STUDENTS
Program Handbook
For detailed information about the program, curriculum, and degree requirements, please review our Program Handbook.
Academic Calendar
View the CU Anschutz Academic Calendar for important dates and deadlines. See Graduate School section.
Current Students
| Student Name | Laboratory | |
 | Kayla Medina | Rotating |
 | Cristina Lau | Rotating |
 | Annika Smith | Rotating |
 | Shalom Gutierrez | Rotating |
 | Susana Lopez-Ignacio | Rotating |
 | Tada Vargas Black Bear | Dr. Jill Norris |
 | Abigail Cozart | Dr. Kelly Sullivan |
 | Megan Kraus | Drs. Melissa Handel and Ganna Bilousova |
 | Parker Hicks | Dr. Arjun Krishnan |
 | Rose Doss | Dr. Martin Breuss |
 | Suraju Sadeeq | Dr. Paul Norman |
 | Yingping Wang | Drs. David Schwartz and Ivana Yang |
 | Carissa Sherman | Dr. Katrina Claw |
 | Helen Gomez | Dr. Regie Santos-Cortez |
 | Katherine Kichula | Dr. Paul Norman |
 | Luciana de Brito Vargas | Dr. Leslie Lange |
 | Stefanos Koutsoukos | Dr. Ganna Bilousova |
 | Betzaida Maldonado | Dr. Chris Gignoux |
 | Breanna Dooling | Dr. Hunt Potter |
-pi-audrey-hendricks.jpg?sfvrsn=812df1bb_1) | Hayley Stoneman | Dr. Audrey Hendricks |
 | Lauren Dunn | Dr. Kelly Sullivan |
 | Jason Wilson | Dr. Kelly Sullivan |
 | Mariah Meyer | Dr. Ethan Lange |
 | Evan Sticca | Dr. Chris Gignoux |
 | Nicholas Pollock | Dr. Paul Norman |
 | Katie Marker | Dr. Chris Gignoux |
Alumni
| 2023 | |||
| Christina Elling, PhD | BS: University of Georgia | Mentor: Dr. Regie Santos-Cortez | Currently: Associate Clinical Variant Scientist, GeneDx |
| Brittany Truong, PhD | BS: Regis University | Mentor: Dr. Kristin Artinger | Currently: Freelance Science Writer/Editor |
| Kendra Ferrier, PhD | BS: University of Washington | Mentor: Dr. Leslie Lange | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Hamish Pike, PhD | BS: University College London | Mentor: Dr. David Pollock | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science |
| 2022 | |||
| Kristen Wade, PhD | BS: Virginia Commonwealth University | Mentor: Dr. David Pollock | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California San Francisco |
| 2021 | |||
| Iain Konigsberg, PhD | BS: Indiana University, Bloomington | Mentor: Dr. Ivana Yang | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Esteban Lucero, PhD | BS: New Mexico State University | Mentor: Dr. Huntington Potter | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| 2019 | |||
| Ashley Pacheco, PhD | BS: University of New Mexico | Mentor: Dr. Amanda Law | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics University of Colorado Denver |
| Genevieve Roberts, PhD | BS: Northern Arizona University | Mentor: Dr. Richard Spritz | Currently: Senior Data Scientist - Human Statistical Genetics at Recursion |
| 2018 | |||
| Jonathan Shortt, PhD | BS: Brigham Young University | Mentor: Dr. David Pollock | Currently: Research Instructor University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Mary Sweet, PhD | BA: College of St. Benedict | Mentor: Dr. Matthew Taylor | Currently: Bioinformatics Scientist Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine (CCRM) Colorado Center |
| 2017 | |||
| Leila Noetzli, PhD | BS: University of California, San Diego | Mentor: Dr. Jorge Di Paola | Currently: Scientist at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals |
| Ilea Heft, PhD | BS: United States Military Academy, West Point, M.S. University of Texas, San Antonio | Mentor: Dr. Jim Sikela | Major in USAF, Genetics Instructor, Air Force Academy |
| Leah Venturoni, PhD | BS: University of Colorado Boulder | Mentor: Dr. Stephen Goodman | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow NIH Bethesda, Maryland |
| 2016 | |||
| Britney Helling, PhD | BS: University of Wisconsin | Mentor: Dr. David Schwartz and Dr. Ivana Yang | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago |
| Joanne Cole, PhD | BS: University of Maryland, College Park | Mentor: Dr. Richard Spritz | Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics and HMGGP Training Faculty, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Emily Mathews, PhD | BS: Trinity College, Dublin | Mentor: Dr. Bruce Appel | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Veronica Searles-Quick, PhD | BS: Brown University | Mentor: Dr. Jim Sikela | Currently: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow · UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science |
| 2014 | |||
| Ken Eyring, PhD | BS: Brigham Young University | Mentor: Dr. David Schwartz | Currently: Senior Scientist, IMD Path Inc. |
| Steven Glidewell, PhD | BS: Metropolitan State College | Mentor: Dr. Mark Geraci | Currently: Scientist at Quest Diagnostics |
| Katherine Grabek, PhD | BS: Plymouth State College; MS: Plymouth State College | Mentor: Dr. Sandy Martin | Currently: Co-Founder and CSO at Fauna Bio |
| Peter Van Laarhoven, PhD | BS: University of California Los Angeles | Mentor: Dr. Tamim Shaikh | Currently: Techincal Supervisor at Invitae |
| 2013 | |||
| Jessica Barkow (Cummiskey), PhD | BS: University of Colorado Boulder | Mentor: Dr. Curt Freed | Currently: Director of Development at Corgenix Medical Corporation |
| Jesse Hinckley, PhD | BS: Brigham Young University | Mentor: Dr. Jorge DiPaola | Currently: Director of Adolescent Psychiatric Services, Addiction Research and Treatment Services |
| 2011 | |||
| Greggory LaBerge, PhD | BS: University of Guelph; MS: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center | Mentor: Dr. Richard Spritz | Currently: Director of Forensics and Evidence Division, Denver Police Department |
| 2010 | |||
| Erin Baschal, PhD | BA: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs | Mentor: Dr. George Eisenbarth | Currently: Research Instructor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Christina Mailloux, PhD | BS: Tufts University | Mentor: Dr. Richard Spritz | Currently: Genetics Scientific Affairs Liaison, Vantari Genetics |
| 2009 | |||
| Shay (Fabbro) West, PhD | BS: Mesa State College | Mentor: Dr. Nicolas Seeds | Currently: Instructor of Biology, Department of Biological Sciences at Colorado Mesa |
| Bethany Reid, PhD | BS: University of North Carolina Wilmington | Mentor: Dr. Trevor Williams | Currently: Patent Agent, Cochran Freund & Young |
| 2008 | |||
| Laura Dumas, PhD | BA: Carroll College | Mentor: Dr. Jim Sikela | Currently: Review Analyst, GeneDx |
| Jean Jasinski, PhD | BS: Smith College; MS: Stanford University | Mentor: Dr. George Eisenbarth | Currently: Field Application Scientist – Genomics, Agilent Technologies |
| William Park McNair, PhD | BS: University of Alabama | Mentor: Dr. Luisa Mestroni | |
| Sarah Stephens, PhD | BS: University of Florida; MS: Texas A&M University | Mentor: Dr. Sherry Leonard | Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| 2007 | |||
| Theresa Boyle, PhD | BA: University of Colorado Boulder; MD: Howard University | Mentor: Dr. George Eisenbarth | Currently: Assistant Research Professor, Moffitt Cancer Center |
| Wai-Lun Patrick Li, PhD | BS: Texas A&M University | Mentor: Dr. Sandy Martin | Currently: Scientist III, Sangamo BioSciences |
| 2006 | |||
| Yunzhi Du, PhD | BS: Peking University | Mentor: Dr. Kathleen Gardiner | Currently: Investigator, Novartis |
| Jason Lee, PhD | BS: Lander University | Mentor: Dr. Robert Gemmill | Currently: Associate Professor, Lander University |
| Sharon Mexal, PhD | BS: University of New Mexico | Mentor: Sherry Leonard | Currently: Director of Clinical Operations, Ambry Genetics |
| Aaron Knox, PhD | BA: Carroll College | Mentor: Dr. David Patterson | Currently: Research Instructor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Erin Spiegel, PhD | BS: University of Nebraska | Mentor: Dr. David Patterson | Currently: Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Evergreen Research |
| 2005 | |||
| Melanie Gubbels, PhD | BS: Creighton University | Mentor: Dr. Brian Kotzin | Currently: Associate Professor, Randolph-Macon College |
| 2004 | |||
| Asem Alkhateeb, PhD | BS: Jordan University of Science and Technology; MS: Jordan University of Science and Technology | Mentor: Dr. Richard Spritz | Currently: Senior Scientist, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute |
| 2003 | |||
| Jonna Westover, PhD | BS: Utah State University | Mentor: Dr. Frank Frerman | Currently: Research Scientist, Utah State University |
| 2001 | |||
| Marissa Ehringer, PhD | BS: Indiana University | Mentor: Dr. Jim Sikela | Currently: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder |