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2023 Summer Research InternsWe are thrilled to welcome 19 high school Aspirnaut™ Interns from 8 states and 17 undergraduate interns from 9 states, Pakistan and Guatemala.
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College BoundCongratulations High School Class of 2023! We are proud of your achievements and are excited to share the excitement of your graduation. We look forward to celebrating your continued success.
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- Jayla (Briyahn) Drake (2022) graduated from Hillsboro High School in Nashville, Tennesee, and will attend Lipscomb University.
- Katherine Gell (2022) graduated from Hancock County Technical Center and is from Ellsworth, Maine. Katie will attend Vanderbilt University on a ROTC scholarship and plans to major in biochemistry and chemical biology.
- Sahra Hassan (2022) graduated from Burlington High School in Burlington, Vermont, and will attend Boston College on a Questbridge Scholarship. She plans to major in biochemistry.
- Aalia Holt (2022, 2023) graduated from Hector High School in Hector, Arkansas, and will attend Yale University. She plans to major in biomedical engineering.
- Elizabeth (Andi) Leaf (2022) graduated from Hancock County Technical Center and is from Deer Isle, Maine. She will attend Mount Holyoke College. She plans to major in either biology or biochemistry with a pre-health focus.
- Lanxi Lin (2022) graduated from Burlington High School in Burlington, Vermont, and will attend Yale University. She plans to major in biochemistry.
- Satori McCormick (2022, 2023) graduated from Castle View High School in Castle Rock, Colorado. Satori will attend Princeton University and plans to major in molecular biology.
- Colton Miller (2022) graduated from Wynne High School in Wynne, Arkansas. He will attend Belmont University and plans to major in biology with a pre-med focus.
- Sameer Mittal (2022) graduated from KIPP Blytheville College Preparatory School in Arkansas and will attend Rutgers University as a member of their BA/MD program in partnership with the New Jersey School of Medicine.
- Charlotte Myers (2021) graduated from Great Oaks High School in Temecula, California. She will attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and plans to major in physics and mathematics.
- Rocio Rosa (2021, 2022) graduated from Eastern Alamance High School in Mebane, North Carolina. She will attend Vanderbilt University on a QuestBridge scholarship and plans to major in molecular and cellular biology with a double minor in Spanish and Medicine, Health, and Society.
- Ariana Samiha (2022) graduated from Deland High School in Deland, Florida, and will attend Stanford University on a QuestBridge scholarship. She plans to major in human biology with a neuroscience concentration.
- Olivia Servidio (2022) graduated from Lewiston High School in Lewiston, Maine, and will attend the University of Maine at Augusta. She plans to major in English.
- Shouana Yang (2022) graduated from Hmong College Prep Academy and is from Saint Paul, Minnesota. She will attend Washington University in Saint Louis on a Questbridge Scholarship and plans to major in biochemistry.
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Jayla (Briyahn) Drake
Lipscomb University
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Katherine Gell
Vanderbilt University
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Sahra Hassan
Boston College
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Aalia Holt
Yale University
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Elizabeth (Andi) Leaf
Mount Holyoke College
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Satori McCormick
Princeton University
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Colton Miller
Belmont University
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Sameer Mittal
Rutgers University
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Charlotte Myers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Rocio Rosa
Vanderbilt University
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Ariana Samiha
Stanford University
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Olivia Servidio
University of Maine at Augusta
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Shouana Yang
Washington University in St. Louis
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College GraduatesCongratulations Undergraduate Class of 2023!
- Amro Abd (2021) graduated from Berea College with a bachelor's degree in biology. He plans a gap year before applying to graduate school.
- Ololade Adetula (2021, 2022) graduated from Fisk University with a bachelor's degree in biology and a minor in data science. He will start the FUTURE-MINDS-Quanitative Biology masters to Ph.D. bridge program at Fisk University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- Octavia Ailsworth (2021) graduated from Lincoln University of Missouri with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. She will attend Meharry Medical College for her Masters in Public Health.
- Paris Berrian (2021) graduated from Belmont University with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and molecular biology with a minor in Spanish. She will attend the University of Utah M.D./Ph.D. program.
- Soziema Dauda (2021) graduated from Belmont University with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry with a pre-med focus. She will start medical school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center School of Medicine.
- Ryley Dumas (2015, 2016) graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering.
- Emaa Elrayah (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023) graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and minors in English and Spanish. She will start Cell and Molecular Biology Ph.D. program at the University of Michigan.
- Sydney Farrar (2016, 2017, 2018) graduated from the University of Maine at Augusta with a bachelor's degree in social science and a minor in business.
- Tiffany-Chau Le (2021) graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering. She will work as a research assistant at Vanderbilt University during her gap year while applying to M.D./Ph.D. programs.
- Dongsoo Lee (2022) graduated from Berea College with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. He will be working as a research assistant during his gap year while applying to graduate schools.
- Takudzwa Mabvuta (2021) graduated from Berea College with a bachelor's degree in biology. He will work as a research assistant during his gap year while applying to graduate schools.
- Kate Mckinney (2018) graduated from the College of William and Mary with a bachelor's degree in physiology and plans to attend medical school in the future.
- Jason Muka (2021. 2022) graduated from Philander Smith College with bachelor's degrees in biology and chemistry. He will attend medical school at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine.
- Linh Phung (2021) graduated from Hendrix College with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry. She will attend medical school at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine.
- Dario Rangel (2016, 2017) graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a bachelor's degree in finance with a concentration in real estate and a minor in business administration.
- Krystal Rivera (2021, 2022) graduated from Antillean University in Puerto Rico with a bachelor's degree in cardiopulmonary science and will attend the biomedical science Ph.D. program in cell, molecular and developmental biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
- Selvia Wagih (2016) graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry. She plans on attending graduate school as she applies to medical school.
- Tenzin Wangmo (2021, 2022) graduated from Berea College with a bachelor's degree in biology and a minor in chemistry. She will begin the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Vanderbilt University for her Ph.D.
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Graduate School Graduates
Congratulations Graduate Class of 2023!
- Margot Goler (2016, 2017) graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a masters degree in polymer engineering. She will begin her career working for Los Alamos National Laboratory in the National Nuclear Security Sector.
- Ly Hoang (2016, 2017, 2018) graduated from The City University of New York with a BA/MA in forensic psychology and is working at New York Counseling for Change.
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Medical School Graduates
Congratulations Medical School Graduates Class of 2023!
- Mary Barber Daniels (2016) graduated from Harvard University School of Medicine and will be completing her residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in anesthesiology.
- Ethan Clement (2009) graduated from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine and will be completing her residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences School of Medicine in emergency medicine.
- Issac Domenech (2017) graduated from the University of Kentucky School of Medicine and will be completing his residency at Northwestern University in obstetrics/gynecology.
- Shiloh Goecke Sorenson (2018) graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and will be completing her residency at Baylor Scott and White in Temple, Texas, in anesthesiology.
- Hannah Deputy Loy (2016) graduated from The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine and will be completing her residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine in pediatrics.
- Jenna Rufer Mamatova (2014) will complete a transitional year at the University of Kentucky in Bowling Green, Kentucky, before completing her diagnostic radiology residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.
- James Bryson McCarthey (2016, 2017) graduated from the University of Louisville School of Medicine and will be completing his residency at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in pediatrics.
- Princess Onuorah (2016) graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and will be completing her residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center in internal medicine.
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Mary Barber Daniels
Massachusetts General Hospital, Anesthesiology
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Ethan Clement
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Emergency Medicine
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Issac Domenech
Northwestern University, Obstetrics/Gynecology
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Shiloh Goecke
Baylor Scott and White, Texas, Anesthesiology
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Hannah Loy
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Pediatrics
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Jenna Rufer Mamatova
The University of Kentucky Transitional Year; Cook County Hospital, Illinois, Diagnostic Radiology
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James Bryson McCarthey
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Pediatrics
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Princess Onuorah
University of Rochester Medical Center, Internal Medicine
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If you are interested in getting involved or sponsoring an Aspirnaut™ high school experience, please contact Rachel Baugh @ rachel.baugh@aspirnaut.org.
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