UChicago's MSTP currently supports 78 total students from across the U.S. and from a variety of academic backgrounds. Approximately 50% are completing the MD and the other 50% are completing the PhD at any one time. We welcome cohorts of ~9-10 new students annually, and new students begin in summer quarter (mid-June). Some of our students complete one or more gap years prior to entering, while others begin directly following their undergraduate studies.
Our MSTP values a supportive community of students through a structured peer mentoring program (MSTP Sibs), student-led social events, faculty talks, an annual all-program retreat, networking and career exploration opportunities, service and outreach in the surrounding Hyde Park neighborhood and other geographic areas, as well as many other aspects of student life.
Learn more about students' research interests here: PhD Dissertations
Name | MSTP Year | PhD Specialization | PhD Mentor |
Adegbesan, Kendra | M1 | TBD | TBD |
Brunner, Tess | M1 | TBD | TBD |
Caes, Zofia (Zosia) | M1 | TBD | TBD |
Martin, Samuel | M1 | TBD | TBD |
Miao, Bernadette | M1 | TBD | TBD |
Onate, Alejandro (Alex) | M1 | TBD | TBD |
Richardson, Hunter | M1 | TBD | TBD |
Vale, Nolan | M1 | TBD | TBD |
Wang, Peter | M1 | TBD | TBD |
Woo, Yena | M1 | TBD | TBD |
Zhang, Andrew | M1 | TBD | TBD |
Name | MSTP Year | PhD Specialization | PhD Mentor |
Ayantoye, Idris | G1 | ISTP (Neurobiology) | Demet Arac-Ozkan |
Berrian, Nia | G1 | ISTP (Neurobiology) | Monica Rosenberg |
Chang, Kevin | G3 | ISTP (PME) | Jeff Hubbell |
Cozzi, Joseph | G2 | ISTP (Medical Physics) | Maryellen Giger |
Davis, Maura | G1 | ISTP (Computational Neuroscience) | TBD |
Ibeh, Udoka | G1 | ISTP (Immunology) | Aaron Esser-Kahn |
Li, James | G3 | ISTP (Public Health Sciences) | Dezheng Huo |
Li, Grace | G1 | ISTP (Cancer Biology) | TBD |
LoRocco, Nicholas (Nick) | G1 | ISTP (Neurobiology) | TBD |
Maheshwari, Nikita | G3 | ISTP (Immunology) | Pete Savage |
Melanson, Randy | G2 | ISTP (Immunology) | Barbara Kee |
Nakshatri, Swetha | G3 | ISTP (Cancer Biology) | Eileen Dolan |
Norton de Matos, Salvador | G1 | ISTP (PME) | Jeff Hubbell |
Panda, Arpit | G3 | ISTP (Immunology) | Chuan He |
Phillips, William | G1 | ISTP (Cancer Biology) | Lixing Yang |
Root, Sarah | G1 | ISTP (Biochem/Molecular Biophysics) | Margaret Gardel/Aaron Dinner |
Skaggs, Keith | G1 | ISTP (Neurobiology) | Murray Sherman |
Song, Steven | G1 | ISTP (Computer Science) | Bob Grossman |
Taylor, Hannah | G1 | ISTP (Immunology) | TBD |
Thome, Jason | G2 | ISTP (Chemistry) | Scott Snyder |
Woo, Elizabeth (Geena) | G1 | ISTP (Genetics/Genomics/SCB) | Yoav Gilad |
Yeh, Hugh | G1 | ISTP (PME) | Andrew Ferguson/Jun Huang |
Yousef, Mahmoud | G3 | ISTP (Ecology and Evolution) | Seppe Kuehn |
Name | MSTP Year | PhD Specialization | PhD Mentor |
Berg, Brendan | G4 | ISTP (PME) | Jeffrey Hubbell |
Cassella, Gabriel | G4 | ISTP (Genetics/Genomics/SCB - Computational) | Marcus Clark & Maryellen Giger |
Cipurko, Denis | G4 | ISTP (Immunology) | Nicolas Chevrier |
Jotte, Matthew | G5 | ISTP (Cancer Biology) | Megan McNerney |
Lin, Kyle | G4 | ISTP (Biophysical Sciences) | Allan Drummond/ Allison Squires |
Lozinski, Maya | G5 | MESH | TBD |
Malik, Hagerah | G4 | ISTP (Neurobiology) | Demet Arac |
Martinez, Tanner | G4 | ISTP (Immunology) | Megan McNerney |
Ramesh, Amrita | G5 | ISTP (Biochem/Molecular Biophysics) | Erin Adams |
Son, Sophie (Seul) | G4 | ISTP (Immunology) | Eric Pamer |
Viswanathan, Mayuri | G4 | ISTP (Immunology) | Erin Adams |
Webster, Kierstin | G5 | ISTP (Molecular Metabolism & Nutrition) | Raghu Mirmira |
Wright, Nathaniel | G4 | ISTP (Immunology) | Marcus Clark |
Zhu, Ou (Oliver) | G5 | ISTP (Computational Neuroscience) | David Freedman |
Name | MSTP Year | PhD Specialization | PhD Mentor |
Abraham, Rebecca | M4 | ISTP (Immunology) | Marcus Clark |
Ahmad, Raheel | M2 | ISTP (PME) | TBD |
Azizi, Saara-Anne | M4 | ISTP (Chemistry) | Bryan Dickinson |
Chernoff, Meytal | M4 | ISTP (Public Health Sciences) | Brandon Pierce |
Coukos, John | M3 | ISTP (Chemistry) | Ray Moellering |
Cullum, Emily | M3 | ISTP (Immunology) | Tatyana Golovkina |
Deshpande, Sarita | M2 | ISTP (Neurobiology) | Wim Van Drongelen |
Edoigiawerie, Sylvia | M2 | ISTP (Neurobiology) | Naoum (Norm) Issa |
Frith, Mary | M2 | ISTP (Molecular Metabolism & Nutrition) | Eugene Chang |
Glauninger, Hendrik | M2 | ISTP (Biophysical Sciences) | Allan Drummond/Tobin Sosnick |
Hansen, Grace | M4 | ISTP (Genetics/Genomics/SCB -Computational) | Marcelo Nobrega |
Hu, Yifei | M3 | ISTP (Biochem/Molecular Biophysics) | Jun Huang |
Hung, Anthony | M3 | ISTP (Genetics/Genomics/SCB -Computational) | Yoav Gilad |
Kataria, Rhea | M2 | Chemistry/ Ox-Cam | NIH |
Kennedy, Megan | M2 | ISTP (Ecology and Evolution) | Eugene Chang/Joy Bergelson |
Lee, Somin "Min" | M3 | ISTP (Neurobiology) | Wim Van Drongelen |
Leon, Daniel | M2 | ISTP (Biochem/Molecular Biophysics) | TBD |
Long, Katie | M4 | ISTP (Computational Neuroscience) | Sliman Bensmaia |
Molina, Andrew | M2 | ISTP (Biophysical Sciences) | Tobin Sosnick/ Benoit Roux |
Monical, Alexis | M2 | ISTP (Neurobiology) | Dan McGehee |
Ramirez-Matias, Julliana | M2 | ISTP (Neurobiology) | TBD |
Rodriguez, Donald | M3 | ISTP (Immunology) | Pete Savage |
Sangani, Kishan | M3 | ISTP (Immunology) | Bana Jabri |
Sepich, Caraline | M3 | ISTP (Biochem/Molecular Biophysics) | Chuan He |
Shammas, Mario | M3 | NIH OxCam | NIH |
Shaw, Dustin | M4 | ISTP (Immunology) | Patrick Wilson/Bana Jabri |
Sheth, Suraj (Neil) | M3 | ISTP (Ecology and Evolution) | Luis Bettencourt |
Sun, Sarah | M3 | ISTP (Immunology) | Bana Jabri and Luis Barreiro |
Wagstaff, William | M2 | ISTP (Cancer Biology) | Tong-Chuan He |
Wang, Andrew | M2 | ISTP (Biochem/Molecular Biophysics) | Savas Tay |
Zhu, Allen | M4 | ISTP (Cancer Biology) | Tong-Chuan He |