BME

Melissa A. Walsh

Biography


Education: 
University of Chicago
Biochemistry and Chemistry majors
B.S., B.A., 2020

MSTP Student Governance:

  • Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2023-24
  • Student Advisory Committee, 2025-2026


Honors & Awards:

  • Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows, National Cancer Institute, 2024 - 2028

 

Thesis Advisor: Benjamin Hackel, Ph.D.

Melissa A. Walsh

Katherine E. Dembny

Biography


Education: 
University of Texas - Austin
Neurobiology and Women's & Gender Studies majors, Chemistry and Elements of Computing Cert minors
B.S./B.A., 2017

MSTP Student Governance:

  • Student Advisory Committee, 2022-2024 (chair 2023-2024)
  • Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2022-2023
  • JEDI Committee, 2020-2026
  • WISM, 2024-2025


Thesis Advisors: Tay Netoff, Ph.D.,  Alex Herman, M.D., Ph.D., and David Darrow, M.D., M.P.H.

UMN MSTP student Kate Dembny