Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Clinical Neuroscience Training Program

CNST Area of Concentration Program

The CNST has an Area of Concentration Program for medical students within the Perelman School of Medicine. Students must complete all of the following CNST activities by the beginning of January of the year of graduation:  

1) Attendance at 20 CNST Seminars.
2) Completion of a qualifying summer research project in a clinical neuroscience area between MSI and MS2
3) Completion of two Clinical Neuroscience electives
4) A clinical neuroscience related scholarly pursuit project in MS3-MS4 completed or already in progress. 
5) Presentation of neuroscience-related research findings at a qualifying local, regional or national scientific meeting

Completed CNST Area of Concentration Recipients

2023
John Bernabei
Austin Borja
Lillian Chien
Debanjan Haldar
Grace Ng

2022
Phillip Bradshaw
Ian Caplan
Elana Meer

2021
Laura Hernandez-Miyares 

2020
Steve Cho
Caroline Chung
Kendall Goodyear
Prateek Agarwal
Natalie  Neale

2019
John Arena
Yohannes Ghenbot
Makayla McCoskey
Mark Morales

2018
David Lerner
Catherine Norise
Alice Shen
Alan Workman

2017
Michael Chua
Jennifer Douglas
John Peters

2016
Danielle Brewington
Keisha Dodman
Will Kennedy
Raghav Mattay
Andy Olson
Obayemi Adetokunbo

2015
Mark Attiah
Westly Phillips

2014
Stephanie Davidson
Joaquin deRojas
Daniel Larach
Jamie Podell
Kathryn Zagrabbe

2013
Dina Diskina
Emily Evans
Ernest Gomez
Katherine Hamilton
Peter Madsen

2012
Tamara Bockow
Ryan Borek
Emma Davies
Stephen Johnson
George Scangas
Albert Tsai

2011
William Alonso
Kate Brizzi
Ephraim Church
Jared Pisapia

2010
Brandon Gabel
Aaron Paul
Megan Richie
Cynthia Wu

2009
Hugo Aparicio
Lori Kestenbaum

2008
Esther Bisker
Mesha-Gay Brown
Kim Kinder
Sade Udoetuk