M.D./Ph.D. Program

People

The M.D./Ph.D. program at the University of Toledo on the Health Science Campus consists of a diverse group of excellent students, faculty, staff, and alumni. These people are the foundation of our program. We are proud of everyone who contributes to the M.D./Ph.D. program.


The Students of the M.D./Ph.D Program 

The students of the M.D./Ph.D. program are highly qualified and talented students with interests both in clinical medicine and medical science research.  Our students play an active role in the program through participation in numerous events and activities held throughout the year.

Justin Creeden

Justin Creeden

Research Project: "Signaling Networks that Drive Deleterious Outcomes in the Pancreas and Liver"

Advisor and Track: Robert Smith, MD., Ph.D.; Cancer Biology

 

Sara Moore

Sara Moore

Research Project: "Implications for Properdin, a Complement Regulatory Protein, in Rheumatoid Arthritis"
Advisor and Track: Viviana Ferreira, D.V.M., Ph.D.; Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Undergraduate School and Major: Rhode Island College; Biology

 

Kathryn Becker

Kathryn Becker

Research Project: "The Role of mDia Formins in Glioblastoma Therapy Resistance"
Advisor and Track: Kathryn Eisenmann, Ph.D.; Cell and Cancer Biology
Undergraduate School and Major: University of Michigan; Anthropology

 

Nicholas Henkel

Nicholas Henkel

Research Project: "Developing strategies to improve cognition in Alzheimer's Disease by assessing protein kinase networks"
Advisor and Track: Robert Smith, M.D., Ph.D.; Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders   
Undergraduate School and Major: Miami University; Zoology & Neuroscience

Justin Franco

Justin Franco

Research Project: "An examination of the antiviral properties of Retinoic Acid (RA) treatment during coronavirus infection"
Advisor and Track: Kevin Pan, M.D., Ph.D.; Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Undergraduate School and Major: Florida International University ; Biomedical Engineering

Shumin Fan

Shumin Fan

Research Project: "Regulation of virus-induced inflammation"
Advisor and Track: Saurabh Chattopadhyay, Ph.D. Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Undergraduate School & Major: The Ohio State University,  Accounting; Sullivan University, Information Technology

Smita Sahay

Smita Sahay

Research Project: TBD
Advisor and Track: Robert Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders
Undergraduate school and major: University of California San Diego; Bioengineering, Bioinformatics

Hunter Eby

Hunter Eby

Research Project: TBD
Advisor and Track: Robert Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Bioinformatics, Proteomics, & Genomics
Undergraduate school and major: University of Toledo; Biology, Bioinformatics

Ahmad

Ahmad Hegazi

Research Project: TBD
Advisor and Track: Kuo-Hi Su, Ph.D., Cell and Cancer Biology
Undergraduate school and major: The Ohio State University; Genetics

David Jaramillo

David Jaramillo

Research Project: TBD
Advisor and Track: Arun Anantharam, PhD., Neuroscience & Neurological Disorders
Undergraduate school and major: Williams College; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Emily Otmanowski

Emily Otmanowski

Research Project: TBD
Advisor and Track: Jasenka Zubcevic, Ph.D., Molecular Medicine
Undergraduate school and major: University of Pittsburg; Psychology & Neuroscience

Caroline S

Caroline Swain

Research Project: TBD
Advisor and Track: Thyagarajan Subramanian, M.D, Neuroscience & Neurological Disorders
Undergraduate school and major: The Ohio State University; Neuroscience 

Yogesh Kumaran

Yogesh Kumaran

Advisor and Program: Vijay Goe, Ph.D. l; Biomedical Engineering
Undergraduate school and major: University of Toledo; Bioengineering

Jacob Schmieder

Jacob Schmieder

Advisor and Track: Neuroscience & Neurological Disorder
Undergraduate school and major: Iowa State Universiyt; Biochemistry; Mechinical Engineering

Joanna Stuck

Joanna Stuck

Advisor and Track: Molecular Medicine
Undergraduate school and major: University of Cincinnati; Biomedical Engineering

Melvin Ifeanyi Ezennia

Melvin Ifeanyi Ezennia

Advisor and Track: Cancer Biology
Undergraduate school and major: University of Toledo; Biology

Jared Oenick

Jared Oenick

Track: Medical Microbiology & Immunology

Undergraduate school & major: University of North Georgia; Biology 

 

Kimberly Heath

Kimberly Heath

Track: Cancer Biology

Undergraduate school & major: University of Illinois at Chicago; Biology

 

Aaron Miller

Aaron Miller

Track: Neuroscience & Neurological Disorders

Undergraduate school & major: Wake Forest University; Music, California State University; Biochemistry 

 


The Alumni of the M.D./Ph.D. Program  

Recent M.D./Ph.D. graduates from UToledo have entered highly competitive residencies, and a few have gone on to distinguished academic careers at such institutions as Henry Ford Health System, Johns Hopkins and Harvard Medical School. Thirty M.D./Ph.D. dual degrees have been awarded since the first student graduated in 1992.

 Alumni and friends of the M.D./Ph.D. program of the University of Toledo are encouraged to participate in the University of Toledo Alumni Association, which focuses on developing and implementing ways to keep our graduates in touch with each other as well as their alma mater.

The M.D./Ph.D. program also welcomes and encourages alumni to participate in current M.D./Ph.D. program affairs as well as provide suggestions and services.  If an alumnus would like to meet with or speak to current M.D./Ph.D. students, perhaps to share their insights and experiences as a dual-degree holder, s/he should email Dr. Smith; Robert.McCullumsmith@utoledo.edu).

Last Updated: 1/5/24