VCU School of Medicine: Graduate Education

Mary Clark Lind successfully defended her PHD-MIC dissertation on July 28th. Congratulations, Dr. Lind! Dr. Jason Carlyon is Mary Clark's advisor.

Congratulations to Raesa Zia for her successful MS-MIC thesis defense on June 29th! Dr. Rebecca Martin is Raesa's advisor.

Rabia Mansoor successfully defended her MS-BIC thesis on July 24th. Congratulations, Rabia! Dr. Xianjun Fang is her advisor.

Congratulations to Megan Liebig for her successful MS-BIC thesis defense on July 20th! Dr. Chris Green is her advisor.

Congratulations to Binh Do for his successful MS-MIC-OB thesis defense on July 16th! Dr. Huizhi Wang is Binh's advisor.

Nicholas Koelsch successfully defended his PHD-MIC dissertation on July 1st. Congratulations, Dr. Koelsch! Dr. Lisa Shock is Nick's advisor.

Congratulations to Tania Maldonado for her successful PHD-MIC dissertation defense on June 26th! Well done, Dr. Maldonado! Dr. John Ryan is Tania's advisor.

Congratulations to Molly Poore for her successful MS-BIC thesis defense on May 20th! Dr. Carm Sato-Bigbee is Molly's advisor.

Becoming a physician-scientist requires dedication, endurance and patience. The path to earning two doctorates stretches across passions and disciplines — and, in the case of Shady Azzam and Nada Nassif, across continents. After completing medical school in their home country of Egypt, Azzam and Nassif decided to also pursue research, with the shared goal of becoming better physicians. Driven by personal connections to medicine, the married couple left everything behind last year and moved across the globe to Richmond to begin Ph.D. programs at the VCU School of Medicine. “With research, you can make discoveries that can change the lives of so many people,” Nassif said. “It lives beyond you.” Read more via the link in our bio 🔗

Mohammed Mustafa successfully defended his PHD-PMC dissertation on April 22. Congratulations, Dr. Mustafa! Dr. Aron Lichtman is Mohammed's PI.