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Class of2021
Convocation
the JOHNS HOPKINS
UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
May 26, 2021
Two-Thirty in the AfternoonClass of2021
Convocation
the JOHNS HOPKINS
UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
May 26, 2021
Two-Thirty in the Afternoon
1Class of 2021 Convocation | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Order of Events
WELCOME
Paul B. Rothman, The Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D.
Dean of the Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
GREETINGS
Awa Sanneh, M.D. and 2020 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Alumna
COMMENTS
Thomas W. Koenig, Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs
Neel Koyawala, Medical Student
Peter J. Espenshade, Associate Dean for Graduate Biomedical Education
Monika Marie Looney, Graduate Student
ADDRESS
Kenneth Frazier, J.D.
Chairman, President, and CEO of Merck & Company
ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS
Thomas W. Koenig, Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs
Paul B. Rothman, The Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D.
Dean of the Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Kevin W. Sowers, President, Johns Hopkins Health System and Executive Vice President,
Johns Hopkins Medicine
ANNOUNCEMENT OF TEACHING AWARDS AND SPECIAL AWARDS
Paul B. Rothman, The Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D. Dean of the
Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
PRESENTATION OF MASTERS AND DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DIPLOMAS
Paul B. Rothman, The Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D.
Dean of the Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Roy C. Ziegelstein, Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson, Jr. Professor of Medicine and
the Mary Wallace Stanton Professor of Education, Vice Dean for Education
Peter J. Espenshade, Associate Dean for Graduate Biomedical Education
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Order of Events
THE GRADUATE STUDENT OATH
Administered by
David A. Rini, Professor of Art as Applied to Medicine
PRESENTATION OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE DIPLOMAS
Paul B. Rothman, The Frances Watt Baker, M.D. and Lenox D. Baker, Jr., M.D.
Dean of the Medical Faculty and Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Roy C. Ziegelstein, Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson, Jr. Professor of Medicine and
the Mary Wallace Stanton Professor of Education, Vice Dean for Education
Thomas W. Koenig, Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs
THE OATH OF HIPPOCRATES
Administered by
Colleen Christmas, Associate Professor of Medicine
CLOSING
Roy C. Ziegelstein, Sarah Miller Coulson and Frank L. Coulson, Jr. Professor of Medicine and
the Mary Wallace Stanton Professor of Education, Vice Dean for Education
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Student Awards
THE DAVID TUCKCHOW YUE AWARD THE HARRY C. SALTZSTEIN PRIZE FOR
David Tuckchow Yue, a Johns Hopkins M.D., Ph.D. MEDICAL WRITING
graduate was an inspirational mentor to over 70 students, This prize was established in 1990 by the family of
fellows and members of his Calcium Signals Lab, co- Dr. Saltzstein, a 1914 graduate of the Johns Hopkins
directed the Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Program, and University School of Medicine, to recognize his life
played an important role in the M.D.-Ph.D. program. long interest in medical writing. The award is given to
In his memory, his wife, Nancy, and sons, Michael, that student who has exhibited excellence in medical
Daniel, and Jonathan, along with his Calcium Signals Lab writing as judged by a faculty committee.
members, have sponsored the David Tuckchow Yue Award
to honor innovative research by outstanding graduate Awarded to
students at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Nanki Hura 2020-2021
Awarded to
THE MICHAEL A. SHANOFF
Joseph Yusup Shin 2019-2020
RESEARCH AWARD
Shannon Wongvibulsin 2020-2021
The award is made annually to a student for significant
research contribution in the medical sciences. The
THE SOL GOLDMAN AWARD
award is made possible by a bequest from the family and
The Sol Goldman Award is given annually to a Johns friends of the late Dr. Michael A. Shanoff, who earned his
Hopkins medical student who is recognized by the faculty undergraduate degree and M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from
of the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric the Johns Hopkins University.
Medicine and Gerontology, for excellence in geriatrics
Awarded to
and for exceptional sensitivity to older patients. This
award is made possible by an endowment given by the Chris Moonho Cho 2017-2018
family of Sol Goldman to perpetuate an interest in and James Meixiong 2019-2020
commitment to geriatric medicine and gerontology
among medical students. THE DAVID ISRAEL MACHT
Awarded to RESEARCH AWARD
Priyal Gandhi The David Israel Macht Research Award was
established in 1983 by the family of Dr. Macht to
THE PAUL EHRLICH RESEARCH AWARDS commemorate the centenary of his birth. Dr. Macht
was a member of the faculty of the Departments of
The Paul Ehrlich Awards were established to honor Pharmacology and Medicine in the early part of this
Dr. Paul Ehrlich with funding originally granted by century and was a pioneer investigator in the field of
Dr. Emanuel Libman. The awards, which recognize opiate alkaloids. The Award is intended to recognize
student research contributions, are presented each excellence in investigation by a student in the
year at Young Investigators’ Day. School of Medicine.
Awarded to Awarded to
Sakibul Huq 2018-2019 Bilal Abdul Bari 2018- 2019
Helen Xun 2020-2021
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Student Awards
THE MARTIN AND CAROL MACHT THE HAROLD LAMPORT BIOMEDICAL
RESEARCH AWARD RESEARCH PRIZE
The Martin and Carol Macht Research Award is The memory of Dr. Harold Lamport, a distinguished
awarded to a doctoral candidate whose research investigator, is honored by this prize established by the
evidences elegance in science, originality in thought Lamport Foundation.
and creativity in approach. The Award was made The prize recognizes research contributions.
possible by a donation from the Macht family of
Awarded to
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Katharine Tyler Clark 2018-2019
Awarded to
Helen Rose Clark 2019-2020 THE EXCELLENCE IN MEDICAL STUDENT
James Osei-Owusu 2020-2021 RESEARCH AWARD
This award is given annually to students whose efforts
THE NUPUR DINESH THEKDI in basic biomedical, clinical, or public health research is
RESEARCH AWARD noteworthy and found deserving of special recognition.
This award was established in 2002 to honor the Awarded to
memory of Nupur Dinesh Thekdi, an M.D.-Ph.D.
Amira Olivia Collison 2018-2019
student in the School of Medicine from 1996 until
Barbara Ann Dietrick 2018-2019
his untimely death in 2001. The award was made
possible by the generous contributions of his family Zane Pullman Frazer 2018-2019
and friends and is given to honor outstanding research Eilrayna Gelyana 2018-2019
contributions made by a student in the Nanki Hura 2018-2019
School of Medicine. Neel Koyawala 2018-2019
Thuy Nam 2018-2019
Awarded to
Aarti Purohit 2018-2019
Callie Brooke Shubin 2020-2021
Ingharan James Siddarthan 2018-2019
Julia Jane Wainger 2017-2018
THE BAE GYO JUNG AWARD Leah Jo Weston 2017-2018
The Bae Gyo Jung Research Award was established in
2006 by friends and family in memory of THE HARVEY CUSHING MEDICAL
Bae Gyo Jung, who was a predoctoral student in the STUDENT HUNTERIAN RESEARCH AWARD
department of Biological Chemistry.
This award is presented by the Department of
Awarded to Neurosurgery to a medical student who has
Xiaoguang Li 2018-2019 demonstrated aptitude, dedication and achievement in
Chen Zhao 2020-2021 neurosurgical research and who shows promise
for a career in neurosurgery.
Awarded to
Jeffrey Scott Ehresman
Sakibul Huq
Ravi Teja Medikonda
Zachary Arthur Pennington
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Student Awards
SYLVAN SHANE PRIZE IN ANESTHESIOLOGY THE W. BRUCE FYE PRIZE IN THE
AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
This prize, established by Dr. Sylvan Shane, a former The prize is made possible by the generosity of
member of the faculty in Anesthesiology and Critical W. Bruce Fye (Johns Hopkins BA ‘68, MD ‘72, MA
Care Medicine, recognizes an outstanding medical in History of Medicine, ‘78), a prominent cardiologist
student making a career choice in Anesthesiology. and historian of medicine who is the past president
of both the American College of Cardiology, the
Awarded to
American Osler Society, and the American Association
Megan Frances Hunt
for the History of Medicine, and who served as
Professor of Medicine and History of Medicine at
WILLIAM H. WELCH AWARD the Mayo Clinic. In a long and wide-ranging career
The William H. Welch Award recognizes outstanding as a clinician-historian, Fye’s books and articles have
achievement in Pathology by a medical student. consistently demonstrated the relevance of historical
thinking to medical research, training, practice, and
Awarded to policy. He established this prize in 2018 to encourage
Katherine Marie Fomchenko Johns Hopkins medical students to gain experience in
historical research and writing and to appreciate how
THE HASKINS K. KASHIMA, M.D. the history of medicine provides valuable perspective
PRIZE IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD on current and future challenges and opportunities in
AND NECK SURGERY medical practice, education, and research.
This prize, which honors Dr. Haskins K. Awarded to
Kashima, a former Professor in the Department of Grace Ma
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, recognizes an
outstanding medical student who has chosen a career THE FRANK H. NETTER, M.D. MEMORIAL
in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. SCHOLARSHIP IN MEDICAL ART
Awarded to The medical illustrator, Frank H. Netter M.D., is
Smirnov Denis Exilus known world-wide for his ability to distill complex
medical subject matter into clear, effective teaching
images. Dr. Netter was not only a skilled draftsman,
but knowledgeable in anatomy, physiology, and
pathology through his medical training. Family and
friends established this scholarship to recognize a
student in Art as Applied to Medicine who displays
a similar balance of medical and scientific knowledge
with the artistic skills that he exhibited throughout
his career. Winners of this award have excelled in their
academic courses; displayed exceptional art expression;
and most importantly utilized both resources to create
well-designed and effective didactic illustrations.
Awarded to
Emily Cheng
Emily Chen Wu
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Student Awards
ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA WILLIAM STEWART HALSTED
Honor Medical Society AWARD IN SURGERY
The Alpha Chapter of Maryland was established at the This award, established in honor of Dr. Halsted,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1906. the first professor and director of the Department of
Medical students with outstanding records are elected to Surgery, recognizes that graduating student entering
membership in their senior year. The following members the field of surgery whose proficiency in the discipline
of the graduating class have been elected to membership is deemed outstanding by the faculty of the Sections
in Alpha Omega Alpha: of Surgical Sciences.
Nicholas Stephen Andrade 2019-2020 Awarded to
Sophia Diaz
PHI BETA KAPPA
Honor Society EMILY SIMMS HALLER PRIZE
In recognition of excellent academic performance during The Emily Simms Haller Prize in Obstetrics was
their studies in the School of Medicine the following established in 1993 to honor outstanding medical
students have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa: students for their work in obstetrics. Dr. Haller used
the Hopkins Hospital Clinics and Labor and Delivery
Kristen Alexandra Prufrock
Suite as a site for regular medical student education.
Dr. Haller is beloved by decades of students for her
WARFIELD T. LONGCOPE PRIZE IN teaching and is recognized for her clinical excellence.
CLINICAL MEDICINE She is a wife and mother of Hopkins’ physicians.
The award established in honor of Dr. Longcope, The prize was created by colleagues, friends, and family.
Director of the Department of Medicine from 1922 Awarded to
to 1946, recognizes that graduating student entering Omar Najjar
the field of medicine whose performance in clinical
medicine exemplifies in outstanding fashion the
SOCIETY FOR ACADEMIC EMERGENCY
academic excellence and the human qualities that mark
MEDICINE AWARD
the true physician.
This award recognizes a senior medical student who
Awarded to
has demonstrated excellence in the specialty of
Monica Valerie Meeks
emergency medicine.
Awarded to
HELEN AND HAROLD HARRISON AWARD
Gideon Sperling Loevinsohn
The Harrison Award recognizes the remarkable
achievements of Doctors Helen and Harold Harrison.
The award was established by Dr. Harrison’s house
officers and colleagues during his many years as
Chief of Pediatrics at the Baltimore City Hospitals.
This award recognizes outstanding proficiency
in pediatrics.
Awarded to
Barbara Ann Dietrick
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Student Awards
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY DAVID E. ROGERS AWARD
PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN NEUROLOGY
This award was established by the Johns Hopkins
This prize is awarded by the American Academy of Health System, in honor of David E. Rogers,
Neurology annually to a graduating medical student Dean of the School of Medicine from 1968-1971.
who exemplifies outstanding scientific achievement The award is presented annually to two students
and clinical acumen in Neurology or Neuroscience and who have exemplified the highest standards
outstanding personal qualities of integrity, compassion, of professionalism, medical ethics, and
and leadership. community leadership.
Awarded to Awarded to
Eilrayna Gelyana Monika Marie Looney
Blossom Abrehet Zerabruck Tewelde
THE NOVEY PRIZE IN
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
This prize recognizes that graduating student with an
outstanding academic record in Psychiatry who has
written the best paper on the connection between
medical illnesses and mental life.
Awarded to
Adam Alexander D’Sa
THE STEPHEN J. RYAN, M.D.
PRIZE IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
Stephen J. Ryan, a graduate of the Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, Class of 1965,
established this prize in honor of his dedication to
medical excellence and his affiliation with the Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine and the Wilmer Eye
Institute. This prize is awarded to a graduating
Johns Hopkins medical student with an outstanding
academic record who is entering the field of
Ophthalmology.
Awarded to
Chris Moonho Cho
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Teaching Awards
GEORGE J. STUART AWARD THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXCELLENCE IN
The Stuart Award was established in 1969 following
TEACHING AWARD
the bequest of a grateful patient, George J. Stuart
of Washington, D.C. Dr. Stuart stipulated that This award, established in 1992 by the Johns Hopkins
the income from his bequest be presented to an University Alumni Association, recognizes the critical
outstanding clinical teacher in the School of Medicine. importance of teaching at Johns Hopkins.
The selection is made by the senior students.
Awarded to
Awarded to Amit Kumar Pahwa
Juliana Joan Jung Department of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
PROFESSORS’ AWARD FOR
W. BARRY WOOD, JR. AWARD EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
The W. Barry Wood, Jr. Award for Excellence in The Professors’ Award for Excellence in Teaching was
Teaching is awarded annually to the teachers voted by established in 1981 by the Advisory Board of the
the students in the preclinical years to have been most Medical Faculty and is intended to honor each year
inspirational and/or effective. members of the faculty whose teaching is judged to
have had a profound effect on students in the
Awarded to
School of Medicine.
Marc Kenneth Halushka
Department of Pathology Awarded to
Erika L. Matunis
HOUSE STAFF AWARD Department of Cell Biology
for teaching in the biomedical sciences
The House Staff Teaching Award, established by the
Johns Hopkins Medical Student Senate, is awarded Colleen Christmas
annually for excellence in clinical teaching by a Department of Medicine
member of the house staff. Its purpose is to recognize for teaching in the clinical sciences
an individual’s contributions, but also to emphasize the Carol M. Ziminski
importance that the students attach to the concept of Department of Medicine
house officers as teachers. for teaching by a part time faculty member
Awarded to
Katie Jean O'Conor
Department of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology
GRADUATE STUDENT TEACHING AWARD
The Graduate Student Teaching Award, established in
1986 by the Graduate Student Association, recognizes
excellence in teaching and mentoring at the graduate
level in the biomedical sciences.
Awarded to
David A. Rini
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine
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Teaching Awards
MARTIN D. ABELOFF AWARD FOR IEE TEACHING AWARDS
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN MEDICAL
The Teaching Awards are intended to recognize
AND BIOMEDICAL EDUCATION
outstanding achievement in teaching. Three awards
The Martin D. Abeloff Award for Lifetime are given: one for those on faculty less than 10 years,
Achievement in Medical and Biomedical Education, one for those on faculty 10 or more years, and one
the highest of the Institute for Excellence in specifically for part-time faculty.
Education’s honors, is named for Dr. Martin D.
Awarded to
Abeloff, whose long and illustrious career at
Fasika Ambachew Woreta
Johns Hopkins left an indelible mark. Dr. Abeloff
Department of Ophthalmology
was at Hopkins beginning in 1966, and served as
on faculty less than 10 years
Director of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer
Center from 1992 until his passing in 2007. He was Charles F.S. Locke
a visionary leader, a superb physician and a world Department of Medicine
class scholar, in addition to being a much respected on faculty part-time
colleague and mentor. His educational leadership on
the Committee on Educational Values and Rewards
IEE LEADERSHIP AND MENTORING AWARD
led to the formation of the IEE.
The Leadership and Mentoring Award is intended to
Awarded to
recognize outstanding achievement in mentoring.
John G. Bartlett The recipient is selected based on the training
Department of Medicine experiences and success of the nominee’s mentees.
Mentoring is defined as the process of guiding,
THE LISA J. HEISER AWARD FOR JUNIOR supporting, and promoting the training and career
FACULTY CONTRIBUTION IN EDUCATION development of others. Mentors may contribute in
many areas, including, but not limited to intellectual
The Lisa J. Heiser Award for Junior Faculty
growth and development, career development,
Contribution in Education is named in honor of Lisa J.
professional guidance and advocacy.
Heiser, M.A., Assistant Dean for Faculty Development
and Equity, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2006-2011. Awarded to
Lisa was the embodiment of what makes Johns Eric B. Bass
Hopkins Medicine special; smart and multitalented, Department of Medicine
combining fierce tenacity and commitment with
tremendous personal warmth, friendliness and
IEE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
collegiality. The Heiser award is given to a junior
faculty member, in her/his career 5 years or less on The Educational Scholarship Award is designed for
faculty, who has made an outstanding contribution in the faculty member who has a body of educational
medical/biomedical education, and shows scholarship work. We define scholarship broadly and
great promise for future meaningful contributions to include not only publications, but also workshops,
medical and biomedical education. other dissemination and contributions to other
institutions.
Awarded to
Paul David O’Rourke, Jr. Awarded to
Department of Medicine Rachel Marie E. Salas
Department of Neurology
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Teaching Awards
IEE EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AWARD IEE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AWARD
The Educational Innovation Award recognizes an The Educational Program Award is intended to recognize
individual or, in rare cases, a two-person team, for having a noteworthy medical or biomedical team responsible
developed a resource that directly improves medical or for a teaching program which has been implemented for
biomedical education. This award is meant to five years or less. Programs are judged on their impact
encourage faculty members to creatively apply their on learners, including learner satisfaction, educational
talents to improve the academic needs of learners outcomes attained, and scholarship and recognition.
on a national scale.
Awarded to
Awarded to The Center for Health Humanities at Hopkins
Paul Gisbert Auwaerter Emergency Medicine
Department of Medicine
Christopher J. Hoffmann
Department of Medicine
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Masters of Arts
with title of essay
Emily Cheng; B.S., University of California (Los Emily Ann Slapin Lufkin; B.F.A., Rhode Island
Angeles), 2015; Medical and Biological Illustration. School of Design, 2006; Medical and Biological
Visualizing Glaucoma: Accurately Characterizing and Illustration. Reimagining Delivery of Midlife
Depicting Visual Loss Via Virtual Reality. Women’s Healthcare.
Laura Marie Ekl; B.A., Iowa State University, 2015; Emily Chen Wu; A.B., Washington University in
Medical and Biological Illustration. Mapping the St. Louis, 2016; Medical and Biological Illustration.
Tumor Vasculome: A Novel Interactive 3D Visualization Teaching MRI Physics: Creating Media with a
of Computationally Derived Tumor Hemodynamics. Focus on the Radiology Core Exam.
Sora Cecilia Ji; B.S., University of Wisconsin Susie Eunhong Yun; B.S., University of Western
(Madison), 2015; Medical and Biological Illustration. Ontario, 2017; Medical and Biological Illustration.
The Most Difficult Teachable Moment: Autopsy Educating Patients: Communicating the Gut-Brain
Consenting. Connection in Parkinson’s Disease Using Multimedia.
Nuno Miguel Oliveira; B.S., University of Lisbon, (8)
2005; Ph.D., University of Oxford, 2015; History
of Medicine. The Forgotten Origins of Antimicrobial
Resistance.**
Francesca Schiaffino Salazar; D.V.M., Cayetano
Heredia Peruvian University, 2014; History of
Medicine. Snakebites in the Global Health Agenda
of the Twenty-First Century: A South-to-South
Collaborative Effort.
* = Degree Conferred 8/28/2020 ** = Degree Conferred 12/31/2020
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Masters of Science
with title of essay/capstone
Khin Sandar Aung; B.S., California State University Thomas Kingsley; B.S., State University of New
(Long Beach), 2007; M.P.S., University of Maryland York (Stony Brook), 2008; M.D., University of
(College Park), 2018; Applied Health Sciences Massachusetts Medical School (Worcester), 2014;
Informatics. Knowledge Needs of Clinicians in a MIPH, Harvard University School of Public Health,
Telemedicine Environment.** 2016; Applied Health Sciences Informatics. Inpatient
Census Predictive Analytics and Resource Optimization.**
Zachary George Baker; B.S., George Mason
University, 2018; Biomedical Engineering. CVR- Dallas Paul Kokoska; B.S., West Virginia University,
MRICloud: An Automated Online Tool for the Processing 2017; Anatomy Education.*
of Cerebrovascular Reactivity (CVR) MRI Data.**
Julia Kung; B.S., Taipei Medical University, 2017;
Brianna Kimberly Barry; B.S., University of Texas Health Sciences Informatics. Characterization of the
(Austin), 2017; Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Heterogeneous Prognostic Value of Various Mutational
Biology Training Program-Neuroscience. Burden Estimates Across the Tumors in the TCGA
Cohort.**
George Adrian Benavente; B.S., New Jersey
Institute of Technology, 2014; Applied Health Chenyu Li; B.B.A., Beijing University of Posts
Sciences Informatics. Cohort Analysis for Hot Spotting and Telecommunications, 2018; Health Sciences
Programs.** Informatics. Analytic Methods Used in Real World Data
Based Biomedical Research - A Scoping Review.**
Katie Ann Conlon; B.A., University of California
(Berkeley), 2014; Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Hong Shen Lim; M.B.B.S., National University of
Biology Training Program-Cell Biology.** Singapore, 2014; Applied Health Sciences Informatics.
A Review of Existing Literature on Telemedicine.
Jessica Mary Golio; B.S., Bay Path University, 2017;
Applied Health Sciences Informatics. Creation of a Bhagyashree Maity; B.S.N., University of San
Google IT Certification Coursera Course with a Focus on Francisco, 2015; Applied Health Sciences Informatics.
Healthcare Information Technology. Transitioning from In-Person to Virtual Human
Factors Testing: Implementation Guide for a mHealth
Shefali Gupta; B.A., University of Maryland (College Company.**
Park), 2005; B.S., 2005; Applied Health Sciences
Informatics. Risk Mitigation for Identifiable Genomic Aracely Martinez; B.S., California State University,
Data.** 2019; Anatomy Education.*
Estefany Rios Guzman; B.S., Loyola University of Francisco Javier Martinez-Wittinghan; B.Med.,
Chicago, 2018; Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Colegio Mayor de Nuestro Senora del Rosario Facultad
Biology Training Program-Physiology.** de Medicina, 1995; M.S., State University of New York
(Stony Brook), 2002; Ph.D., 2002; Applied Health
Grace Jull; B.A., Dalhousie University, 1991; M.A., Sciences Informatics. Increasing Collaborative Data
University of Toronto, 1997; Anatomy Education.* Analysis Between Healthcare and IT Professionals with
Clinical Correlations in Database Query and Precision
Medicine Data Analysis.
* = Degree Conferred 8/28/2020 ** = Degree Conferred 12/31/2020
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Masters of Science
with title of essay/capstone
Paul Murdock; B.S., University of Cincinnati, 2019; Steven Loyd Stallings; B.S., Berry College, 1982;
Applied Health Sciences Informatics. The Johns D.M.D., Medical College of Georgia School of
Hopkins CROWN Clinical Registry and COVID-19: Dentistry, 1986; M.H.S., George Washington
Informatics Solution, Data Analysis Insights, and University, 2009; Applied Health Sciences Informatics.
Methodological Implications.** Meta-Narrative Review for a Teledentistry Project for
Navy Dentistry.**
Kristen Lois Nicholes; B.S., Brigham Young
University, 2013; Pathobiology. Scott Charles Sterrett; B.S., Johns Hopkins University,
2017; Biomedical Engineering.**
Kristina M. Russell; B.S., University of Pittsburgh,
2005; Certificate, Johns Hopkins University School of Sujith Kumar Surendran Nair Latha; B.Tech.,
Medicine, 2012; Applied Health Sciences Informatics. University of Kerala, 2006; Applied Health Sciences
Frameworks for Clinical Alert System Consolidation.* Informatics. Integrating Radiology and Pathology Results
for Improved Patient Care.**
Dasola Abiola Salami; B.Tech., Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology, 1997; M.B.A., 2007; Xuechun Zhang; B.S., Xiamen University, 2018;
Applied Health Sciences Informatics. Improving Cellular and Molecular Physiology.
Workflow Process Efficiency in Cutaneous Nerve
Laboratory Information System (CNLIS).** (26)
Leigh Smith; B.S., Colorado State University, 2017;
Applied Health Sciences Informatics. Evaluating NLP
Model for Opioid Involvement and Overdose.**
* = Degree Conferred 8/28/2020 ** = Degree Conferred 12/31/2020
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Doctors of Philosophy
with title of dissertation
Michelle Grace Tamayo Acoba; B.S., University of the Mary Emma Gorham Bigelow; B.S., Cornell
Philippines, 2011; Cellular and Molecular Physiology. University, 2011; Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
Investigating the Roles of Mitochondrial Carriers in Using Machine Learning and Computational Methods
Bioenergetics and Cell Metabolism. to Elucidate Therapeutic Response in Immuno-Oncology
Clinical Trials.
Laura Kathleen Aisenberg; B.S., University of
Wisconsin (Madison), 2013; Molecular Biology and Leandros Boukas; M.D., University of Patras, 2015;
Genetics-Program in Immunology. Innate Viral Sensing Human Genetics. Leveraging Large-Scale Datasets to
in a Secondary Dengue Virus Infection. Understand the Interaction Between the Genome and the
Epigenome.*
Miriam Akeju; B.A., Columbia University in the
City of New York, 2012; Biochemistry, Cellular and Qian Cao; B.S., Washington University in St. Louis,
Molecular Biology Training Program-Cell Biology. 2013; Biomedical Engineering. High-Resolution
Novel Transcriptional Profiling of Cells in the Drosophila Quantitative Cone-Beam Computed Tomography:
Testis.** Systems, Modeling, and Analysis for Improved
Musculoskeletal Imaging.
Deepthi Ashok; B.S., Bangalore University, 2007;
MRes, Newcastle University, 2008; Cellular and Sarah Janet Capostagno; B.S., University of California
Molecular Medicine. Role of Mitochondrial Calcium (Los Angeles), 2013; Biomedical Engineering. Image-
Uniporter in Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Guided Interventions Using Cone-Beam CT: Improving
Instability in Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.* Image Quality with Motion Compensation and Task-
Based Modeling.*
Bilal Abdul Bari; B.S., Georgia Institute of
Technology, 2011; Neuroscience. Medial Prefrontal Yu-Ting Chang; B.S., National Taiwan University,
Cortex Persistently Encodes Decision Variables for Flexible 2011; Pathobiology. Role of Cytochrome P450 in
Decision Making. FLT3/ITD Acute Myeloid Leukemia Bone Marrow
Microenvironment.*
Alice Berners-Lee; B.S., New York University, 2013;
Neuroscience. Non-Local Sequences in the Brain.** Yang-An Chuang; M.D., National Yang-Ming
University, 2000; Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular
Lynn Noel Bertagnolli; B.S., Arizona State University, Biology Training Program-Neuroscience. Molecular
2015; Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences. The Role Genetic Analysis of ARC in Neuropsychiatric Diseases.*
of Neutralizing Antibodies in Preventing Viral Rebound
from the HIV-1 Latent Reservoir: Implications for a Lujing Chen; B.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
Cure.** 2014; Neuroscience. Phototransduction Mechanisms
in M2- and M4- Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal
Catherine Ami Bessell; B.S., University of Maryland Ganglion Cells.*
(College Park), 2012; Molecular Biology and Genetics-
Program in Immunology. The Analysis of the CD8+ T Andrew Wei Cheng; B.S., University of Michigan,
Cell Anti-Tumor Responses.** 2009; Biomedical Engineering. Learning of Parts and
Whole Objects in Inferotemporal Cortex.
* = Degree Conferred 8/28/2020 ** = Degree Conferred 12/31/2020
15Class of 2021 Convocation | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Doctors of Philosophy
with title of dissertation
Christopher Michael Cherry; B.S., University Kester Savio Coutinho; B.A., University of California
of Maryland (College Park), 2015; Biomedical (Berkeley), 2013; Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular
Engineering. A Comprehensive Single Cell Analysis of Biology Training Program-Cell Biology. A Structure-
Regenerative and Fibrotic Biomaterials Environments.** Function Atlas of Cellular Mergers and Acquisitions for
Precision-Engineered Assaults by Therapeutic Predator
Maxime Chevee; B.A., University of California Cells.**
(Berkeley), 2012; Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular
Biology Training Program-Neuroscience. Functional Raina Alexandra Grace D’Aleo; B.S., University
Correlates of Neuronal Identity and the Role of Claustrum of Washington, 2014; Neuroscience. Utilizing a
in Sensory Selection.* Dynamical System Model to Uncover Non-Conventional
Drivers in Coupled Motor Cortices.
Chris Moonho Cho; B.S., Yale University, 2012;
M.S., 2012; Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Amber Elise de Groot; B.A., University of California
Biology Training Program-Molecular Biology and (Berkeley), 2015; Pharmacology and Molecular
Genetics. Reck and Gpr124 Activate Canonical Wnt Sciences. Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment and
Signaling to Control Mammalian Central Nervous System Tumor-Associated Macrophages as an Adjunct Prostate
Angiogenesis and Blood-Brain Barrier Regulation. Cancer Therapy.**
Bo-Ran Choi; B.S., Seoul National University, Lauren Wesley Dennison; B.S., University of
2009; M.S., 2012; Pathobiology. GDE2-Dependent Georgia, 2016; Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
Activation of Canonical Wnt Signaling in Neurons Characterization of the Tumor and Systemic
Regulates Oligodendrocyte Maturation.* Immunomodulatory Effects of MEK1 Inhibition.
Nivedita Chowdhury; B.Tech., Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Jacqueline Douglass; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of
Patil University, 2013; Pathobiology. Decoding the Technology, 2009; B.S., 2009; M.S., 2010; Cellular
Immune Microenvironment in Human Clear Cell Renal and Molecular Medicine. Manabodies: TCR-Mimic
Carcinoma: Identification of Key Players and Their Antibodies for Cancer Therapy.
Correlation with Clinical Outcome.**
Erika Dunn-Weiss; B.S., University of Chicago, 2013;
Helen Rose Clark; B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute Neuroscience. Perceptual Learning: Experimental and
and State University, 2014; Biochemistry, Cellular Computational Considerations.**
and Molecular Biology Training Program-Molecular
Biology and Genetics. Single-Cell Mechanisms of John Alexander Fissel; B.S., New Mexico State
Dynamic NF-kB Signaling that Orchestrate Tissue Level University, 2013; Pathobiology. The Influence of
Innate Immunity. BACE1 Expression on the Recruitment of Macrophages to
the Injured Peripheral Nerve.**
Ashley Leigh Cook Morgan; B.S., Johns Hopkins
University, 2013; Cellular and Molecular Medicine. Joseph Karl Galaro; B.S., Rutgers University,
Targeting Cancer Mutations.* 2012; Biomedical Engineering. Behavioral and
Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Incentive Motivation
in Humans.
* = Degree Conferred 8/28/2020 ** = Degree Conferred 12/31/2020
16Class of 2021 Convocation | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Doctors of Philosophy
with title of dissertation
Timothy Ryan Gamache; B.S., Brown University, Victoria Elizabeth Hoskins; B.S., Wake Forest
2014; Neuroscience. Regulation of Synaptic Plasticity University, 2015; Human Genetics. How to
Through SynGAP-Dependent Tuning of Postsynaptic Compartmentalize: Genome Compartmentalization After
Density Phase Transitions.** Cell Division and a Novel Role for Lamin C.**
Yung-Tian Gau; M.D., National Yang-Ming Han-Chung Hsiue; M.D., National Taiwan
University, 2012; Neuroscience. Adaptive Astrocyte University, 2010; Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
Dynamics During Cortical Processing and Flexible Targeting Shared Cancer Neoantigens with Bispecific T
Behavior.* Cell-Retargeting Antibodies.**
Bryce Grier; B.A., University of Virginia, 2013; Wei-Kai Huang; B.S., Fujen Catholic University,
Neuroscience. Activity-Dependent Plasticity of 2007; B.S., 2007; M.S., National Taiwan University,
Excitatory Synapses Across Different Cell Types in the 2009; Pathobiology. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell
Primary Visual Cortex.** Derived Organoid Models for Understanding Neurological
Disorders.
Cooper Donald Grossman; B.A., University of
Southern California, 2012; Neuroscience. Serotonin Michael Hwang; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of
Neurons Modulate Learning Rate Through Uncertainty. Technology, 2013; Cellular and Molecular Medicine.
Immunotherapeutic Approaches Targeting Genetic
Christine Millan Harper; B.S., George Washington Alterations in Cancer.**
University, 2015; Functional Anatomy and Evolution.
External Morphological Variation of Extant and Fossil Alyssa Kallman; B.S., University of California (Los
Hominid Calcanei.** Angeles), 2015; Human Genetics. Insights into Retinal
Health and Disease from Human Stem Cell Based
Matthew John Hobson; B.S., Emory University, Systems.**
2013; Program in Molecular Biophysics. Towards
a Mechanistic and Structural Understanding of DNA Swathi Karthikeyan; B.Tech., Anna University, 2012;
Gyrase: DNA Wrapping and ATPase Efficiency Govern M.S., Johns Hopkins University, 2014; Pathobiology.
the Rate and Extent of DNA Supercoiling.* Fibronectin Mediates Cooperativity Between Subclonal
Populations in Breast Cancer.
William Hockeimer; B.S., University of Michigan,
2013; Neuroscience. Non-Spatial Information Encoding Gurcan Tunc Kayikcioglu; B.S., Bogazici University,
in Hippocampal CA1. 2013; Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry.
Development of a High-Throughput Assay to Measure
Cassandra Holbert; B.S., Dickinson College, DNA Mismatch Repair Efficiency In vivo.
2016; Cellular and Molecular Medicine. Polyamine
Oxidation-Associated Damage: Friend or Foe? Michael Daniel Ketcha; B.S., Johns Hopkins
Implications for Polyamine Therapeutic Interventions. University, 2014; Biomedical Engineering. Medical
Image Registration: Statistical Models of Performance
Paul William Hook; B.S., Pennsylvania State in Relation to the Statistical Characteristics of the Image
University, 2012; Human Genetics. Leveraging Mouse Data.**
Genomic Data to Prioritize Genes and Variants Associated
with Common, Complex Neurological Disease.*
* = Degree Conferred 8/28/2020 ** = Degree Conferred 12/31/2020
17Class of 2021 Convocation | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Doctors of Philosophy
with title of dissertation
Byung Woo Kim; B.S., University of Oklahoma, Ang Li; B.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1991;
2011; Pathobiology. Modeling Amyotrophic Lateral Biomedical Engineering. Miniaturized Two-Photon
Sclerosis with Human IPSC-Derived Motor Neurons Microscopes and Their Applications.
Engineered by CRISPR/CAS9 Genome Editing
Technology.** Xiaoguang Li; B.S., Harbin Medical University, 2013;
Biological Chemistry. Molecular Mechanisms of Cell
Myungjun Ko; B.S., University of Hawaii (Manoa), Migration in Amoeboid Cells.
2014; Cellular and Molecular Medicine. Endosomal
pH is a Novel Driver of Glioblastoma Stemness.** Zixuan Lin; B.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
2015; Biomedical Engineering. Non-Contrast
Stefanie Maria Helena Krug; B.S., University Assessment of Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability to Water
of Massachusetts (Amherst), 2008; Cellular and Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Molecular Medicine. The Role of PARP1 and PARP
Inhibition in Tuberculosis. Monika Marie Looney; B.S., University of Maryland
(College Park), 2016; B.S., 2016; Pathobiology. From
Sue Ogashira Kulason; B.S., Johns Hopkins microRNAs to Mitochondria in the Macrophage Response
University, 2013; Biomedical Engineering. Preclinical to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: And Inflammasome
Alzheimer’s Disease in Entorhinal and Transentorhinal Activation in COVID-19.
Cortex.
Zoila Areli Lopez Bujanda; B.S., Universidad de
Abena Kumiwaa Rebecca Kwaa; A.B., Mount Sonora, 2007; M.S., 2009; Pathobiology. Prostate
Holyoke College, 2012; Cellular and Molecular Cancer: Insights into Tumor Immunosuppression.**
Medicine. The Latent Reservoir in Elite Controllers and
Factors that Affect the Suppressive Capacities of Immune Jennifer Lu; B.S., Johns Hopkins University, 2014;
Effector Cells in HIV Positive Individuals.* Biomedical Engineering. SkewIT, Bracken, and Kraken:
Methods for Analyzing a Complex, but Invisible World.**
Brian Curtis Lee; B.S., University of Pennsylvania,
2012; M.S., 2013; Biomedical Engineering. Emily Clare Maggioncalda; B.S., University of
Anatomical Image Series Analysis in the Computational Michigan, 2016; Pathobiology. Mycobacteroides
Anatomy Random Orbit Model.** abscessus: A Mouse Model of its Disease and
Investigations into Atypical Cell Wall Transpeptidases.**
Brian Jinho Lee; B.S., University of Wisconsin
(Madison), 2010; Cellular and Molecular Medicine. Katherine Lynn Marshall; B.S., University of
IL-6, CCL2, and CCR2 Drive Pathophysiological Maryland (College Park), 2015; Pathobiology. Axonal
Pathways of Psychosis. Regeneration of ALS Patient iPSC-Derived Motor
Neurons.
Isac Lee; B.S., University of Texas (Austin), 2014;
Biomedical Engineering. Nanopore Sequencing for Meiling Rose-Anne May; B.A., College of the Holy
Investigation of the Human Epigenome.* Cross, 2014; Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular
Biology Training Program-Molecular Biology and
Joyce Lee; B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 2014; Genetics. Regulation of V(D)J Recombination:
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Mechanisms That Govern Locus Accessibility and Mitigate
Program-Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry. Against Genomic Instability.**
Modulation of Eukaryotic Topoisomerase II Activity by
Naturally Occurring Small Molecules.
* = Degree Conferred 8/28/2020 ** = Degree Conferred 12/31/2020
18Class of 2021 Convocation | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Doctors of Philosophy
with title of dissertation
Brittany Avin McKelvey; B.S., Clemson University, Nathaniel James Nowak; B.S., University of California
2015; Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (Los Angeles), 2014; Neuroscience. A Calcium Imaging
Training Program-Molecular Biology and Genetics. Approach to Investigate Type II Cochlear Afferent Activity
Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (TERT) Regulation After Trauma.
by Activating Promoter Mutations and Allele-Specific
Transcriptional Regulation in Thyroid Cancer Cells.** Purnima Padmanabhan; B.Tech., Indian Institute
of Technology (Madras), 2013; Neuroscience. Effort
Ryan J. McQuillen; B.S., Lafayette College, 2012; Cost and Energy Optimization in Human Pathological
Program in Molecular Biophysics. Optogenetic Control Movement.**
of Protein Organization in Living Escherichia coli Cells.*
Elizabeth Sarah Partan; B.S., University of Maryland
Brian Mark Mears; B.S., University of Maryland (College Park), 2014; Human Genetics. Investigation
(College Park), 2014; Cellular and Molecular of the Molecular Bases of PHACE Syndrome and
Medicine. Development and Application of DNA Enchondromatoses Using DNA and RNA Sequencing.
Methylation and Chromatin Structure Analyses to
Interrogate the Origin of Pancreatic Cancer. Alexander Platero; B.S., University of California
(Davis), 2014; Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular
James Meixiong; B.A., Harvard University, 2013; Biology Training Program-Neuroscience. Activity-
Neuroscience. The Critical Role of MRGPRS in Non- Dependent Activation of mTORC1 in Neurons.
Histaminergic Pruritus of Cholestasis and Allergic Contact
Dermatitis. Anustup Poddar; B.S., University of Calcutta, 2011;
M.S., Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay), 2013;
Jessica Jean Miciak; B.S., Johns Hopkins University, Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry. Quantitative
2012; M.S., 2013; Cellular and Molecular Medicine. Super-Resolution Single Fluorophore Imaging Studies on
Exploring the Role of PTCH53: A High Confidence P53 Bacterial RNAs.
Target Gene.
Brian Poll; B.A., University of Chicago, 2012;
Itzy Erin Morales Pantoja; B.S., University of New Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Training
Mexico, 2015; Cellular and Molecular Medicine. Program-Physiology. Exploring Microbiome-Host
iPSCs From People with MS Can Differentiate Interactions: Elucidating the Effects of Short-Chain Fatty
into Oligodendrocytes in a Homeostatic But Not an Acids and Olfactory Receptor 78 on Hemodynamics and
Inflammatory Milieu.* Renal Function.*
Sean Murphy; B.S., University of Washington, 2015; Meenakshi Prajapati; B.S., University of Arkansas,
Biomedical Engineering. Maturation of the Heart: The 2012; Neuroscience. Gradient Factors Instruct Position-
Role of PGC1 in Cardiomyocyte Maturation at the Single Dependent Development of the Cochlea.*
Cell Level.
Kristen Alexandra Prufrock; B.S., University of
Akshay Narkar; B.Pharm., University of Mumbai, Toronto, 2012; Functional Anatomy and Evolution.
2011; Human Genetics. On the Role of P53 in the Ontogeny of the Masticatory System in Strepsirrhines.**
Cellular Response to Aneuploidy.**
* = Degree Conferred 8/28/2020 ** = Degree Conferred 12/31/2020
19Class of 2021 Convocation | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Doctors of Philosophy
with title of dissertation
Timothy Rhyker Ranallo-Benavidez; B.S., University Mary Soliman; B.S., University of California (Irvine),
of Oklahoma, 2014; Biomedical Engineering. 2014; Cellular and Molecular Medicine. Immune
Mathematical Analyses of Genome Complexity and Responses Important in the Regulation of Human
Population Diversity Using Next-and Third-Generation Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) and Hepatitis C Virus
Sequencing Technologies. (HCV) in People Who Inject Drugs (PWID).**
Linhao Ruan; B.S., Huazhong University of Science Chaya Rachel Steinberg; B.S., Brooklyn College of
and Technology, 2011; Biochemistry, Cellular and the City University of New York, 2014; Cellular and
Molecular Biology Training Program-Cell Biology. Molecular Medicine. DNA Repair and the Methylation
Mitochondria in Protein Homeostasis and Aging. Machinery: Two Worlds Collide Using Novel Cell and
Fluorescence Based Repairswitch Assay.**
Mark Fares Sabbagh; B.S., Brown University,
2012; Neuroscience. Transcriptional and Epigenomic Ashley Nicole Stewart; B.S., University of the
Landscapes of Vascular Endothelial Cells. Sciences, 2015; Cellular and Molecular Physiology.
Biochemical and Physiological Characterization of
Pingdewinde Nestor Sam; B.A., San Francisco State Secreted Proteins Regulating Whole-Body Energy
University, 2015; Cellular and Molecular Physiology. Homeostasis.**
Structural Analysis and Localization of Phosphatidylserine
Decarboxylase One in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. Yuqi Tan; B.S., Chinese University of Hong Kong,
2014; Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Helen Frances Schmidt; B.S., University of Delaware, Training Program-Molecular Biology and Genetics.
2013; Human Genetics. Regulation of P Granules by Quantitative Assessment of Cell Type Identity Across
the Disordered Protein MEG-3. Platforms and Across Species with Applications to Stem
Cell Engineering and Osteosarcoma.
Joseph Yusup Shin; B.S., Haverford College, 2011;
Human Genetics. Targeting Fibrosis: Therapeutic and Jeremy John Thorpe; B.S., James Madison University,
Pathogenic Epigenetic Modulation of a Novel TGFB2 2012; Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Enhancer in Systemic Sclerosis. Training Program-Neuroscience. Brain Somatic
Mosaicism in Neurodevelopmental Disease.**
Eva Shrestha; B.A., Bard College, 2014; Pathobiology.
The Urinary Microbiome and Prostate Infection in Joseph Mark Tilghman; B.S., Washington and Lee
Prostate Cancer Development.* University, 2013; Human Genetics. Sequence Analysis
of Familial Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
Calla Brooke Shubin; B.S., Cornell University, 2015;
Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Dimitri Tselenchuk; B.S., University of Maryland
Program-Molecular Biology and Genetics. RIF1 (College Park), 2015; Cellular and Molecular
Regulates Origin Firing and Telomere Length Through Medicine. Disruption of the RNF4/STUbL Pathway
Distinct Mechanisms. Sensitizes to Decitabine Through Impaired Clearance of
DNMT1-DNA Covalent Complexes.
John-William Sidhom; B.S.E., University of
Michigan, 2011; M.S.E., Johns Hopkins University, Cory Justin White; B.S., Mercer University, 2014;
2012; Biomedical Engineering. Applications of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Training
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Cancer Program-Biological Chemistry. Understanding Lipid
Immunology. Catabolism and Homeostasis in the Mammalian Brain.
* = Degree Conferred 8/28/2020 ** = Degree Conferred 12/31/2020
20Class of 2021 Convocation | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Doctors of Philosophy
with title of dissertation
Heather Celia Wick; B.S., Tufts University, 2009; Nicholas Werner Zaccor; B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic
Human Genetics. The Role of Topoisomerase II Beta Institute, 2013; Neuroscience. Toward Understanding
in Facilitating the Androgen-Induced Transcriptional Angiotensin II Receptor Regulation by Transient Receptor
Program. Potential Vanilloid 4.
Zheng Hao Samuel Wong; B.S., National University Chen Zhao; B.S., Washington University in St.
of Singapore, 2014; Cellular and Molecular Medicine. Louis, 2014; Biomedical Engineering. Investigating
Decoding Fate Specification in the Mammalian Thalamus Macrophage Polarization in Peripheral Arterial Disease
Using In vivo Clonal Lineage Tracing. Using Systems Biology Approaches.
Shannon Wongvibulsin; B.S., University of California Dan Zhu; B.Eng., Tsinghua University, 2014;
(Los Angeles), 2014; Biomedical Engineering. Biomedical Engineering. Accelerated Quantitative
Machine Learning for Individualized Clinical Risk Mapping and Angiography for Cerebral and
Prediction and Prevention. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Duo Xu; B.S., China Agricultural University, 2012; (107)
Neuroscience. A Functional Cortical Network for
Sensorimotor Sequence Generation.*
Wei Xu; B.S., Peking University, 2013; M.Sc., 2015;
Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences. The Role of
Glutamate Metabolism in Regulating CD4+ and CD8+
T Cell Differentiation.
* = Degree Conferred 8/28/2020 ** = Degree Conferred 12/31/2020
21Class of 2021 Convocation | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Graduate Student Oath
As I embark on my career as a scientist, I willingly pledge that:
• I will practice and support a scientific process that is based on logic, intellectual
rigor, personal integrity, and an uncompromising respect for truth;
• I will perform my professional activities and interactions with scientific integrity
and respect for the field and my peers;
• I will acknowledge my role as an ambassador of science to the public, and strive
to be honest, respectful, and unbiased with engaging the public;
• I will value my work and its contribution to the scientific community;
• I will never let the potential for personal recognition or advancement cause me
to act in a way that violates the public trust in science or in me as a scientist;
• I will foster a community that is inclusive of all and recognize that diversity
cultivates innovation, creativity, and progress;
• I will acknowledge and honor the contributions of scientists who have
preceded me and become a worthy role model deserving of respect by those
who follow me;
• And I will always be cognizant that my work is for the advancement
of knowledge and the benefit of all humanity.
By pronouncing this Oath, I declare my commitment to these professional
standards and goals.
22Class of 2021 Convocation | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Doctors of Medicine
Orit Zaki Abrahim; B.A., Yale University, 2015. Li-Kuang Chen; B.A., Duke University, 2014.
Theresa Rae Aguilar; B.S., Baylor University, 2016. Chris Moonho Cho; B.S., Yale University, 2012; M.S.,
2012.
Neha Jia Ahmad; B.A., Columbia University in
the City of New York, 2011; AH, Johns Hopkins Robert Fung Chu; B.A., Harvard University, 2017.
University, 2014.
Katharine Tyler Clark; B.S., Duke University, 2014.
Hiroshi Felipe Aida; B.S., Emory University, 2016.
Amira Olivia Collison; B.S., University of Maryland
Laura Kathleen Aisenberg; B.S., University of (College Park), 2016.
Wisconsin (Madison), 2013.
Kyla Marie Cordrey; B.A., Harvard University, 2017.
Nicholas Stephen Andrade; B.S., Duke University,
2016. Shanaz Milou Daneshdoost; B.A., Grinnell College,
2017.
Erinolaoluwa Funmibi Araoye; B.S.C., State
University of New York (Plattsburgh), 2015. Afkera Kesete Daniel; B.A., Harvard University, 2011.
Aanika Balaji; B.S., University of Arizona, 2016. Marcus Jerome Daniels; B.A., University of
Mississippi, 2015.
Bilal Abdul Bari; B.S., Georgia Institute of
Technology, 2011. Sophia Diaz; B.S., Brown University, 2014.
James Michael Alberto Bell; B.A., University of Barbara Ann Dietrick; B.S., Florida State University,
Southern California, 2015; M.S., 2015. 2016; M.S., University of Oxford, 2017.
Diana Marie Bongiorno; B.A., University of Clarissa Paula Ribeiro Diniz; B.S., Juniata College,
Pennsylvania, 2016; B.S., 2016; M.P.H., Johns 2014.
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2020.
Jacqueline Douglass; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of
Joseph Connor Broderick; B.S., United States Technology, 2009; B.S., 2009; M.S., 2010.
Military Academy, 2016; M.A., Tsinghua University,
2017. Joshua Michael Doyle; B.S., University of Rhode
Island, 2017; M.S., 2017.
Barry Robert Bryant; B.S., University of Notre Dame,
2017. Adam Alexander D’Sa; B.A., Yale University, 2017.
Nur Cardakli; B.S., Duke University, 2017. Jeffrey Scott Ehresman; B.S., University of Nebraska
(Omaha), 2016.
Jenice Xinyu Cheah; B.S., University of California
(Davis), 2016. Jeffrey Austin Elsner; B.A., Washington University in
St. Louis, 2016.
Jennifer Hechao Chen; B.A., Cornell University,
2015. Smirnov Denis Exilus; B.A., Rutgers University, 2016.
23Class of 2021 Convocation | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Doctors of Medicine
Abby Kathryn Fahnestock; B.A., Baylor University, Sakibul Huq; B.S., University of North Carolina
2017. (Chapel Hill), 2014.
Sina Famenini; B.S., University of California (Los Nanki Hura; B.S., The Ohio State University, 2017.
Angeles), 2015.
Pauline Phuong Huynh; B.A., University of Southern
Nicole Fischer; B.A., University of California California, 2015.
(Berkeley), 2015.
Tae Kyung Kim; B.A., Dartmouth College, 2016.
Michael Fliotsos; B.S., University of Notre Dame,
2016. Audrey Nebergall Kobayashi; B.A., Hamilton
College, 2010; Ph.D., University of Copenhagen,
Katherine Marie Fomchenko; B.S., College of New 2016.
Jersey, 2017.
Neel Koyawala; B.A., University of Pennsylvania,
Zane Pullman Frazer; B.S., University of Central 2015; B.S., 2015.
Florida, 2016.
Boateng Appiah Kubi; B.S., University of North
Priyal Gandhi; B.A., University of Virginia, 2017. Carolina (Chapel Hill), 2017.
Eilrayna Gelyana; B.A., Harvard University, 2015. Bo Shiun Lai; B.A., University of Chicago, 2013;
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 2017.
Julia Renee Gips; B.S., University of Michigan, 2017.
Brian Jinho Lee; B.S., University of Wisconsin
Thomas John Gracie; B.S., University of Colorado (Madison), 2010.
(Boulder), 2015.
Jason Tsz Chun Lee; B.S., University of British
Zhuoying Gu; B.A., Columbia University in the City Columbia, 2015; M.Sc., 2017.
of New York, 2016.
Katerina Lin; B.A., Harvard University, 2015.
Megan Elizabeth Hadley; B.S., University of
Maryland (College Park), 2015. Gideon Sperling Loevinsohn; B.S., Brown University,
2012.
Colleen Elizabeth Hanlon; B.S., Yale University,
2016. Grace Ma; B.S., University of Miami, 2017.
Dylan William Hardenbergh; B.A., Harvard Kevin Patrick MacKrell; B.S., Clarkson University,
University, 2016. 2017.
Laurence Tang Hou; B.A., Johns Hopkins University, David Michael Mampre; B.S., Johns Hopkins
2015. University, 2016.
Mitchell Mingyu Huang; B.A., Dartmouth College, Bridgette M. McCormick; B.S., Indiana University
2016. (Bloomington), 2017; B.S., 2017.
Megan Frances Hunt; B.S., Clemson University, 2017
.
24Class of 2021 Convocation | Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Doctors of Medicine
Ashlyn Elizabeth McRae; B.S., Tulane University, Alissa Michelle Rothman; B.A., Amherst College,
2015. 2015.
Ravi Teja Medikonda; B.A., Rice University, 2016. Mark Fares Sabbagh; B.S., Brown University, 2012.
Monica Valerie Meeks; B.A., Washington University Michael Saheb Kashaf; B.S., Carnegie Mellon
in St. Louis, 2014. University, 2013; M.Sc., London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine, 2015.
Lukas Mees; B.A., Emory University, 2016.
Antonio Dalbert Salas; B.S., Santa Clara University,
James Meixiong; B.A., Harvard University, 2013. 2016.
Benjamin Joseph Miller; B.S., Christopher Newport Alan Shan; B.S., Brown University, 2014.
University, 2017.
Bairavi Shankar; B.A., Rice University, 2017.
Jeremy Dana Miller; B.S., University of Massachusetts
(Amherst), 2013. Erica Hannah Shey; B.S., University of Miami, 2017.
Maria Elise Molinaro; B.S., University of South Joseph Yusup Shin; B.S., Haverford College, 2011.
Carolina, 2015.
Ingharan James Siddarthan; B.A., University of
Omar Najjar; B.S., American University of Beirut, Pennsylvania, 2017.
2016.
John-William Sidhom; B.S.E., University of
Thuy Nam; B.A., Harvard University, 2017. Michigan, 2011; M.S.E., Johns Hopkins University,
2012.
Vanessa Nicole Peña; B.H., University of Arizona,
2016. Bryce Allen Small; B.S., Stanford University, 2013.
Allison Peng; B.S., Columbia University in the City of Jill Lauren Sorcher; B.A., University of Pennsylvania,
New York, 2017. 2015.
Zachary Arthur Pennington; B.S., Johns Hopkins Garshasb Parkhideh Soroosh; B.S., University of
University, 2016. Maryland (College Park), 2017.
Aarti Purohit; B.A., University of Virginia, 2017. Suganya Subramaniam; B.S., Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 2016.
Rafa Rahman; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 2016. Yuqing Sun; B.S., Peking University, 2011; M.S.,
University of Michigan, 2017; Ph.D., 2017.
Mark Ren; B.S., Cornell University, 2017.
Katherine Yuxi Tai; B.A., Dartmouth College, 2015.
Ambrose Rice; B.S., Belmont University, 2016.
Ved Anand Tanavde; B.A., Columbia University in the
City of New York, 2015.
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