MSTP Student Metrics at-a-Glance

  • Overall average MCAT percentile: 91.05%
  • Overall average GPA: 3.79
  • Students identify as Underrepresented in Medicine: 20.78%
  • Female to male student body: 55.84%:44.16%
  • 77 students in the program
  • Average # pubs (G2 and beyond): 2.9
  • Average # first author pubs (G2 and beyond): 0.9
  • Average Time to Degree: 8.1 years

Student Accomplishments

Ohio State MSTP NIH Fellowship Awardees

Grad Years:

  • E. Jeremy, C. Rabolli

M3 with NIH F30/F31 Fellowships:

  • J. Tuazon

M4 with NIH F30/F31 Fellowships:

  • C. Ayoub, O. Golubeva, S. Fobare, M. Lordo 

MSTP Leadership & Academic Achievement Awards

  • A. Brostek, H. Chen, O. Golubeva, H. Huang, R. Juncker, S. Speaks, W. Yin, A. Zhang

NCH/MSTP Scholarship

  • Daniela Jimenez-Harrison
  • Rebecca Glowinski

2024 Key Milestones

  • Eleven students defended their dissertations – Spring/Summer 2024
    • Ariunaa Bayanjargal (PhD Advisors: Theisen and Lessnick)
    • Geoffrey Carney-Knisely (PhD Advisor: Ferketich)
    • Jerry Cui (PhD Advisor: Ju)
    • Rebecca Glowinski (PhD Advisors: Mejias and Ramilo)
    • Ilse Hernandez-Aguirre (PhD Advisor: Kassady)
    • Dmitry Malyshka (PhD Advisor: Kuret)
    • Lauren Otto (PhD Advisor: Pyter)
    • Shane Scott (PhD Advisor: Smith)
    • Jasmine Tuazon (PhD Advisor: Oestreich)
    • Danielle Tyson (PhD Advisor: Gallo)
    • Akila Venkataramany (PhD Advisors: Cripe and Chandler)
  • Ten students graduated medical school in 2024
    • Daniel Brook, MD, PhD
    • Helen Chen, MD, PhD
    • Youjin Cho, MD, PhD
    • Kylene Daily, MD, PhD
    • Markus Harrigan, MD, PhD
    • Lisa Heisterberg, MD, PhD
    • Aaren Kettelhut, MD, PhD
    • Walter Wang, MD, PhD
    • Wenyuan “Ren” Yin, MD, PhD
    • Joshua Zent, MD, PhD

Alumni residency matches

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Where we go

  • Internal Medicine 31.75%
  • Pediatrics 19.05%
  • Surgery or Pathology 7.94%
  • Neurology 6.35%
  • Neurosurgery, Radiology, or Psychiatry 4.75%
  • Dermatology 3.17%
  • Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, or other (postdoc, etc.) 1.59%