Trainees
Current Trainees
Devin Frisby
Pronouns: She/Her
Graduate Student in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Works in the Lab of Dr. Steve Caplan

Ben Gephart
Graduate Student in IGPBS: Cancer Research
Works in the Lab of Dr. Joyce Solheim

Calvin Lam
Graduate Student in Cancer Research Graduate Program
Works in the Lab of Dr. Kate Hyde

Mark Primeaux
Pronouns: He/His
Graduate Student in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Works in the Lab of Dr. Punita Dhawan

Makenzie Vorderbruggen
Graduate Student in IGPBS: Cancer Research
Works in the Lab of Dr. Adam Karpf

Savanna Wallin
Pronouns: She/Her
Graduate Student in IGPBS: Cancer Research
Works in the Lab of Dr. Gloria Borgstahl

Previous Trainees
More than 150 trainees have completed the program and transitioned to successful careers in industry and academia. In fact, more than 90% of our graduates continue in research-related positions or careers in biomedical sciences.
Over 70% of trainees go on to postdoctoral positions, many of which are at prestigious institutions such as the Mayo Clinic, Rice University, Yale University, Johns Hopkins, the NCI/NIH, MD Anderson, Vanderbilt, UCSD, UCSF, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and Oregon Health & Science University.
Many currently hold positions in academia, as assistant professors, associate professors or full professors, and others are in industry, medical school/health related careers, licensing, science writing, bioinformatics and biobanking, and teaching.