than $150 million to fund research and
programs to help families struggling with childhood cancer, such as the Travel for Care program and SuperSibs.
The foundation has funded nearly 1,000 grants for pediatric cancer research at 135 institutions, including
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. Currently, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation funds
12 grants at Baylor College of Medicine totaling more than $2.5 million.
The organization’s key events include Lemonade Days, where supporters across the country host lemonade
stands in their neighborhoods every June, as well as Alex’s Million Mile, the largest childhood cancer awareness
challenge that funds researchers so they can find better treatments and more cures for kids battling cancer.
Participants of all ages log as many active miles as possible during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with
the goal of collectively moving 1 million miles during the month.
viiThe Roy and Lillie Cullen Building
The Baylor University College of Medicine moved to Houston in 1943 from
Dallas to launch the proposed Texas Medical Center. The building to house
Baylor's medical school was named after Hugh Roy and Lillie Cullen who moved
to Houston in 1911 and made their fortune in oil. The Cullen Foundation's first
check was written in 1947 to fund the new medical building. Architects Hedrick
and Lindsley designed the building with modern deco elements and Texas cream
limestone. A portico was added in 1982 to enhance the main entrance. The Cullen
building remains at the heart of the Texas Medical Center.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2014
viiiCOMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
Ruth J. Simmons, Ph.D.
President of Prairie View A&M University
Dr. Ruth Simmons serves as the president of Prairie View Simmons completed her undergraduate training at Dillard
A&M University. She is the eighth president of the institution University in New Orleans and went on to earn her master’s
and the first woman to serve as president at the university. and doctorate degrees from Harvard University. She is
She served in various faculty and administrative roles at the widely recognized for her focus on servant leadership and the
University of California, Princeton University and Spelman importance of advancing high-quality education for students
College and then, in 1995, she became president of Smith from all backgrounds.
College. She was the first African-American woman to head She is the recipient of many honors, including a Fulbright
a major college or university and, as president, she started the Fellowship to France, the 2001 President’s Award from the
first engineering program in a U.S. women’s college. In 2001, United Negro College Fund, the 2002 Fulbright Lifetime
she became the president of Brown University and was the Achievement Medal, the 2004 Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill
first African-American president of an Ivy League institution Medal, the Foreign Policy Association Medal and the
as well as Brown’s first female president. At Brown, she also Centennial Medal from Harvard University. She is a member
held appointments as a professor in the Departments of of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American
Comparative Literature and Africana Studies. Philosophical Society and the Council on Foreign Relations.
In 2011, Simmons retired and moved to Texas, where she She serves on the board of a number of companies and
was born and raised, and in 2017 agreed to serve as interim nonprofit organizations. In 2012, the president of France
president of Prairie View A&M University, a historically named her a ‘chevalier’ of the French Legion of Honor.
black university. Later that year, she was officially named as
president of the institution.
1Candidates for the Degree, Doctor of Philosophy
Alexandra Acevedo-Rodríguez
B.S., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Ph.D., Neuroscience
Advisor: Shailaja K. Mani, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Estrogen, Oxytocin, and Stress, Oh My!”
Callison Edward Alcott
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Developmental Biology
Advisor: Huda Yahya Zoghbi, M.D.
Dissertation: “NUDT21 Variants Cause Intellectual Disability via Misregulated Alternative Polyadenylation”
Katherina Maria Alsina
B.A., Rice University
Ph.D., Developmental Biology
Advisor: Xander Wehrens, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Post-Translational Regulation of Ion Channels in Cardiac Health and Disease”
James Michael Arnold
B.S., University of Washington
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Arun Sreekumar, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Insights into Metabolic Reprogramming By the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Breast Cancer"
David Alan Bader
B.S., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology
Advisor: Sean Eric McGuire, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Mitochondrial Pyruvate Import is a Metabolic Vulnerability in Prostate Adenocarcinoma"
Lakshya Bajaj
B. Dental Surgery, Maharshi Dayanand University
M.S., Tulane Medical School (LA)
Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics
Advisor: Marco Sardiello, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “A CLN6-CLN8 Complex Recruits Lysosomal Enzymes at the Endoplasmic Reticulum”
Anthony Patrick Barrasso
B.S., Bridgewater State University
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Ross Poche, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Coupled Mitochondrial Activity and Cell Cycle Progression in the Mammalian Retina”
Genevieve Danielle Bertolet
B.S., Louisiana State University
Ph.D., Immunology
Advisor: Joel Neilson, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “MIR-146A WILD-TYPE 3' Sequence Identity is Dispensable for Proper Innate Immune Function in Vivo”
Lynn Hope Bimler
B.S., B.A., University of Dallas
Ph.D., Immunology
Advisor: Silke Paust, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “M2e-specific Monoclonal Antibodies as a Universal Influenza A Treatment”
2Vitaliy V. Bondar
B.S., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics
Advisor: Huda Yahya Zoghbi, M.D.
Dissertation: “Elucidating Therapeutic Entry for Points Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1”
Cameron August Brown
B.S., University of Southern Indiana
Ph.D., Pharmacology
Advisor: Timothy Gerald Palzkill, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Role of Naturally Occurring B-Lactamase Mutations in the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance”
Lee Thomas Call
B.S., Brigham Young University
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: Douglas G. Burrin, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Formula Carbohydrates and Parenteral Lipid Composition Shape Intestinal Microbiota,
Metabolome, and Disease Risk in Premature Pigs”
Steven Gregory Call
B.S., Brigham Young University
Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology
Advisor: Orla M. Conneely, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Targeting MYC-Dependent AML Using Small Molecule Activators of NR4A Nuclear Receptors”
Ivenise Carrero
B.S., University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
M.S., University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics
Advisor: Aleksandar Milosavljevic, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Epigenomic Approaches to Understanding genetic and Histoepigenetic Variation”
Henry Xin Cham
B.A., SUNY at Binghamton
Ph.D., Neuroscience
Advisor: J. David Dickman, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “A 3D Neural Compass: 3D Orientation Encoding in the Mice Anterior Thalamus”
Richard Harrison Chapple
B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S., University of Missouri-Columbia
Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics
Advisor: Daisuke Nakada, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Regulation of Hematopoietic Regeneration by Estrogen”
Min-Shan Chen
B.S., Kaohsiung Medical University
M.S., National Taiwan University
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Noah Freeman Shroyer, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Plasticity of Intestinal Epithelial Cells in Regeneration and Colorectal Cancer”
Sungwoo Choi
B.S., SUNY at Stony Brook
Ph.D., Developmental Biology
Advisor: David Moore, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Methyl-Sensing Nuclear Receptor LRH-1 Regulates Mitochondrial Functions in Hepatocytes”
3Derrick Michael Chu
B.S., University of California-Los Angeles
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: Kjersti Marie Aagaard-Tillery, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Maturation of the Early Infant Microbiome and the Impact of a Maternal High-fat Diet”
Justin Ryan Clark
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Anthony Maresso, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Bacterial Metallurgy: New Insights into Heme Metabolism and Virulence”
Zachary Christopher Conley
B.S., Westmont College
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advisor: E. Lynn Zechiedrich, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Sugar and Iron: Toward Understanding the Antibacterial Effect of Ciclopirox in Escherichia coli”
Lexi Crommett
B.S., Texas A&M University
Ph.D., Neuroscience
Advisor: Jeffrey Yau, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Interactions Between Audition and Touch in the Frequency Domain”
Hang Dai
B.S., Fudan University
Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics
Advisor: Yongtao Guan, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “A Reference-free Method for Quantifying Genetic Difference Between Sequencing Samples”
Natalie Janine Dailey Garnes
A.B., Princeton University
M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University
M.D., Harvard Medical School
M.S., Clinical Scientist Training Program
Advisor: Rebecca R. Rico, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “A Pilot Study of Chikungunya Infection in Humanized Mice”
Antonia De Maio
B.A., University of Naples Frederico II
M.A., University of Naples Frederico II
Ph.D., Developmental Biology
Advisor: Huda Yahya Zoghbi, M.D.
Dissertation: “Study of the RNA Binding Protein RBM17 Provides Insight into Regulation of RNA Homeostasis”
Tatiana Yurievna Fofanova
B.S., Rice University
B.A., Rice University
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: Joseph Petrosino, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Personalized Probiotics: Investigation of Targeted Microbial Therapeutics for the Treatment of Disease”
Kristen Nicole Fousek
B.S., The University of Texas at Austin
M.S., University of California-Irvine
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: Nabil M. Ahmed, M.D.
Dissertation: “Targeting Resistant B-lineage Malignancies Using Trivalent Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cells”
4Kenichiro Fujiwara
B.S., Duke University
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Lawrence Allen Donehower, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “The Interaction of Oncogenic Phosphatase WIP1 and p27Kip1 in DNA Damage Response”
Robert Steven Fultz
B.S., Sam Houston State University
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Histamine Receptor Signaling Modulates Inflammation-Associated Colorectal Cancer and
Macrophage-Mediated Phagocytosis”
Jonathan Michael Gallion
B.S., Oregon State University
Ph.D., Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Advisor: Olivier Lichtarge, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Computationally Guided Unraveling of GPCR Signaling Bias”
Bon-Hee Gu
B.S., Yonsei University,
M.S., CHA University
Ph.D., Immunology
Advisor: Farrah Kheradmand, M.D.
Dissertation: “Anti-elastin Autoimmunity in the Lung and Thoracic Aorta”
Michael Cartwright Gundry
B.S., University of California-San Diego
Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics
Advisor: Margaret A. Goodell, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “The Roles of DNMT3A and NPM1 in Leukemogenesis”
Justin Tyme Gunesch
B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder
Ph.D., Immunology
Advisor: Emily Mace. Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Determinants of Function in Human Natural Killer Cell Lines”
Lavesh Amar Gwalani
M.B.B.S., University of Mumbai
M.S., Northeastern University
Ph.D., Immunology
Advisor: Jordan Orange, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Four-Dimensional Quantitation of Degranulation in Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxicity”
Katherine Marie Haines
B.S., The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics
Advisor: Sharon E. Plon, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Molecular Characterization of Pediatric Hepatocellular Neoplasms”
Ryan Christopher Haley
B.S., University of Alaska Anchorage
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Zheng Zhou, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “The Small GTPase RAB-35 Defines a Novel Pathway Required for Apoptotic Cell Clearance in
Caenorhabditis elegans”
5Anne M. Hause
B.S., The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
M.S., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: Pedro A. Piedra, M.D.
Dissertation: “The Road to a Maternal Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine: Sequence Variability and
Clinical Impact of RSV in Pregnant Women”
Teng-Kuei Hsu
B.S., National Taiwan University
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Olivier Lichtarge, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Evolutionary Calculus of the Genotype-Phenotype Relationship”
Kelsey E. Jarrett
B.S., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
M.S., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: William R. Lagor, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Liver-directed Somatic Genome Editing of the LDL Receptor to Model and Correct a Metabolic Disease”
Xiqian Jiang
B.S., Peking University
Ph.D., Pharmacology
Advisor: Jin Wang, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Development of Reaction-Based Fluorescent Probes for Biothiol Quantification”
Valerie Kristin Jordan
B.S., University of Houston-Downtown
Ph.D., Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Advisor: Daryl Armstrong Scott, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Upstream Regulators and Downstream Targets of GATA4 in Structural Birth Defects”
Sanjeev Khatiwada
B.A., Cornell College
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Mauro Costa-Mattioli, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Mechanisms Underlying Vulnerability to the Effects of Psychostimulants”
Jordan Kho
B.S., University Washington (FR)
Ph.D., Developmental Biology
Advisor: Brendan Hl Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Argininosuccinate Lyase Deficiency Causes an Endothelial-Dependent Form of Hypertension”
Amanda Michelle Koire
B.A., Pomona College
Ph.D., Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Advisor: Olivier Lichtarge, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Applying Evolutionary Action to the Interpretation and Prioritization of Rare Variants in Complex Diseases”
Andrew Laitman
B.A., Harvard University
Ph.D., Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Advisor: Zhandong Liu, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Network-Based Methods for Integrated Analysis of Biomedical Data”
6Janakiraman Kausik Lakshminarasimhan
B.Eng., Birla Institute of Technology and Science. PIlani
M.S., Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Ph.D., Neuroscience
Advisor: Dora Angelaki, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Behavioural Strategies and Neural Computations for Goal-Directed Visual Navigation”
Cameron Taylor Landers
B.S., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: David B. Corry, M.D.
Dissertation: “Coagulation Factors at the Nexus of Allergic and Antifungal Inflammation”
Dylan James Laug
B.S., Whitworth University
Ph.D., Developmental Biology
Advisor: Benjamin Deneen, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Nuclear Factor IA at the Intersection of Glial Development and CNS Injury”
Thomas Lee
B.A., The University of Texas at Dallas
Ph.D., Immunology
Advisor: Matthew Bettini, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Strengthening Central Tolerance to Prevent T Cell Mediated Autoimmunity”
Jonathan Thomas Lei
B.S., Baylor University
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: Matthew J. Ellis, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Functional Annotation of ESR1 Gene Fusions in Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer”
Laramie Denise Lemon
B.S., Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Alison Ann Bertuch, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “On the Role of KU DNA End Binding in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Telomere Maintenance”
Phoebe Elnora Lewis
B.S., Langston University
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: Qizhi Cathy Yao, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “HIV Virus-Like-Particle Vaccine Strategies to Promote B-cell Responses”
Jiani Li
B.S., China Agricultural University
Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics
Advisor: Fuli Yu, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Identifying Novel Genetic Risk Factors for Complex Diseases Using Next-Generation Sequencing”
Lele Li
B.S., Tsinghua University
Ph.D., Cardiovascular Sciences
Advisor: James Martin, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Loss of PITX2 in Regenerating Cardiomyocytes Leads to Adipose-Like Phenotype”
7Steven Donald Lien
B.S., Trinity University
Ph.D., Neuroscience
Advisor: J. David Dickman, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Vestibular Injury After Exposure to a Low-Pressure Blast Wave”
Phaik Har Karen Lim
B.S., SUNY University at Buffalo
M.S., University of Missouri-St Louis
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: Carl E. Allen, M.D.
Dissertation: “Cell of Origin and Lineage Differentiation of Pathogenic CD1A+CD207+ Cells in Langerhans Cell
Histiocytosis (LCH)”
Yang Lu
B.S., Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Jeffrey M. Rosen, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “MiR-205 Regulates Basal Cell Identity and Stem Cell Regenerative Potential During Mammary Reconstitution”
Berkley Kristina Johnson Luck
B.S., The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “The Role of Bifidobacteria-Gut-Brain Communication in Shaping Functional Brain Connectivity
and Behavior at Various Life Stages”
Sanjana Mahapatra
B.S., SUNY University at Buffalo
Ph.D., Immunology
Advisor: Jordan Orange, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Determining NK Cell Phenotype and Function to Identify Distinguishing Subsets in Healthy and
Treated HIV-Infected Children”
Ken Hou Mak
B.S., Chinese University of Hong Kong
M.Phil., Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Jue D. Wang, M.D.
Dissertation: “Lysosomal Nucleotide Phosphatase MESH-1 Regulates Organelle Homeostasis Via MTOR Pathway”
Dongxue Mao
B.S., Tsinghua University
Ph.D., Developmental Biology
Advisor: Hugo J. Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “VAMP Associated Proteins are Required for Autophagic and Lysosomal Degradation”
Heidi Martini-Stoica
B.S., Rice University
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: Hui Zheng, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Transcription Factor EB (TFEB) in Alzheimer’s Disease”
Sara Elizabeth Kee McCordic
B.S., The University of Texas at Dallas
Ph.D., Neuroscience
Advisor: Huda Yahya Zoghbi, M.D.
Dissertation: “Impaired Spatial Memory Codes in a Mouse Model of Rett Syndrome”
8Anna Barker McMullin
B.S., Texas A&M University
Ph.D., Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Advisor: David B. Bates, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “The Influence of DNA Supercoiling on Replication Fork Progression and Arrest”
Xiangling Meng
B.Med., Peking University
Ph.D., Neuroscience
Advisor: Huda Yahya Zoghbi, M.D.
Dissertation: “Investigating the Effects of MECP2 and Nxph4 on Synaptic and Neurophysiological Functions”
Jessica Ellen Messier
B.S., The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Neuroscience
Advisor: Mingshan Xue, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Inhibition in the CNS: The Role of Neuroligin 2 in Inhibitory Synapse Specification and an
Improved Inhibitory Optogenetic Tool”
Anisha Misra
B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D., Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Advisor: Jason T. Kimata, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Neutralization and Clearance of HIV-1 by GPI-Anchored Anti-HN ENV Antibodies”
Tanner Oliver Monroe
B.S., The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Advisor: James Martin, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Active YAP Promotes Adult Cardiogenesis”
Justin Matthew Mower
B.S., Colorado State University
Ph.D., Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Advisor: Trevor Cohen, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Compositional Related-based Learning (CoRL): A General Purpose Method to Leverage
Literature-derived Relationships Applied to Pharmacovigilance”
Ayse Sena Mutlu
B.S., Bogazici University
Ph.D., Developmental Biology
Advisor: Meng Wang, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Olfaction Regulates Peripheral Lipid Storage Dynamics via Neuroendocrine Signaling”
Andrea Kathleen Nash
B.S., The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Advisor: Joseph Petrosino, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “The Human Mycobiome in Health and Disease”
Tuan Minh Nguyen
B.A., Wabash College
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: Jeffrey M. Rosen, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Translational Regulation in Breast Cancer: A New Sine of the Time”
9Rana Nikzad
B.S., University of California-San Diego
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: Silke Paust, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Human Natural Killer Cells Mediate Adaptive Immunity to Viral Antigens”
Marisol Ann O’Neill
B.S., Syracuse University
M.S., The University of Texas at El Paso
Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology
Advisor: Dolores J. Lamb, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Defining Molecular Mechanisms of Gene Dosage Changes That Underlie Congenital
Genitourinary Anomalies”
Ninad Ramesh Oak
B.S., Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences University
M.S., University of Pune
Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics
Advisor: Sharon E. Plon, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Framework for microRNA Variant Annotation and Prioritization Using Human Population and
Disease Datasets”
Laura Cristina Ortiz-Velez
M.H., Universidad de Antioquia
D. Vet. Med., Universidad de Antioquia
Ph.D., Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Advisor: Robert Britton, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Engineering of Lactobacillus Reuteri as a Therapeutic Delivery System”
Amy Elizabeth Pohodich
B.S., The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Neuroscience
Advisor: Huda Yahya Zoghbi, M.D.
Dissertation: “Exploring the Molecular Changes in MeCP2 Disorders and Their Response to Interventions”
Cecilia Poli
M.D., Universidad de Los Andes
Ph.D., Immunology
Advisor: Jordan Orange, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Identifying the Genetic Cause and Underlying Mechanisms of Disease in Two Unrelated
Individuals with Primary Immune Deficiency and Immune Dysregulation”
Liying Qin
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Choel Kim, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Biochemical and Structural Studies of PKG Ialpha Provide Insights for PKG Ialpha-Specific
Inhibitor Design”
Anubama Rajan
B.Tech., Anna University Chennai
M.S., Georgia State University
Ph.D., Molecular Virology & Microbiology
Advisor: Anthony Maresso, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Next-Gen Models of Infection: How Human Intestinal Enteroids Challenge Current Paradigms of
Bacterial Adherence”
10Ayush Raman
B.Tech., VIT University, Vellore Campus
M.S., Carnegie Mellon University
Ph.D., Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Advisor: Zhandong Liu, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Decoding Big Genomic Datasets: Biases, Hypotheses and Regulation”
Zhenning Ren
B.S., Nanjing University
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Ming Zhou, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Elevator-Type Transport Mechanism of EIIC Transporters”
Amanda Rodríguez
B.S., San Jose State University
Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology
Advisor: Stephanie A. Pangas, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Investigating the Distinct SUMO and SMAD Pathways in the Regulation of Female Fertility”
Michelle Jenny Rubin
B.A., University of St. Thomas
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Gad Shaulsky, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Sociality in Dictyostelium discoideum During Growth”
Alexander B. Saltzman
B.S., Texas A&M University
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Anna Malovannaya, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Informatic Solutions for Gene-Centric Analysis and Integration of Multidimensional Proteomics Data”
Marissa Ann Scavuzzo
B.S., Baldwin Wallace University
Ph.D., Developmental Biology
Advisor: Malgorzata Borowiak, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Constructing Pancreatic Transcriptional Blueprints to Build Better Beta Cells”
Danielle Dee Seckfort
B.S., University of Kansas
Ph.D., Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Advisor: B. Montgomery Pettitt, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Investigating Structural Changes of the LAC Repressor Hinge Helix”
Mumine Senturk
B.S., Bogazici University
Ph.D., Developmental Biology
Advisor: Hugo J. Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Ubiquilin, A Ubiquitin Binding Protein, is Required for ER Quality Control, Lysosomal Function,
and Neuronal Maintenance”
Shan Shen
B.S., Peking University
Ph.D., Neuroscience
Advisor: Andreas Savas Tolias, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Cell-type Specific Connectivity Profile of Local Circuits and Top-Down Cortical Feedback Circuits”
11Trace Lamar Stay
B.S., Brigham Young University
Ph.D., Neuroscience
Advisor: Dora Angelaki, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “The Role of Cerebellar Processing in the Vestibulo-Cerebellar Circuit”
Alexandra McLean Stevens
B.S., Duke University
M.D., Columbia University in The City of New York
Ph.D., Clinical Scientist Training Program (PhD)
Advisor: Michele Simmons Redell, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Novel Approaches to Risk Stratification and Treatment for Pediatric AML”
Adrianne Elayne Stone
B.S., Texas A&M University
M.Ed., Texas A&M University
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: Brendan Hi Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Combinatorial Gene Therapy Approaches to Treating Osteoarthritis”
Sujita Sukumaran
M.S., Birla Institute of Technology and Science. PIlani
M.S., Texas A&M University
Ph.D., Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine
Advisor: Ann Marie Leen, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Customized Cytokine Receptors to Advance T cell Therapy for Solid Tumors”
Kai Li Tan
B.S., Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Ph.D., Developmental Biology
Advisor: Hugo J. Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Ari-1 Regulates Myonuclear Organization Together with Parkin and is Associated with Aortic Aneurysm”
Maria Elisa Terron
B.S., University Metropolitana (PR)
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Olivier Lichtarge, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Residues and Residue Pairs of Evolutionary Importance Differentially Direct
Signaling Bias of Dopamine D2 Receptors”
Chang-Ru Tsai
B.S., National Yang Ming University
M.S., National Yang Ming University
Ph.D., Developmental Biology
Advisor: Michael Galko, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Signal Pathways That Regulate Wound Healing in Drosophila Larvae”
Yen-Kuei Tu
B.S., Harvey Mudd College
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Kimberley Renee Fuch Tolias, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “The Adhesion-GPCR BAI1 Promotes Excitatory Synaptogenesis by
Coordinating Bidirectional Trans-Synaptic Signaling”
12Berrak Ayse Ugur
B.S., Bogazici University
Ph.D., Developmental Biology
Advisor: Hugo J. Bellen, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “A Krebs Cycle Enzyme, Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 3A, Couples
MITOCHONDRIAL Metabolism to Synaptic Transmission”
Meike Esther van der Haijden
B.S., University of Amsterdam
Ph.D., Neuroscience
Advisor: Huda Yahya Zoghbi, M.D.
Dissertation: “Role of ATOH1-Lineage Neurons in Respiratory Control and Neonatal Survival”
Li Wang
B.S., Fundan University
Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics
Advisor: Huda Yahya Zoghbi, M.D.
Dissertation: “The Function and Regulation of Shank3 in Development and Autism”
Mengyu Wang
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
Ph.D., Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Advisor: Ido Golding, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Measuring Transcription at a Single Gene Copy Illuminates mRNA Dynamics and Reveals Intracellular Correlations”
Xing Wei
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Li Xin, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Regulation of Prostate Epithelial Homeostasis”
Stephen Joseph Wilson
B.A., Colorado College
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Olivier Lichtarge, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Precision Medicine Guided Research Through Evolution and Integrated Information”
Nejla Yosef
B.S., University of Gezira
M.S., Wageningen University and Research Centre
Ph.D., Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Advisor: Mary Dickinson, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “The Pro-Angiogenic and Pro-Neurogenic Properties of Mouse Yolk-Sac-Derived Embryonic Macrophages”
Melvin Chen Young
B.S., The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Patrick Barth, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Rational Design and Mechanisms of GPCR-G-protein Coupling”
Smriti Agrawal Zaneveld
A.S., Middlesex County College
B.S., Monmouth University
M.S., University of Delaware
Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics
Advisor: Rui Chen, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Precision Medicine: From Gene Discovery to Functional Analysis and Development
of Therapeutic Interventions for Inherited Retinal Diseases”
13Jing Zhang
B.S., Tsinghua University
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advisor: Ido Golding, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Measuring Transcription at a Single Gene Copy Illuminates mRNA Dynamics and Reveals
Intracellular Correlations”
Mingkun Zhao
B.S., Peking University
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: Jin Wang, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Development of a Novel Gene Delivery Toolkit Using Star-Shaped Cationic Polymers”
Boryana Hristova Zhelyazkova
B.A., Connecticut College
Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology
Advisor: Dolores J. Lamb, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Consequences of an Epimutation Affecting MSH5 Expression in Humans and Mice”
Ying Zhou
B.S., Zhejiang University
Ph.D., Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences
Advisor: David Moore, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Vitamin D Receptor Activation in Liver Macrophage Protects Against Hepatic Endoplasmic
Reticulum Stress”
Lin Lynn Zhu
B.A., Wellesley College
Ph.D., Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Advisor: Michael S. Beauchamp, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Mouth and Voice: A Neuroimaging Study of Visual Speech Perception in the Human Brain”
Ying Zhu
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
Ph.D., Quantitative & Computational Biosciences
Advisor: Fabrizio Gabbiani, Ph.D.
Dissertation: “Spatial Organization and Functional Connectivity of Excitatory Inputs onto an Identified
Collision-Detecting Neuron in the Locust”
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All degrees to be awarded are contingent upon satisfactory completion of all degree requirements.
14SPECIAL AWARDS
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Professor John J. Trentin Scholarship Awards
Derek Michael Chu – 2014
Heidi Martini-Stoica – 2013
Jessica Ellen Messier – 2015
Justin Matthew Mower – 2015
Ayse Sena Mutlu – 2012
Tuan Minh Nguyen – 2014
Kai Li Tan – 2011
Yen-Kuei Tu – 2012
Xing Wei – 2013
Lin Lynn Zhu – 2015
Beckman Poster Award
David Alan Bader – 2017
Li Wang – 2017
Beckman Platform Speaker Award
David Alan Bader – 2018
Li Wang – 2017
Dean’s Award of Excellence
Callison Edwards Alcott – 2016
David Alan Bader – 2015
Heidi Martini-Stoica – 2015
Trace Lamar Stay – 2015
Adrianne Stone – 2015
Chang-Ru Tsai – 2016
Meike Van der Heijden – 2017
Lin Lynn Zhu – 2015
Lehmann Outstanding Student Award
Marissa Ann Scavuzzo – 2017
15Candidates for the Degree, Doctor of Medicine
with Highest Honor
Syed Altamash Ali
Matthew Frederick Cherches
Sirus Jonathan Jesudasen
Talia Jayne Noorily
Pooja Salguti Reddy
Zachary Joseph Solomon
Candidates for the Degree, Doctor of Medicine
with High Honor
Doha Kamel Aboul-Fotouh
Hayden Scott Andrews
Austin Jones
Colette Helene Kendrick
Nhon Thanh Le
David Shiwei Liu
Nathaniel Joseph Spezia-Lindner
Matthew James Stampfl
Candidates for the Degree, Doctor of Medicine
with Honor
Katherine Lynn Cecil
Alexander Clifford Commanday
Logan DeBord
George Hilton Denfield IV
Carly Rachel Dunn
Ali El-Halwagi
Joan Kathryn Fernandez
Tyler Christian Friske
Kirea Mazzolini
Taylor My Hang Nguyen
Randall Zachary Olmsted
Katherine Marie Rodriguez
Jesal Rajesh Shah
Muhammad Musab Shamim
Alison Kremer Yoder
16Candidates for the Degree, Doctor of Medicine
Doha Kamel Aboul-Fotouh
B.A., Rice University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Pediatrics), Houston, Texas
Nyssa Rae Adams
B.S., Ohio University
Baylor College of Medicine M.D./Ph.D. Program:
Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Houston, Texas
Muhammed Ashar Zaheer Afaq
B.S., University of Houston
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Houston, Texas
Mahdi Agha
B.S.Bioch., The University of Texas at Austin
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Houston, Texas
Suchi Agrawal
B.S., Tulane University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Houston, Texas
17Stefanie Louise Alexander
B.S., Canisius College
M.D., Doctor of Medicine*
Baylor College of Medicine M.D./Ph.D. Program:
Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Residency Program:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
(Psychiatry), Nashville, Tennessee
*Degree Awarded December 31, 2018
Syed Altamash Ali
B.S., Rice University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Houston, Texas
Stephanie Michelle Allen
B.A., Baylor University
M.S., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Residency Program:
University of Minnesota Medical School
(Obstetrics & Gynecology), Minneapolis, Minnesota
Elizabeth Dawn Anderson
B.A., Davidson College
Residency Program:
Rush University Medical Center
(General Surgery), Chicago, Illinois
Hayden Scott Andrews
B.S.Bioch., The University of Texas at Austin
Residency Program:
Massachusetts General Hospital
(Internal Medicine), Boston, Massachusetts
Azeen Anjum
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
B.S. Biology, The University of Texas at Austin
Residency Program:
Presbyterian Hospital, Dallas
(Internal Medicine), Dallas, Texas
18Michael David Bass
B.S., University of Notre Dame
Residency Program:
John Peter Smith Hospital
(Transitional), Fort Worth, Texas (2019-2020)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
(Diagnostic Radiology), Dallas, Texas (2020-2023)
Jenna Nicole Bates
B.S., Davidson College
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Urology), Houston, Texas
Megan Michelle Blaney
B.A., Wake Forest University
Residency Program:
University of Utah Health
(Pediatrics), Salt Lake City, Utah
Nelson Boland
B.S., Boston University
Residency Program:
UCLA David Gefffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
(Family Medicine), Los Angeles, California
Natalie Anne Boone
B.S.B.E., The University of Texas at Austin
Residency Program:
Adventist Health - Glendale
(Family Medicine), Glendale, California
Giovanni Antonio Campagna II
B.S.B.E., The University of Texas at Austin
Residency Program:
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
(Transitional), Austin, Texas (2019-2020)
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
(Ophthalmology), Los Angeles, California (2020-2023)
19Felicia Cao
B.A., SUNY University at Buffalo
B.S., SUNY University at Buffalo
Baylor College of Medicine M.D./Ph.D. Program:
Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Residency Program:
Duke University Hospital
(Internal Medicine), Durham, North Carolina
Koby Dane Caplan
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Residency Program:
Trident Medical Center/Medical University of South Carolina
(Family Medicine), Charleston, South Carolina
Jessica Cecilia Carrillo
B.S., Texas A&M University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Pediatrics), Houston, Texas
Katherine Lynn Cecil
B.S., Carnegie Mellon University
Residency Program:
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
(Transitional), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2019-2020)
University of California San Francisco
(Diagnostic Radiology), San Francisco, California (2020-2023)
Yanshu Cheng
B.S., Cornell University
Residency Program:
Methodist Health System, Dallas
(Obstetrics & Gynecology), Dallas, Texas
Matthew Frederick Cherches
B.A., Vanderbilt University
Residency Program:
University of California San Francisco
(Orthopaedic Surgery), San Francisco, California
20Kevin Chiou
B.S., Duke University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Surgery-Preliminary), Houston, Texas (2019-2020)
Baylor College of Medicine
(Diagnostic Radiology/ESIR), Houston, Texas (2020-2023)
Kyrstin Harris Christensen
B.S., University of Southern California
Residency Program:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
(Obstetrics & Gynecology), New York, New York
Alexander Clifford Commanday
B.M., Vanderbilt University
Residency Program:
Emory University School of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Atlanta, Georgia
Mary Margaret Cornaghie
B.A., Rice University
Residency Program:
University of Arkansas College of Medicine, Little Rock
(Orthopaedic Surgery), Little Rock, Arkansas
Andre Constantino Critsinelis
B.S., Rice University
B.A., Rice University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Surgery-Preliminary), Houston, Texas
Logan DeBord
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Residency Program:
HealthONE
(Transitional), Denver, Colorado (2019-2020)
University of Colorado School of Medicine
(Dermatology), Denver, Colorado (2020-2023)
21George Hilton Denfield IV
B.S., Tufts University
M.D., Doctor of Medicine*
Baylor College of Medicine M.D./Ph.D. Program:
Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Residency Program:
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center
(Psychiatry), New York, New York
*Degree Awarded December 31, 2018
Belicia Kuang-Chieh Ding
B.A., Rice University
Residency Program:
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Bronx, New York
Carly Rachel Dunn
B.A., Texas A&M University
Residency Program:
University of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine at San Antonio
(Medicine-Preliminary), San Antonio, Texas (2019-2020)
Baylor College of Medicine
(Dermatology), Houston, Texas (2020-2023)
Sydney Nicole Dunn-Valadez
B.S., Texas A&M University
Residency Program:
University of Alabama Medical Center
(Internal Medicine), Birmingham, Alabama
Ethan Alexander Edmondson
B.A., Amherst College
M.P.H., Columbia University In The City of New York
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Child Neurology), Houston, Texas
22Ali El-Halwagi
B.S., Texas A&M University
Baylor College of Medicine/The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Public Health M.D./M.P.H. Program:
M.P.H., The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Houston, Texas
Joshua Clifton Eldridge
B.S., Stanford University
Residency Program:
Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center
(Psychiatry), Los Angeles, California
Daniel Elias Elizondo
B.A., Rice University
Residency Program:
Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University in St. Louis
(Internal Medicine), St. Louis, Missouri
Maria-Catalina Lao Espinosa
B.S. Biology, The University of Texas at Austin
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Otolaryngology), Houston, Texas
Andres Fabian Espinoza
B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(General Surgery), Houston, Texas
Harish Eswaran
B.S., Duke University
Residency Program:
University of North Carolina Hospitals
(Internal Medicine), Chapel Hill, North Carolina
23Joan Kathryn Fernandez
B.S., Texas Christian University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Medicine-Preliminary), Houston, Texas (2019-2020)
Baylor College of Medicine
(Dermatology), Houston, Texas (2020-2023)
Evan Michael Fisch
B.S., Carnegie Mellon University
Residency Program:
Denver Health Medical Center
(Emergency Medicine), Denver, Colorado
Erin Emily Foster
B.A., Baylor University
Residency Program:
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
(Pediatrics), Houston, Texas
Morgan Nicole Fredell
B.S. Biology, The University of Texas at Austin
Baylor College of Medicine/Rice University M.D./M.B.A. Program:
M.B.A., Rice University
Residency Program:
Sunrise Health Graduate Medical Education Consortium
(Transitional), Las Vegas, Nevada (2019-2020)
Wake Forest School of Medicine
(Ophthalmology), Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2020-2023)
Christopher Scott Frey
B.S., Emory University
Residency Program:
Stanford University
(Orthopaedic Surgery), Redwood City, California
Tyler Christian Friske
B.S.M.E., Southern Methodist University
Residency Program:
HealthONE
(Transitional), Denver, Colorado (2019-2020)
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
(Ophthalmology), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2020-2023)
24Justin Jeng-Young Fu
B.S.E., Duke University
Residency Program:
Kaiser Permanente Washington
(Family Medicine), Seattle, Washington
Adam David Garibay
B.S. Public Health, The University of Texas at Austin
Residency Program:
Harbor - University of California Los Angeles Medical Center
(Emergency Medicine), Torrance, California
Eric Andres Goethe
B.S., Baylor University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Surgery-Preliminary), Houston, Texas
Abigail Gordon
B.A., Rice University
Residency Program:
University of Chicago Medical Center
(Transitional), Evanston, Illinois (2019-2020)
Emory University School of Medicine
(Ophthalmology), Atlanta, Georgia (2020-2023)
Shreya Goyal
B.B.A., Baylor University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Houston, Texas
Chelsea Justine Guy-Frank
B.A., New York University
Residency Program:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
(General Surgery), Dallas, Texas
25Tu-Anh Nguyen Ha
B.S.Bioch., The University of Texas at Austin
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Otolaryngology), Houston, Texas
Julie Anastasia Hall
B.S., University of Oklahoma
Residency Program:
University Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
(Pediatrics), Austin, Texas
Chelsea Henshaw
B.A., Rice University
Residency Program:
Johns Hopkins University
(Obstetrics & Gynecology), Baltimore, Maryland
Rebecca Long Hetrick
B.A., Vanderbilt University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Pediatrics), Houston, Texas
Lucy Huo
A.B., Washington University in St. Louis
Residency Program:
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas
(Family Medicine), Dallas, Texas
Christopher Huynh
B.S., University of Houston
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Anesthesiology), Houston, Texas
Suzette Ikejiani
B.S.Ed., University of Miami
Residency Program:
Yale-New Haven Medical Center
(Emergency Medicine), New Haven, Connecticut
26Jake Sheraj Jacob
B.A., Rice University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Houston, Texas
Annum Jaffer
B.S. Biology, The University of Texas at Austin
Residency Program:
New York University School of Medicine
(Pediatrics), New York, New York
Lakshay Jain
B.S. Biology, The University of Texas at Austin
M.D., Doctor of Medicine*
Residency Program:
University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
(Internal Medicine), Tyler, Texas
*Degree Awarded December 31, 2018
Christabel Olufolake Jaiyeola
B.S., Oral Roberts University
Residency Program:
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
(Medicine-Preliminary), Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2019-2020)
Emory University School of Medicine
(Anesthesiology), Atlanta, Georgia (2020-2023)
Abdur Rafio Jamal
B.S., University of Houston
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Surgery-Preliminary), Houston, Texas
Albert Jang
B.S., Rice University
Residency Program:
Tulane University
(Internal Medicine), New Orleans, Louisiana
27Sirus Jonathan Jesudasen
B.S., Rice University
Residency Program:
Massachusetts General Hospital
(Internal Medicine), Boston, Massachusetts
Jingxiao Jin
B.S., Duke University
Residency Program:
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
(Internal Medicine), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Austin Jones
B.S., Texas A&M University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Child Neurology), Houston, Texas
Jennifer Marie Kaplan
B.S., Texas A&M University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Houston, Texas
Rachel Arielle Kaplan
B.S., Brown University
Residency Program:
MedStar Health/Georgetown Washington Hospital Center
(General Surgery), Washington, District of Columbia
Colette Helene Kendrick
B.A., Rice University
Residency Program:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
(Psychiatry), Dallas, Texas
Jitae Alexander Kim
B.S. Physics, The University of Texas at Austin
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Houston, Texas
28Eric Yau-Ming Kok
B.S., Rice University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Pediatrics), Houston, Texas
Disha Kumar
B.A., Rice University
B.S., Rice University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Houston, Texas
Kristen Lea Lavere
B.S., Trinity University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Internal Medicine), Houston, Texas
Lien Le
B.A., Johns Hopkins University
Residency Program:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
(Pediatrics), New York, New York
Nhon Thanh Le
B.S., University of Houston
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Medicine-Preliminary), Houston, Texas (2019-2020)
Baylor College of Medicine
(Ophthalmology), Houston, Texas (2020-2023)
Rafael Almeida Lima
B.S., Rice University
Residency Program:
Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center
(Emergency Medicine), Chicago, Illinois
29Jessica Sen Lin
B.A., Pomona College
Baylor College of Medicine/Rice University M.D./M.B.A. Program:
M.B.A., Rice University
Residency Program:
Johns Hopkins University
(Internal Medicine), Baltimore, Maryland
Timothy Alan Lin
A.B., Washington University in St. Louis
Baylor College of Medicine/Rice University M.D./M.B.A. Program:
M.B.A., Rice University
Residency Program:
Johns Hopkins University
(Medicine-Preliminary), Baltimore, Maryland (2019-2020)
John Hopkins University
(Radiation Oncology), Baltimore, Maryland (2020-2023)
Weijie Violet Lin
A.B., Dartmouth College
Residency Program:
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
(Transitional), San Jose, California (2019-2020)
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
(Ophthalmology), New York, New York (2020-2023)
David Shiwei Liu
B.A., Rice University
Residency Program:
Massachusetts General Hospital
(Orthopaedic Surgery), Boston, Massachusetts
Taylor Morgan Luckie
B.S., Clemson University
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Pediatrics), Houston, Texas
Salvador Roland Maffei
B.S., University of Miami
Residency Program:
Baylor College of Medicine
(Pediatrics), Houston, Texas
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