Med School Y1

Yu-Jin Youn

Biography

 

Education:   
Seattle Pacific University
Physiology major, Chemistry minor
B.S., 2023

Yu-Jin is in the first year of Medical School and is rotating through labs to identify a thesis advisor.

Publications

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

UMN MSTP student Yu-Jin Youn

Mesha Shajahan

Biography

 

Education:  
University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology major
B.S., 2025

Mesha is in the first year of Medical School and is rotating through labs to identify a thesis advisor. 

Publications

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

UMN MSTP student Mesha Shajahan

Laura E. Sams

Biography

 

Education:   
University of Chicago
Biology-Quantitative Specialization, Cognitive Science majors
B.A., 2024

Laura is in the first year of Medical School and is rotating through labs to identify a thesis advisor. 

UMN MSTP student Laura Sams

Kaitlyn H. McKnight

Biography

 

Education:   
University of Arizona
Biomedical Engineering major, Spanish minor
B.S., 2025

University of Arizona
Biomedical Engineering
M.S., 2026

Kaitlyn is in the first year of Medical School and is rotating through labs to identify a thesis advisor. 

Publications

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

UMN MSTP student Kaitlyn McKnight

Victor V. Le

Biography

 

Education:   
Purdue University
Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology major, Chemistry minor
B.S., 2025

Victor is in the first year of Medical School and is rotating through labs to identify a thesis advisor. 

Publications

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

Naddi Jillo

Biography

 

Education:   
St. Catherine University
Biology major, Chemistry minor
B.A., 2023

Naddi is in the first year of Medical School and is rotating through labs to identify a thesis advisor. 

Akhilesh Gurram

Biography

 

Education:   
Rutgers University
Biomedical Engineering major, Data Science minor
B.S., 2023

Akhilesh is in the first year of Medical School and is rotating through labs to identify a thesis advisor. 

Publications

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

Rallo MS, Akel O, Gurram A, Sun H. Experimental animal models for moyamoya disease and treatment: a pathogenesis-oriented scoping review. Neurosurg Focus. 2021 Sep;51(3):E5. doi: 10.3171/2021.6.FOCUS21284.

UMN MSTP student Akhilesh Gurram

Jiwon Vicky Cadena

Biography

 

Education:  
Washington University
Biology & Neuroscience majors, Psychology & Brain Sciences minor
B.A., 2025

Vicky is in the first year of Medical School and is rotating through labs to identify a thesis advisor. 

 

UMN MSTP student Jiwon Vicky Cadena

Sarah M. Wall

Biography


Education: 
Middlebury College
Neuroscience major, Spanish minor
B.A., 2016

University of Minnesota
Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology Graduate Program
Ph.D., 2025

Honors & Awards:

  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 2024 - 2026


MSTP Student Governance:

UMN MSTP student Sarah Wall