Master of Science in Translational Research (MSTR) Thesis Defense Schedule
2025 Defenses
2025 Thesis Defense Schedule
2024 Thesis Defense Schedule
2023 Thesis Defense Schedule
2022 Thesis Defense Schedule
2021 Thesis Defense Schedule
2020 Thesis Defense Schedule
2019 Thesis Defense Schedule
2018 Thesis Defense Schedule
2017 Thesis Defense Schedule
2016 Thesis Defense Schedule
Christina Twyman – Saint Victor, MD “Overcoming Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Metastatic Cancer” Mentor: Andy Minn, MD, PhD Friday, April 29 @ 2:30 PM 8030 Maloney Building, ITMAT Classroom
Elizabeth Bhoj, MD, PhD "Sequencing and Functional Characterization for Gene Discovery in Craniofacial Syndromes” Mentor: Hakon Hakonarson, MD, PhD Monday, May 2 @ 10 AM 8030 Maloney Building, ITMAT Classroom
Stephen Hunt, MD, PhD “Characterization of Treatment Effects and Immunobiology of Anti-Vascular Ultrasound” Mentor: Chandra Sehgal, PhD Monday, May 2 @ 2 PM8030 Maloney Building, ITMAT Classroom
Ann C. Gaffey, MD “Injectable shear-thinning hydrogels to deliver endothelial progenitor cells to improve cardiac function following ischemic injury” Mentor: Pavan Atluri, MD Thursday, May 5 @ 10 AM BRB 251, Biomedical Research Building
Marisa Mizus, MD “Development, Optimization, and Validation of a Novel Urine Assay for Extracellular Vesicles” Mentor: Emile R. Mohler III, MD Thursday, May 5 @ 3 PM 8030 Maloney Building, ITMAT Classroom
Samantha Schon, MD “Histone Modifications in Normal and Abnormal Sperm”Mentor: Shelley Berger, PhD Wednesday, May 25 @ 2:30 PM 8030 Maloney Building, ITMAT Classroom
Stephanie Chen, MD “Glutamate Imaging in Refractory Epilepsy” Mentor: Kate Davis, MD, MSTR Wednesday, June 15 @ 2 PM 8030 Maloney Building, ITMAT Classroom
Chijioke Egbujo, MD “The olfactory circuit as a translational probe for altered olfactory circuit in schizophrenia.” Mentor: Chang-Gyu Hahn, MD, PhD Thursday, June 16 @ 1:30 PM 8030 Maloney Building, ITMAT Classroom
Christopher M. Cielo, DO"Obstructive sleep apnea in children with craniofacial conditions" Primary Mentor: Carole Marcus, MBBCh, Co-Mentor: Richard Schwab, MD Tuesday, October 25 @ 11:30 am 8030 Maloney Building, ITMAT Classroom
Mariana Cooke, MD-PhD “Detection and characterization of genetic drivers in circulating tumor cells and in single cancer cells” Research Mentor: Jay F. Dorsey, MD-PhD December 16th, 2016 @ 1:00 pm 8030 Maloney Building, ITMAT Classroom
