Our Student Outcomes

MSTP Student Metrics at-a-Glance

• Overall average MCAT percentile: 91.82%
• Overall average GPA: 3.81
• 77 students in the program
• Average # pubs (M3 and beyond): 5.47
• Average # first author pubs (M3 and beyond): 1.8
• Average Time to Degree: 8.1 years

Student Accomplishments

2026 MSTP Leadership and Academic Achievement Awardees

• Goeffrey Carney-Knisely, Kyle Gordon, Dmitry Malyshka, Ira Miller, Johsua Nguyen, Shane Scott, Kevin Wang, and Raegan Wood

2026 OSUWMC Trainee Research Day Winners

• Samuel Speaks (top poster of the day), Noriyuki Shinagawa, and Alvin Liu

University Fellowship Results 2026

• 3 University Fellowship winners (1 year of graduate funding)
• 1 Distinguished University Fellowship winner (2 years of graduate funding)
• 3 College Allocated Fellowships (1 year of graduate funding)
• 1 Graduate Access Fellowship (1 year of graduate funding)

F31 predoctoral award

• Student received a score in the 4th percentile, so will likely be funded

University Fellowship and EOES Fellowship Winners 

(2025 Entering Cohort)

• Kevin Wang – University Fellowship
• Raegan Wood – University Fellowship
• Nicholas Zacharewski – University Fellowship
• Zachary Zirgibel – Early Offer Eminent Scholar

Presidential Fellowship

•  Rachel Dreher and Kyleigh Rodgers

OSU CTSI predoctoral T32 award

• Alvin Liu

F30 predoctoral award

• Haley Klimaszewski 
• Branden Verosky

2026 Key Milestones

• Thirteen students defended their dissertations – Spring/Summer 2026
  • Colin Angell– Mentor: Bill Carson; BSGP
  • Rachel Dreher– Mentor: Emily Theisen; BSGP
  • Jacelyn Greenwald– Mentor: Vicki Wysocki; NGP
  • Erin Jeremy– Mentor: Bethany Mundy- Bosse & Karilyn Larkin; BSGP
  • Haley Klimaszewski– Mentor: Robert Baiocchi; BSGP
  • Alexia Martin– Mentor: Cassady & Kararoudi; BSGP
  • Kyleigh Rodgers– Mentor: Phil Popovich; NGP
  • Michael Ruesch– Mentor: Aharon Freud; BSGP
  • Jude Tunyi– Mentor: Forrest & Newstead; NIH OX/CAM
  • Raven Vella– Mentor: Roychowdhury; BSGP
  • Branden Verosky– Mentor: Tamar Gur; NGP
  • Delaney Villarreal– Mentor: Chris Breuer; BSGP 
  • Bella Weaver– Mentor: Jerry Lio; BSGP
• Nine students graduated medical school in 2025
  • Christopher Ayoub, MD, PhD
  • Sydney Fobare, MD, PhD
  • Volha Golubeva, MD, PhD
  • Daniela Jimenez-Harrison, MD, PhD
  • Matthew Lordo, MD, PhD
  • Megan Pino, MD, PhD
  • Steven Sher, MD, PhD
  • Wesley Wang, MD, PhD
  • Ken Okoye, MD, PhD