Each month we highlight one of our MSTP students. This month's highlight is:
Martin Sharpe
Area of Study: Immunology and Immunotherapeutics Graduate Program
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Academics
Research interests
My research interests fall into two threads. My dissertation work under the fantastic neurologists Drs. Andrew Sas and Ben Segal aims to understand the mechanism by which IL4/GCSF polarized neutrophils contribute to axon regeneration in the context of traumatic spinal cord/CNS injury. Additionally, I work with Dr. Jason Eng, a transplant hepatologist here at OSU, to better understand the role endothelial cells play in cirrhosis development in the context of liver failure.
Awards, honors, publications:
- My abstract for the 2026 Liver Meeting was just accepted!
Long term goals/ aspirations
- To develop a therapeutic from the discovery stage all the way to a final product that makes it to patients. Also, being president of AASLD someday would be really cool.
Post MSTP Training dream job
- After graduating from OSU I hope to enroll in a GI PSTP, ideally somewhere on the west coast. I grew up on the east coast and now am in medical school in the Midwest, so its seems only natural that my next move should continue West, right?
Fun Facts
What you enjoy outside of school
- I like watching movies and bass fishing when I have the time.
A talent you have always wanted
- I speak some Chinese but haven’t had the chance to become conversationally fluent yet. Some may not consider this a talent but its definitely something I want to achieve by the time I graduate from the MSTP.
Favorite book
- Not Dark Yet by Berit Ellingsen
Favorite quote
- “Reach has been good to me. Times come to return the favor.” Jorge-052, Halo Reach
Can’t live without
- Diet Coke, especially when I get them for free.
If you weren’t in MSTP, what would you be doing now?
- For a long time I was interested in becoming an accountant and breaking into mergers and acquisitions.