Current MD/PhD Students
Each year, the University System of Georgia MD/PhD Program welcomes up to six students
into the program. These diverse students are a collection of talented individuals
from many different universities. Current students are listed below according to matriculation
year.
We are happy to answer any questions you may have about the MD/PhD Program. Please
do not hesitate to contact anyone in the Program for more information.
2025
Asher Altman
- 1st Year MD Student
- Undergraduate Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA
Faith Burnett
- 1st Year MD Student
- Undergraduate Institution: Husson University - Bangor, ME
Austin Joshua
- 1st Year MD Student
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Georgia - Athens, GA
Melody Shellman
- 1st Year MD Student
- Undergraduate Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA
2024
Evelyn Farkas
- 2nd Year MD Student
- Undergraduate Institution: Georgia State University - Atlanta, GA
2023
Patrick Czabala
- 2nd Year PhD Student
- MCG at AU - Biochemistry & Cancer Biology
- Mentor: Kebin Liu, PhD
- Undergraduate Institution: Emory University - Atlanta, GA
Rebecca Jeltuhin
- 2nd Year PhD Student
- Georgia Institute of Technology - Biomedical Engineering joint GT/Emory Program
- Mentor: David Myers, PhD
- Georgia Institute of Technology - Biology
Julia Manalo
- 2nd Year PhD Student
- Georgia Institute of Technology - Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Mentor: M.G. Finn, PhD
- Undergraduate Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA
Alec Zhan
- 2nd Year MD Student
- Georgia Institute of Technology - Biomedical Engineering joint GT/Emory Program
- Mentor: Gregory B. Melikian, PhD
- Undergraduate Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA
2022
Katie Ferguson
- 3rd Year PhD Student
- Georgia Institute of Technology - Biology
- Undergraduate Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA
Kathy Li
- 3rd Year PhD Student
- National Institutes of Health/Augusta University - Molecular Oncology & Immunology
- Mentor: Kebin Liu, PhD
- Undergraduate Institution: Emory University - Atlanta, GA
Megh Mehta
- 3rd Year PhD Student
- MCG at AU - Molecular Oncology & Immunology
- Mentor: Klaus Ley, PhD
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Georgia - Athens, GA
2020
Jayvon Nougaisse
- 4th Year PhD Student
- MCG at AU - Neuroscience
- Mentor: Xinyun Lu, PhD
- Undergraduate Institution: AU - Augusta, GA
2019
Nicholas Moore
- 5th Year PhD Student
- MCG at AU - Neuroscience
- Mentor: Krishnan Dhandapani, PhD
- Undergraduate Institution: GSU - Statesboro, GA
Sophia Sakers
- 3rd Year MD Student
- Defended April 2024
- Georgia Institute of Technology - Biomedical Engineering
- Mentor: Mark R. Prausnitz, PhD
- Undergraduate Institution: University of Oklahoma - Norman, OK
2018
Dakota Booth Poschel
- 4th Year MD Student
- Defended Oct. 2023
- MCG at AU - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Mentor: Kebin Liu, PhD
- Undergraduate Institution: Mercer University -Macon, GA
David Kim
- 3rd Year MD Student
- Defended Nov. 2024
- MCG at AU - Vascular Biology
- Mentor: Neal Weintraub, PhD
- Undergraduate Institution: AU - Augusta, GA
Oluwamayokun "Mo" Oshinowo
- 4th Year MD Student
- Defended Nov. 2023
- Georgia Institute of Technology- Biomedical Engineering
- Mentor: Wilbur A. Lam, MD-PhD
- Undergraduate Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA