Alumni
Medical Students (MD, PhD)
Phillip Long, BS
2023 Summer, Class of 2026
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Conrad Mascarenhas, BA
PRISM Program Summer 2019, Class of 2022
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Conrad Mascarenhas received his BA in the Biological Basis of Behavior from the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include ischemic brain injury, especially the mechanism of brain injury following cardiac arrest.
Thomas Mee, BS
2019 Summer Class, Class of 2022 2022
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Thomas Mee earned his BA in Public Health Studies from Johns Hopkins University with honors in 2017. He conducted clinical research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.
Bilal Moiz, BS
2018 Summer, MD, PhD student, Class of 2021
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Huanwen Chen, BS
2016-2017
Huanwen “Alvin” Chen earned his BA in physics from Washington University in St. Louis in 2015. His research interests include translational models for nerve injury and repair, focusing on novel therapies for peripheral nerve regeneration. He developed a reliable method to evaluate gait function in rats after sciatic nerve injury using an automated system, and this work was recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience Methods. Alvin was involved in immunology and epidemiology research at UMSOM.
Cynthia Xu, MS
PRISM Program Summer 2016
MD Candidate Class of 2019
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Tien Duong, BS
2015-2016
2014 MD/PhD candidate
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Graduate Students
Sasha Lee, MS, BS
Spring and Summer 2025
Master student in Anatomy Education, Class of 2025
Johns Hopkins University
Madelynn McElroy
PhD Student, 2024 2022
Graduation Date: 2023 (BS)
Madelynn received bachelor’s degrees in both bioengineering and genetics and cell biology from Washington State University in 2023. She has research experience in computational modeling and plant biology, but has shifted her focus towards stem cell therapies, especially for treatment of ischemic brain injury caused by cardiac arrest. She is currently a PhD student in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland in College Park. She is a graduate research assistant in Professor Jia’s lab in Baltimore.
Ryan Benjamin Felix, BS
Fall 2022
Bioengineering Department,
2022 PhD Student
University of Maryland College Park
Amir Mehrabani, BS
Molecular Medicine Program, Summer 2019
PhD Student, 2019
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Gurmannat Kalra, BS
Molecular Medicine Program, Summer 2016
PhD Student, 2016
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Leanne Young, M.S.E.
2014-2016
Biomedical Engineering, M.S.E., Class of 2016
Johns Hopkins University
Ruoxian Deng, M.S.E.
2013-2015
Biomedical Engineering, Class of 2015
Johns Hopkins University
Cheng Chen, M.S.E.
2011-2013
Biomedical Engineering, Class of 2013
Johns Hopkins University
Ying Ma, M.S.E.
2010-2012
Biomedical Engineering, Class of 2012
Johns Hopkins University
UM Scholars & Undergraduate Students
Leah Han
UM Scholar Program Summer 2025
Biological Sciences: Physiology and Neurobiology, Class of 2027
University of Maryland, College Park
Andrew M. Hummer
UM Scholar Program Summer 2025
Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolution, Class of 2026
University of Maryland, College Park
Akhil Jayan
UM Scholar Program Summer 2024
Bioengineering, Class of 2025
University of Maryland, College Park
Research was selected and presented in 2024 Dean Emeritus Wilson’s 38th Annual AAMP Meeting (Association for Academic Minority Physicians).
Zoya Naseem
UM Scholar Program Summer 2024
Bioengineering: Biomechanics & Biomaterials Track, Class of 2026
University of Maryland, College Park
Research was selected and presented in 2024 Dean Emeritus Wilson’s 38th Annual AAMP Meeting (Association for Academic Minority Physicians).
Lauren Colliver
UM Scholar Program Summer 2022
Psychology and Biology (Double major), Class of 2024
University of Maryland, College Park
Research was selected and presented in 2022 Dean Emeritus Wilson’s 36th Annual AAMP Meeting (Association for Academic Minority Physicians). Admitted to Medical School at the University of Maryland in 2024.
Cecilia Hu
UM Scholar Program Summer 2022
Biology and Psychology, Class of 2024
University of Maryland, College Park
Matias Olivera-Sala
UM Scholar Program Summer 2022
General Biology (Pre-Med Track), Class of 2024
University of Maryland, College Park
Rima Sheth
UM Scholar Program Summer 2021
Biomedical Engineering, Class of 2024
University of Maryland, College Park
Admitted to Medical School at Georgetown University in 2024.
Daniel Callow
UM Scholar Program Summer 2017
Kinesiology, Class of 2017
University of Maryland, College Park
Admitted to PhD program at UMCP in 2018, and is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (from 2025).
Glory Mgboji
UM Scholar Program Summer 2016
Pre-med biochemistry. Class of 2017
University of Maryland, College Park
Admitted to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2016 and currently a resident in Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine (2023–2026).
Conor Bloomer
UM Scholar Program Summer 2015
Biomedical Engineering, Class of 2016
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Varun Venkatraman
2015-2017
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Class of 2019
Whiting School of Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University
Kevin Barnes
UM Scholar Program Summer 2014
Physiology and Neurobiology, Class of 2015
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Admitted to University of Maryland School of Dentistry (Class of 2021).
Yifan Zhang
2014-2017
Biomedical Engineering, Class of 2017
Johns Hopkins University
Maria Karapetkova, BS
2012-2014
Biomedical Engineering, Class of 2014
Johns Hopkins University