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Shakes’ W&M Lab Alumni – by graduation year

2026

  • Nirvanjyoti Sharma Shimal (Master’s)
  • Jake Diaz
  • Boston Andrew
  • Jenna Jablonski
  • Alanis Stapelfeldt
  • Rosemary Raynal

2025

  • Emily Larsen – masters student NYU Tandon School of Engineering
  • Sam Pasman – medical student Southern Illinois

2024

  • Grace Bir – Clinical Research Associate – Mass General
  • Jack Howell – NIH postbac
  • Beatrice Tynan – Research Asst – Oxford University
  • Corinne Vanella – will be starting med school – WVU School of Medicine

2023

Cate McMahon – MS Human Genetics & Genomic Data Analytics (Keck Grad Inst)

2022

  • David Swartz – Epic Systems

2021

  • Alex Blank DVM candidate, University of Pennsylvania
  • Katie McDonald Med Student, EVMS
  • Kayleigh Morrison PhD candidate, Cornell University
  • Mary Reed medical scribe

2020

  • Abby Aita
  • Val Meleshkevich, Scientist – AbelZeta
  • Emily Xu, MD Mount Sinai Medical School, Neurology Resident Mass General Brigham

2018

  • Elena Parcell Med Resident, UVA

2017

  • Chance McCaig (Master’s) – education and outreach ranger – Holliday Lake State Park
  • Stephen Gurley, MD/MPH – Resident Physician – Emory – Internal Medicine
  • Xiaoxue Lin, PhD -UC San Diego – Leadership Team Nucleate San Diego
  • Amanda Rones, Senior Project Manager with ECS Federal
  • Sindhura Kolachana, MD, Chief Resident – Univ. Maryland Medical System – Internal Medicine

2016

  • Jasmin Cruz, Med Student
  • Pablo Ordonez MD Resident Univ Maryland – Family Medicine
  • Brian Hur MSc VCU

2015

  • Maureen Farrell (Master’s) MD, Pediatric Cardiology Fellow
  • Jackson Peterson PhD candidate UNC Chapel Hill
  • Claire Tocheny MD/PhD candidate UMass Medical School

2014

  • Chris Uyehara (Master’s) postdoc Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Ethan Winter
  • Brianna Waller MD Pathologist

2013

  • Andre Renaldo Fernandez MD
  • Eva Humes
  • Lee Kripke MD Orthopedic Surgeon

2012

  • Kari Price (Master’s) PhD postdoc Yale,
  • Kathryn (Rehain) Bell PhD Biology Instructor Fayetteville Tech Community College
  • Zechariah Dillingham MD
  • Leah Towarnicky MD OBGYN
  • Valentina Moshnikova DVM – Resident – Univ Minnesota – Medical Imaging

2011

  • Katherine (Guevel) Jones MD Pediatric Nephrologist

2010

  • Bryan Neva Staff Software Engineer – Square
  • Marc Presler PhD Assoc Director of Biology at Applied BioMath
  • Stephen Chi Asst. Professor of Medicine, Wash U.
  • Kyle Ogilvie Data Architect
  • Kishan Patel MD Ohio State Wexner Medical Center

2008

  • Alana Noritake DO Camp Lejeune
  • Megan Luckey MD
  • Meredith Goodloe

2007

  • Morgan McCrocklin MD Pediatrician
  • Daniel Aument MDiv. Software Engineer
  • Steve Gillard Environmental Scientist ERG

2006

  • Mark Astoria MD Asst. Professor of Pediatrics VCU
  • Benjamin Atkins, PhD Biotech Patent Attorney, Legal Director Merck
  • Deirdre (Fuller) Saulet, Ph.D., Clinical Research Consultant – The Advisory Board Company
  • Nicholas Paivanas MD Cardiologist
  • Lamia Wahba, Asst. Professor, The Rockerfeller University

2005

  • Chris Lakniani
  • Jen Paras

2004

  • Alissa (Richmond) Armstrong (Master’s), Assoc. Professor Univ South Carolina
  • Kelsey Albert, Research Scientist/Medical Writer
  • Valeria Harris
  • Kevin Matthews
  • Laura Gallo, MD Internal Medicine

2003

  • James LaRue MD Internal Medicine
  • Erica (Stewart) Stelmach Genetic Counselor Mayo Clinic Laboratories

2002

  • Amaka Nweke, JD Magistrate, Supreme Court of Virginia

2001

  • Mazi Rasulnia PhD MPH MBA Co-Founder Taurus Health
  • Sarah (Jones) Carpenter MD
  • Amanda (Pletcher) Paull, OD Optometrist
  • Mamie Swift

2000

  • Lori Blanchfield, PhD, Principle Scientist Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  • Allen Dvarkas, H.S. Biology , Teacher
  • Don Fox, PhD, Professor Duke University Medical Center
  • Michelle Reed, NP
  • Lucia Wille, PhD Sr. Director, Preclinical & Translational Sciences, Blue Rock Therpeutics

1999

  • Gayle (Holt) Bates, MD Pediatrician
  • Karen Resendes, PhD Biology Professor Westminster College

1998

  • Desiree (Hunt) Floyd, PhD H.S. Chemistry Teacher
  • Jenny (Frazier) Call , D. Min., Wellness Professional, W&M Director of Care Support Services
  • Kevin Hill, MD Pediatric Cardiologist

1997

  • Nichol Johnson, MD, Genetic Counselor at Invitae
  • Deana Letts, NP
  • Derek Moore Epidemiologist – La Crosse County Health Department
  • Thom Young

1996

  • Cheryl Wright

Shakes’ University of Houston Alumni

  • Graduate Students
  • Wenfu Wang, PhD. Data Integration Architect, Woodforest National Bank
  • Penny Sadler, PhD Biology Professor, Thomas Nelson Community College
  • Undergraduates
  • Daryl Dichoso, MD , Chief of Staff Elect Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital
  • Phuong Mai, MS, MD Associate Professor Univ. of Pittsburgh Med OBGYN
  • Khanh Phan, DDS
  • Vincent Wang, MD, PhD Neurosurgeon