VCU School of Medicine: Graduate Education

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.

Congratulations to Heather Natterer for her successful MS-MIC thesis defense on April 24! Dr. Myrna Serrano is her advisor.

Katie Bushing successfully defended her MS-GCO Capstone project on April 17. Congratulations, Katie! Tahnee Causey is her advisor.

Congratulations to Allison Molen for her successful MS-GEN-GDSC thesis defense on April 21st! Dr. Tim York is Allison's advisor.

Congratulations to Jensen Goulette! She successfully defended her MS-GEN-GDSC thesis on April 21st. Dr. Mike Miles is Jensen's advisor.

Congratulations to Matthew Richeson for his successful MS-MPZ thesis defense on April 22nd! Dr. Siyong Kim is Matthew's advisor.

Akhila Thirumala successfully defended her MS-ANB thesis on April 13th. Congratulations, Akhila! Dr. Jeff Dupree is her advisor.