89%
Out of State
STUDENTS & ALUMNI
The CANB program offers a vast faculty network drawn from various fields of biomedical and clinical sciences. The program provides a diverse body of students with rigorous training in a collaborative environment to cultivate the training program’s tenants of advancing translational research and discovering new venues for cancer treatment and prevention.
Learn more about the career outcomes and demographics of CU Anschutz PhD students.
30%
Underrepresented Populations
16%
International
11%
Colorado
| Student Name | Year and Mentor |
| Brooke Aloe | Matriculation Year: 2024 Rotating |
| Sidney Lesser | Matriculation Year: 2024 Rotating |
| Railey Mikeska | Matriculation Year: 2024 Rotating |
| Jesutomisin Olusoji | Matriculation Year: 2024 Rotating |
| Goksu Sarioglu Ceyhan | Matriculation Year: 2024 Rotating |
| Natalie Zajczenko | Matriculation Year: 2024 Rotating |
| Amandip Bangar | Matriculation Year: 2024 (MSTP) Mentors: Davila/Verneris |
| Scott Lin | Matriculation Year: 2024 (MSTP) Mentor: Bitler |
| Selena Martinez | Matriculation Year: 2023 (BSP) Mentor: Nassour |
| Jared Williams | Matriculation Year: 2023 |
| Lars Wick | Matriculation Year: 2023 |
| Madison Tipton | Matriculation Year: 2023 |
| Perpetual Kyei | Matriculation Year: 2023 |
| Alexandria Becks | Matriculation Year: 2023 |
| Alex Beacom | Matriculation Year: 2023 |
Karen Alvarez
| Matriculation Year: 2023 |
| Mary Grace Carroll | Matriculation Year: 2022 Mentor: Haugen |
| Kady Dennis | Matriculation Year: 2022 Mentor: Sherbenou |
| Clarissa Garcia | Matriculation Year: 2022 Mentor: Witkowski |
| Daniel Moskop | Matriculation Year: 2022 (MSTP) Mentor: Pietras/Jordan |
| Maureen Hoen | Matriculation Year: 2021 (BSP) Mentor: Rincon |
| Lauren Cozzens | Matriculation Year: 2021 (BSP) Mentor: Lyons |
| Ellen Bamberg (she/her/hers) | Matriculation Year: 2021 Mentor: Kabos |
| Morgan Fox (he/him/his) | Matriculation Year: 2021 Mentor: Cittelly |
| Bridget Hoag | Matriculation Year: 2021 Mentor: DeGregori |
| Nicholas Olimpo | Matriculation Year: 2021 Mentor: Karam |
| Daniela Ortiz | Matriculation Year: 2021 Mentor: DeGregori |
| Pearl Wilcock | Matriculation Year: 2021 Mentor: Davila |
| Petra Dahms | Matriculation Year: 2020 (BSP) Mentor: Lyons |
| Regan Miller (she/her/hers) | Matriculation Year: 2020 (BSP) Mentor: Jordan |
| John Aleman | Matriculation Year: 2020 Mentor: Wang |
| Sophia Corbo | Matriculation Year: 2020 Mentor: Karam |
| Parsa Haque | Matriculation Year: 2020 Mentor: Theiss |
| Alana Keller | Matriculation Year: 2020 Mentor: Sherbenou |
| Li-Wei Kuo | Matriculation Year: 2020 Mentor: Richer |
| Abe Martinez | Matriculation Year: 2020 Mentor: Pearson |
| Rachel Steinmetz | Matriculation Year: 2020 Mentor: Lyons |
| Phoebe Cao | Matriculation Year: 2019 Mentor: Davila |
| Connor Purdy | Matriculation Year: 2018 Mentor: Ford |
| Lisa Wood | Matriculation Year: 2018 Mentor: Moore |
| Name | Mentor(s) | Defense | Current Position |
| Jaidev Bapat | Benjamin Bitler | 2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California San Francisco |
| Lorraine Davis | Dan Sherbenou | 2024 | Scientist I in Molecular Diagnostics, National Jewish Health |
| Alan Elder | Traci Lyons | 2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Joe Hsieh | Paul Jedlicka | 2024 | Medical School |
| Kelsey Kines | Traci Lyons | 2024 | Medical School |
| Ashley (Meng) Wu | Mercedes Rincon | 2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow at Seoul National University |
| Anagha Inguva | Craig Jordan | 2023 | Medical School |
| Meghan Kellett | Rebecca Schweppe | 2023 | Medical School |
| Claire Ihle | Phil Owens | 2023 | Scientist, Cancer Biology, Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Hannah Hicks | Rebecca Schweppe | 2023 | Application Scientist, NanoTemper Technologies Inc. |
| Maddie Rose | Rebecca Schweppe | 2023 | Medical Writer, 21GRAMS |
| Ashley Ward | Carol Sartorius | 2022 | Scientist I at iQ Biosciences |
| Dan Sisler | Lynn Heasley | 2022 | Scientific Affairs Liaison at Tempus Labs, Inc |
| Cera Nieto | Antonio Jimeno | 2022 | Postdoctoral fellow, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Allie McMellen | Ben Bitler | 2022 | Postdoctoral fellow, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Katie O'Neill | Jen Richer | 2022 | Postdoctoral fellow, University of California San Francisco |
| Kelsey Nassar | Rebecca Schweppe and Aik Choon Tan | 2021 | Principle Scientist, Cogent Biosciences |
| Lauren Jillson | Scott Cramer | 2021 | Scientist, Gene Delivery and Upstream Process Development - Tune Therapeutics |
| Lyndsey Crump | Traci Lyons | 2021 | Scientist, TrAMPoline Pharma |
| Natalia Gurule | Lynn Heasley | 2021 | Scientist II, Horizon Discovery |
| Amber Johnson | Raphael Nemenoff | 2020 | Principal Scientist, Cogent Biosciences |
| Hengbo Zhou | Heide L. Ford | 2020 | Senior Scientist at Arnatar Therapeutics |
| Jenny Mae Samson | Mayumi Fujita | 2020 | IP Technical Advisor, Duane Morris, LLP, Washington, DC |
| Karina Gomez | Antonio Jimeno | 2020 | Medical Student, University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| Olivia McGinn | Carol Sartorius | 2020 | Scientific Communications Manager, Susan G. Komen |
| Bonnie Bullock | Raphael Nemenoff | 2019 | Associate Director, Scientific Communications at Agenus |
| Catherine Pham-Danis | James Degregoi | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Divya Ganpathi-Sankaran | Chad Pearson | 2019 | Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University |
| Laura Schubert | Robert Doebele | 2019 | Medical Student, University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| Lynsey Fettig | Carol Sartorius | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota |
| Sarah Tarullo | Traci Lyons | 2019 | Assistant Professor, Plymouth State University |
| Greg Kirkpatrick | Jorge Di Paola | 2018 | Resident, University of Iowa |
| Jeff Kwak | Raphael Nemenoff | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Fed Hutchinson Cancer Center |
| Katie (Mishall) Barrett | Rebecca Schweppe | 2018 | Clinical Consultant, Starfire Clinical Consulting |
| Lisa Greene | Jennifer Richer | 2018 | Medical Student, Northwestern Medical School |
| Nuria Padilla Just | Carol Sartorius | 2018 | Associate Director, Medical Science Liaison, Incyte Corporation |
| Aria Vaishnavi | Dr. Robert Doebele | 2017 | Assistant Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Brittelle Kessler | Rebecca Schweppe | 2017 | Medical Director, Syneos Health - Cadet Medical Communications |
| Marybeth Lupo | Paul Jedlicka | 2017 | Lead Researcher, St. Jude Children's Hospital |
| Sarah Nelson-Taylor | Robert Doebele | 2017 | Pediatrics Resident, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Tamara Burleson-Garcia | Rajeev Vibhakar | 2017 | Pediatrics Resident, University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| Thomas Rogers | Jennifer Richer | 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellow, UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| TJ Beadnell | Rebecca Schweppe | 2017 | Scientific Manager, Eurofins Viracor BioPharma Services |
| Xi Chen | Shi-Long Li | 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Adwitya Kar | Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann | 2016 | Senior Scientist at Immunitas Therapeutics |
| Hamid Gari | Dr. Jim Lambert | 2016 | Division Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions, Abbott Laboratories |
| Rick Heinz | Jennifer Richer | 2016 | Scientist I, Sumitomo Dainippor Pharma Oncology |
| Valerie Barton | Jennifer Richer | 2016 | Training Implementation Manager, Sartorius |
| Alex Sufit | Douglas Graham | 2015 | Biotechnology Program Manager, BioFire Diagnostics, LLC |
| Christopher Cummings | Douglas Graham | 2015 | Medical Student, University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| Emily Kleczko | Lynn Heasley | 2015 | Senior Scientist, Loxo Oncology |
| Holly Martinson | Pepper Schedin | 2014 | Associate Professor, University of Alaska |
| Jenn Symonds | Mary Reyland | 2014 | Scientific Consulting for Food and Dietary Supplements, Spherix Consulting |
| Jonathon Parker | Allen Waziri | 2013 | Epilepsy and Functional Neurosurgeon, The Mayo Clinic |
| Kathryn Singleton | Lynn Heasley | 2013 | Staff Scientist, University of Rochester |
| Layne Dylla | Paul Jedlicka | 2013 | Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Trisha Sippel | 2013 | Director of Scientific and Medical Communications, Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital | |
| Erin Howe | Jennifer Richer | 2012 | Research Assistant Professor, Harper Cancer Research Institute (HCRI), University of Notre Dame |
| Kathryn Ware | Lynn Heasley | 2012 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University |
| Ori Maller | Pepper Schedin | 2012 | Associate Director, Translational Medicine, Adicet Bio |
| Ramon Whitson | Scott Lucia/Jim Lambert | 2012 | Principal Scientist II, Novartis |
| Trista Hinz | Lynn Heasley | 2011 | Senior Professional Research Assistant, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Jenean O'Brien | Pepper Schedin | 2010 | Assistant Professor, College of St. Scholastica |
| Kevin Bauerle | Bryan Haugen | 2010 | Instructor in Medicine, Staff Physician, Washington University St. Louis VA Medical Center |
| Christian Young | Steven Anderson | 2009 | Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |