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Meet the PhD students:

Brandon Capps
PhD student (Physiology)
Conklin Lab

Benjamin Doelling
PhD student (Biochemistry)
Baba Lab

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Tyler Jobe (PhD student)

Tyler Jobe
PhD student (Physiology)
Wysoczynski Lab

Peyton Kochert
MD/PhD student (TBD)
Gibb Lab

Lianay Gutierrez Luque
PhD student (Biochemistry)
Hill Lab

Yu "Nancy" Tian
PhD student (Pharmacology)
Gibb Lab

Junpeng Chen
PhD student (Physiology)
Carll Lab

Ilaria Ferrari
MD/PhD student (Physiology)
Jones Lab

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Ruchita Joshi (PhD student)

Ruchita Joshi
PhD student (Biochemistry)
Hill Lab

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Madison Lind (PhD student)

Madison Lind
PhD student (Physiology)
Jones Lab

Jamila Makhloufi
PhD student (Biochemistry)
Baba Lab

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Caitlin Wilkerson (PhD student)

Caitlin Wilkerson
PhD student (Pharmacology)
Jones Lab

Alumni—where they landed:

I graduated from the University of Louisville's Center for Cardiometabolic Science with more than a degree. I left with mentors whose quiet investment in my growth became evident over years rather than days. Their guidance transformed the uncertainty of research into something worth pursuing, and the scientific standards they upheld continue to shape the way I think.
-Collin Wells, PhD, 2025

Dr. Caitlin Howard (neé) Muscarnero
[PhD, 2026, with Dr. Jones]
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Dr. Jonah Stephan
[PhD, 2026, with Dr. Wysoczynski]
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Dr. Collin Wells
[PhD, 2025, with Dr. Hill]
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO

Dr. Kara Gouwens
[PhD, 2025, with Dr. Hill]
Finishing MD/PhD program
University of Louisville

Dr. Ernesto Pena Calderin
[PhD, 2024, with Dr. Hellmann]
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Dr. Kyle Fulghum
[PhD, 2023, with Dr. Hill]
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Dr. Mamata Chaudhari
[PhD, 2026, with Dr. Baba]
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Dr. Brittany Reynolds
[PhD, 2026, with Dr. Carll]
Virginia Tech
Roanoke, VA

Dr. Daniel Nguyễn
[PhD, 2025, with Dr. Hill]
Finishing MD/PhD program
University of Louisville

Dr. Danielle Little
[PhD, 2025, with Dr. Jones]
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Dr. Analara Fischer
[PhD, 2024, with Dr. Moore]
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Dr. Timothy Audam
[PhD, 2021, with Dr. Jones]
Harvard/MIT (Broad Institute)
Cambridge, MA

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