Outcomes
Alumni Outcomes Summary
Professional Outcomes of Students (N=50) Supported by the Predoctoral Training Grant in Genetics (2006-2021) |
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Position/Workforce Sector | Position Category | Proportion of Graduates |
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Postdoctoral Fellowship | Further Training | 18% |
Medical Training | Further Training | 10% |
Industry | Research Intensive | 24% |
Academia | Research Intensive | 18% |
Other | Research Intensive | 4% |
NIH | Research Intensive | 2% |
Consultant/Advisor | Research-Related | 10% |
Communications | Research-Related | 6% |
Scientific Advisory Associate | Research-Related | 2% |
Veterinarian | Research-Related | 2% |
Physician | Other | 4% |
2022 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Rumley, Jonathan | Murray, John |
PhD 2022 |
Opposite Wnt Target Regulation in the C. elegans embryo |
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania |
Luppino, Jennifer |
Joyce, Eric |
PhD 2022 |
Investigating signatures of genomic architecture and transcriptional dysregulation in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome |
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Berkeley |
2021 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Brewer, Niambi | Shore, Eileen M. |
PhD 2021 |
Regulation of cell fate decisions in heterotopic ossification |
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania |
Caldwell, Blake | Bartolomei, Marisa |
PhD 2021 |
Investigating the roles of active DNA demethylation pathways in epigenetic reprogramming |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Virginia Tech |
Gawronski, Katerina |
Brown, Christopher D. Voight, Benjamin F. |
PhD 2021 |
Evaluating the contribution of alternative splicing in the liver to variation in lipid levels using experimental and novel methodological approaches |
Consultant, ClearView Healthcare Partners (Newton Centre, Massachusetts) |
Jamieson-Lucy, Allison |
Mullins, Mary C. |
PhD 2021 |
Roles of mRNA binding proteins in the zebrafish Balbiani body |
N/A |
Nishiguchi, Mailyn | Behrens, Edward M. |
PhD 2021 |
Mechanisms governing mammalian skin wound healing and tissue regeneration |
Scientist, Zymo Research Corporation (Irvine, California) |
Radens, Caleb |
Lynch, I Kristen W. Barash, Yoseph |
PhD 2021 |
Cytokine-induced Splicing in Differentiating CD4+ T Cells |
Scientist, Human Genetics Computational Biology, GSK (Upper Providence, Pennsylvania) |
Warneford- Thomson, Robert |
Bonasio, Robert |
PhD 2021 |
Characterizing RNA-binding activity of polycomb complex PRC2 in gene regulation |
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania |
Alexandra Sacharok (Perry) | St. Geme, Joseph | PhD 2021 | Mechanisms of Kingella kingae PilC1- and PilC2-mediated type IV pilus biogenesis and adherence | Technology Specialist, Patent Law, Clark Ebling |
2020 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Johnson, Kelsey | Voight, Benjamin F. |
PhD 2020 |
Haplotype-based approaches for the study of human evolution |
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota |
Cohen, Jennifer | Sundaram, Meera |
PhD 2020 |
A Zona Pellucida domain protein and a scavenger receptor play opposing roles in shaping a narrow tube |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University |
2018 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Dilley, Robert | Lazar, Mitch |
PhD 2018 MD 2021 |
Mechanisms of DNA synthesis during alternative lengthening of telomeres |
Medical Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital |
Grevet, Jeremy | Blobel, Gerd |
PhD 2018 MD 2020 |
Chromatin looping interactions at the beta-globin promoter |
Medical Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital |
Kim, Yong Hoon | Lazar, Mitch |
PhD 2018 MD 2020 |
Transcriptional Control of Circadian Rhythms |
Medical Resident, Brigham and Women's Hospital |
King, Anna | Sehgal, Amita |
PhD 2018 |
Neural Circuits Controlling Circadian Rhythms |
Scientist, Synthego Corporation (Redwood City, CA) |
Leichty, Aaron |
Poethig, Scott |
PhD 2018 |
The Evolution of the MIR156/157 Pathway in Woody Legumes |
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis |
SanMiguel, Jennifer M. |
Bartolomei, Marisa |
PhD 2018 |
Exploring the Role of TET1 in Genomic Imprinting |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Jackson Laboratory |
Rohacek, Alex |
Epstein, Douglas J. |
PhD 2018 |
Genetic control of inner ear development in the mouse |
Research Scientist, Spark Therapeutics (Philadelphia, PA) |
Shapira, Suzanne |
Seale, Patrick |
PhD 2018 |
Chromatin Remodeling Dynamics During Brown Adipogenesis |
Project Manager, Human Pancreas Analysis Program, University of Pennsylvania |
2017 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Foley, Shawn | Gregory, Brian D. | PhD 2017 | Global analysis of RNA-protein interactions reveals novel regulators of root development |
Computational Biologist, GlaxoSmithKline (Ambler, PA) |
Palozola, Katherine | Zaret, Kenneth | PhD 2017 |
Global Mitotic Transcription and Reactivation During Mitotic Exit: A Potential Epigenetic Mechanism |
Senior Investigator, RNA Biology, Aro Biotherapeutics (Philadelphia, PA) |
Weisz, Eliana | Jongens, Thomas A. | PhD 2017 |
Investigation of Metabolism and Mitochondrial Function in a Drosophila Model of Fragile X Syndrome |
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania |
2016 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Falk, Samantha | Black, Ben E. | PhD 2016 | The redistribution of the histone variant CENP-A during S phase |
Associate Vice President |
Jimenez, Richard | Schultz, Richard | PhD 2016 | Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition: Activating Epigenetic Players | Small Animal Rotating Internship, VCA Animal Hospital |
Soo, Michael | Shorter, James | PhD 2016 | Defining the Hsp104 folding reservoir: novel prions and toxic, intrinsically aggregation-prone proteins |
Project Lead - Oncology |
2015 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Plasschaert, Robert | Bartolomei, Marisa | PhD 2015 | The multiple functions of the highly conserved transcription factor CTCF |
Associate Director of CNS Gene Therapy, AVROBIO (Cambridge, MA) |
Silverman, Ian | Gregory, Brian | PhD 2015 | A module of co-occurring protein-bound RNA motifs promotes mRNA decay | Principal Investigator, Incyte Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Wilmington, DE) |
Wood, Kathleen | Zhao, Zhaolan | PhD 2015 | Regulation of gene expression by methyl-CpG binding proteins in the brain | Clinical Genomic Scientist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
2014 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Bryant, Jessica | Berger, Shelley L. | PhD 2014 | Chromatin compaction during yeast sporulation and mammalian spermatogenesis | Assistant Professor, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France |
Erion, Renske | Sehgal, Amita | PhD 2014 | Genetic outputs of the circadian clock | Communications Manager, Univeristy of Washington |
Neuhaus-Follini, Alexandra | Bashaw, Greg J. | PhD 2014 | Transcriptional role of Frazzled during axon guidance | Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University |
2013 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Abramowitz, Lara | Bartolomei, Marisa | PhD 2013 | Imprinting regulation of the H19 and Igf2 genes | Staff Scientist, National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Disease |
2012 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Abdus-Saboor, Ishmail | Sundaram, Meera V. | PhD 2012 | Genes controlling tubular organ development in C. elegans | Assistant Professor, Columbia University |
Brown, Alexander | Epstein, Douglas J. | PhD 2012 | Roles of hedgehog signaling in inner ear development |
Senior Scientist Synthego Corporation (Redwood City, CA) |
Campbell, Christopher | Kaufman, Brett A. | MS 2012 | Regulation of mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) by post-translational modification | Owner, Bitworks, LLC (Waterbury, CT) |
Edwards, Christopher | Berger, Shelley L. | PhD 2012 | Role of lysine demethylation of histone H3 during transcription | Medical Writer, ArticulateScience (Philadelphia, PA) |
Fleetwood, Margaret | Liebhaber, Stephen A./Cooke, Nancy E. | PhD 2012 | Mechanisms of long range gene regulation by a locus control region | Associate, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP (Chicago, Illinois) |
Hart, Michael | Gitler, Aaron | PhD 2012 | Genetic determinants of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis | Assistant Professor, Univeristy of Pennsylvannia |
Khandros, Eugene | Weiss, Mitchell | PhD 2012 | Functional analysis of ACPHA Hemoglobin stabilizing protein | Physician, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Parker, Whitney | Crino, Peter B. (No longer at Penn) | PhD 2012 | Defining the role of STRADA in brain development and the pathogenesis associated with its genetic deletion | Medical Resident in Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center |
2011 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Hancks, Dustin | Kazazian, Haig H. | PhD 2011 | Genome modification by human retrotransposon SVA | Assistant Professor, Immunology, UTSW |
Mancuso, Vincent | Sundaram, Meera | PhD 2011 | Genetic analysis of mutants affecting epithelial tube development in C. elegans | Homemaker |
Okegbe, Tishina | DiNardo, Stephen | PhD 2011 | Genetic control of niche cell identity in the Drosophila testis stem cell niche | Senior HIV Treatment Advisor, USAID Office of HIV/AIDS (Washington, DC) |
Palmer, Christine | Lazar, Mitchell A. | Completed PhD at Dartmouth 2011 | Functional Interaction of the corepressor protein SMRT and the DNA repair protein complex DNA-PK | Associate Professor, Castleton University |
2010 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Beerman, Rebecca | Jongens, Thomas A. | PhD 2010 | Genetic modeling of Fragile X syndrome in Drosophila | Program Manager, Clinical Data Management, Duke University School of Medicine |
Bhogal, Balpreet | Jongens, Thomas A. | PhD 2010 | Regulation of dfmr1 expression by the RNA editing enzyme ADAR | Senior Scientist, The Jansses Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson (Spring House, PA) |
Dilks, Stacie | DiNardo, Stephen | PhD 2010 | Determining which signals shape and pattern actinbased epithelial Protrusions | Associate Medical Director, ApotheCom: A Huntsworth Health Company (San Diego, CA) |
Hawk, Joshua | Abel, Edward | PhD 2010 | Elucidating the role of histone acetylation during long-term memory formation | Associate Research Scientist, Yale University |
Howell, Kelly | Sundaram, Meera V. | PhD 2010 | EOR-1 and EOR-2, two nuclear factors that function downstream of Ras-ERK signaling in C. elegans | Associate Direcor, The Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation (New York, NY) |
Nayak, Renuka | Cheung, Vivian G. (no longer at Penn) | PhD 2010 MD 2012 |
Gene expression regulatory networks | Rheumatologist and Physician-Scientist, UCSF Medical Center |
Smith, Jasmine | Johnson, Brad | PhD 2010 | Role for non-canonical DNA structures, G-quadruplexes, in telomere capping | Expert Medical Writer, Novartis (Switzerland) |
Warzecha, Claude | Carstens, Russel | PhD 2010 | Identifying tissue specific regulators of alternative splicing | Senior Research Investigator, Gene Therapy Program, University of Pennsylvannia |
2009 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Buas, Matthew | Kadesch, Thomas | PhD 2009 MD 2010 |
Mechanisms of Notch-mediated inhibition of myogenesis | Assistant Professor, Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Buffalo, NY) |
Norseen, Julie | Lieberman, Paul M. | PhD 2009 | Mechanism of ORC recruitment to cellular and viral origins of DNA replication | Development Manager, McKinsey & Company (San Francisco, CA) |
2008 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Golson, Maria | Kaestner, Klaus H. | PhD 2008 | The ligand Jagged1 can act as a Notch inhibitor during pancreatogenesis | Assistant Professor, The Johns Hopkins University |
Sachdeva, Mira | Stoffers, Doris A. | PhD 2008 MD 2010 |
Pdx1 targets important for pancreatic development and beta cell function | Assistant Professor, The Johns Hopkins University |
Sethupathy, Praveen | Hatzigiorgiou, Artemis/Liebhaber, Stephen A./Hannenhalli, Sridhar | PhD 2008 | Post-transcriptional regulation via miRNAs & Effect of sequence variation upon miRNA targeting | Associate Professor, Cornell University |
Stone, Craig | Sundaram, Meera V. | PhD 2008 | Lipocalin signaling controls unicellular tube development in C. elegans | Senior Medical Writing Specialist, Medtronic (Denver, CO) |
Wan, Le-Ben | Bartolomei, Marisa | PhD 2008 MD 2010 |
Analysis of CTCF function in early mouse development | Owner, Le-Ben Wan, M.D., Ph.D.Psychiatry & Psychotherapy (NYC), Clinical instructor at NYU School of Medicine |
2007 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Babushok, Daria | Kazazian, Haig | PhD 2007 MD 2008 |
Role of LINE-1 retrotransposon in genome evolution | Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvannia |
Bastone, Laurel | Spielman | PhD 2007 | Latent Class Model for Heritability of Traits and Genetic Linkage | Associate Director of Biostatistics, PHASTAR (Hopewell, NJ) |
Dumont, Tina | DiNardo, Stephen | PhD 2007 MD 2009 |
Regulation of the Number of Mitotic Amplification Divisions during Drosophila Spermatogenesis | Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School (Worcester, MA) |
Garbe, David | Bashaw, Greg J. | PhD 2007 | Roles of Frazzled/DCC and Roundabout in axon guidance | Director of Outreach and Education. Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research (Philadelphia, PA) |
Wyce, Anastasia | Berger, Shelley L. | PhD 2007 | Ubiquitination and Deubiquitination of Histone H2B in the Transcriptional Activation of SAGADependent Genes | Scientific Leader, GlaxoSmithKline (Philadelphia, PA) |
2006 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Peragine, Angela | Kaestner, Klaus H. | PhD 2006 | Genetic Regulation of Vegetative Phase Change in Arabidopsis | High school science teacher, Maple Shade, New Jersey |
2005 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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MacFarlan, Todd | Chakravarti, Debabrata (No longer at Penn) | PhD 2005 | TBIP, a novel chromatin associated transcriptional repressor | Researcher, NIH/NICHD (Bethesda, MD) |
2004 Graduates
Name | Thesis Advisor | Terminal Degree(s) Received and Year(s) | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Jen, Kuang-Yu | Cheung, Vivian G. (no longer at Penn) | PhD 2004 MD 2006 |
Natural variation in human lymphoblastoid cells to ionizing radiation exposure | Associate Professor and Director of Renal Pathology at UC Davis Health |