The METP has supported the careers of many trainees who have gone onto successful careers in science. The following examples focus on individuals who have obtained academic positions or jobs in the pharmaceutical industry, though METP trainees have had successful careers in many other areas of science including science writing, government service, medicine or health charity administration.
Sam Pfaff
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 1988-1991
Current Position: Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Gene Expression Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
Charles Davis
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1988-1989
Current Position: Associate Professor, Penn State Hershey Bone and Joint Institute, Hershey, PA
C. Michael Jones
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1988-1990
Current Position: Chief Science Officer, Aluminaid, Republic of Singapore
Lincoln Potter
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1988-1990
Current Position: Professor, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Stephanie Schroeder
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1989-1991
Current Position: Chair & Associate Professor, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
Edouard Noisin
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 1989-1990
Current Position: President Executive, Universite Roi Henri Christophe, Haiti
Sabina Kupershmidt
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 1990-1992
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nursing, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
Robin Reed
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1990-1993
Current Position: Associate Professor and Chair of Chemistry, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Jon Jackson
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 1991-1992
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Tom Jetton
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 1991-1993
Current Position: Professor of Medicine-Endocrinology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Mark Alexandrow
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1991-1993
Current Position: Assistant Member, Program in Molecular Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
Bart Lutterbach
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1991-1995
Current Position: Associate Principal Scientist, Merck Research Laboratories, Boston, MA
Peter Lucas
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 1992-1994
Current Position: Associate Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Dana Sindelar
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1992-1995
Current Position: Principal Research Scientist, Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, IN
DeAnne Cravaritis
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1993-1994
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Research Science Center, NCBI, Bethesda, MD
Blair McNeill
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1993-1995
Current Position: Principal Process Development Scientist, Alkermes, Wilmington, OH
Li Yang
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 1994-1996
Current Position: Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Head, Tumor Microenvironment Section, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Matthew Pete
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 1994-1996
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Alkermes Inc., Lebanon OH
Kevin Gerrish
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1994-1996
Current Position: Scientist, Microarray Group, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIEHS, Triangle Park, NC
Claes Bavik
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 1995-1997
Current Position: Associate Director, Biology, Acucela, Seattle, WA
Amy Halseth
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1995-1997
Current Position: Vice President, Clinical Development and Medical Affairs at Orexigen Therapeutics San Diego, CA
Jon Partridge
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1995-1997
Current Position: Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Christine Donmoyer
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1996-1998
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biology, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Steven Sanders
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1996-1998
Current Position: Director of Molecular Biology, Cibus US LLC, San Diego CA
Ryan Streeper
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1996-1998
Current Position: Research Investigator, Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research Boston, MA
Mary Waltner Law
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 1997-1999
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Florida, FL
Erin Eaton
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1997-1999
Current Position: Associate Professor of Biology, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
Dale Edgerton
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1997-1999
Current Position: Research Associate Professor, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Jeremy Richman
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 1998-2000
Previous Position: Associate Director, Arena Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA
Current Position: Founder, Director the Avielle Foundation, Newtown, CT
Julio Ayala
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1998-2000
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Jennifer Busch
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1998-2000
Current Position: Associate Professor of Biology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
Anthony Couvillon
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1998-2000
Current Position: Development Scientist, Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA
Stephanie Sherck Gustavson
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1998-2001
Current Position: Director, CVMD Global Medicines Development AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD
Renee Ireton
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 1999-2001
Current Position: Assistant Director of Research, Center for Innate Immunity and Immune Disease, Dept. of Immunology, Seattle, WA
Maureen Gannon
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 1999-2001
Current Position: Professor, METP Associate Director, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
John LeLay
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2000-2002
Current Position: Scientist at MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD
Richard Pencek
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2000-2002
Current Position: Senior Director, Clinical Research at Intercept Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA
Alfred Robison
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2000-2002
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Leigh Carmody
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2001-2003
Current Position: Research Project Manager at The Jackson Laboratory of Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT
J. Chris Cooper
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2001-2003
Current Position: Research Scientist, Glycosensors and Diagnostics LLC, Athens, GA
Christopher Williams
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2001-2002
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Ren Jin
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2001-2003
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Urologic Surgery Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Rajnish Gupta
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2001-2002
Current Position: Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Peter Wiebe
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2002-2004
Current Position: Manager Data Analytics, Abbott Diagnostics, Chicago, IL
Michael Bowen
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2003-2004
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept of Clinical Science, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Brian Linggi
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2003-2005
Current Position: Systems Pharmacology and Biomarkers, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies, San Diego, CA
Kathryn Stettler Johnson
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2003-2005
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biology, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Michael Blaha
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2004-2005
Current Position: Director of Clinical Research, Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Assistant Prof. of Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
Latsavongsak Sethaphong
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2004-2006
Current Position: Lieutenant, Department of Chemistry, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
Keely Gilroy
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2004-2006
Current Position: Executive Clinical Science Liaison, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Atlanta, GA
Susanne Tranguch
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2005-2007
Current Position: Assistant Dean for Biomedical Science, Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Cell Biology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Ryan Burnette
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2005-2007
Current Position: Director, Alliance Biosciences, Richmond, VA
Eric Berglund
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2006-2008
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Corey Fowler
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2006-2007
Current Position: Clinical Program Manager at Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies, New York, NY
Lara Nyman
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2006-2008
Current Position: Associate Principal Scientist, R & D Manager, Gatorade Sports Science Institute, Barrington, IL
Jason Winnick
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2007-2008
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Elizabeth Tweedie-Ables
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2007-2009
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Katie Colbert Coate
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2008-2009
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Samford University, Samford, AL
Dario Gutierrez
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2008-2009
Current Position: Immunobiology Leader, Merck Research Labs, Cambridge Exploratory Science Center, Cambridge, MA
Kimberly Mulligan
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee 2008-2009
Current Position: COSAM Director of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at Auburn University, Auburn, AL
David DeGraff
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2008-2009
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
Joan Garrett
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2008-2010
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Tara Schwetz
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2009-2011
Current Position: Senior Advisor to the Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Julien Sebag
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2010-2012
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Emily Stanley
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2011-2012
Current Position: Scientist, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Kansas City, MO
Travis Cyphert
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee 2013-2015
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
Jamal Bryant
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee
Current Position: Student (Rising G4)
Matthew Cottam
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee
Current Position: Student (Rising G4)
Slavina Goleva
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee
Current Position: Student (Rising G4)
Sarah Milian
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee
Current Position: Student (Rising G5)
Andrea Perreault
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee
Current Position: Student (Rising G5)
Corey Seacrist
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee
Current Position: Student (Rising G5)
Kayla Shumate
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee
Current Position: Student (Rising G5)
Shannon Townsend
Pre-Doctoral METP Trainee
Current Position: Student (Rising G4)
Molly Altman
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee
Current Position: Adjunct Faculty, College of Pharmacy, Belmont University
Anel Jaramillo
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee
Current Position: Post-doc in Winder lab
P. Mason McClatchey
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee
Current Position: Scientist, Sigilon Therapeutics, Inc.
Joshua Neuman
Post-Doctoral METP Trainee
Current Position: Medical Liaison, Pediatric Endocrinology, Novo Nordisk