The CDC Experience Class of 2009-2010
Rebecca Bak
Medical School: Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, MD/MPH Candidate
Undergraduate School: Wesleyan University, BA Women’s Studies, Gender and Culture
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; Division of Bacterial Diseases; Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch
Kari Bjornard
Medical School: New York Medical College, MD/MPH Candidate
Undergraduate School: Trinity College, BS Biology
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities; Surveillance Branch
Kimberly Insel, MPH
Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine, MD Candidate
Graduate School: Boston University School of Public Health, MPH International Health
Undergraduate School: Brown University, BS Neuroscience
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; Global Immunization Division; Vaccine Preventable Disease Elimination and Eradication Branch
Jefferson Jones
Medical School: Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, MD/MPH Candidate
Undergraduate School: Northwestern University, BS Biomedical Engineering
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention; Division of Tuberculosis Elimination; Surveillance, Epidemiology and Outbreak Investigations Branch
Huay-Zong Law
Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, MD Candidate
Undergraduate School: University of Texas at Austin, BS Biomedical Engineering
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: National Center for Environmental Health; Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects; Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch
Jennifer Wai Lee, RN
Medical School: School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, MD Candidate
Undergraduate School: Stony Brook University, BS Nursing
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Division of Cancer Prevention and Control; Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch; Health Care Services Section
Jeffrey Norris
Medical School: University of Utah School of Medicine, MD Candidate
Undergraduate School: University of Wisconsin at Madison, BS Biology
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity; Physical Activity and Health Branch
Rachel Robitz
Medical School: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, MD Candidate
Undergraduate School: University of Cincinnati, BS Biomedical Engineering
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, and STD and TB Prevention; Division of STD Prevention; Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch
Jerome Taylor
Medical School: University of Virginia School of Medicine, MD Candidate
Undergraduate School: Rice University, BA Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity; Obesity Prevention and Control Branch
The CDC Experience Class of 2008-2009
Brian Johnson
Medical School: Emory University, M.D./M.P.H. Candidate
Undergraduate School: University of Washington, B.S. Economics
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Respiratory and Enteric Viruses, Epidemiology Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Hannah Kirking
Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: University of Wisconsin, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Quarantine and Border Health Services Branch, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases
Leslie Marino
Medical School: State University of New York, Downstate, M.D./M.P.H. Candidate
Undergraduate School: Harvard College, B.A. Biochemical Sciences
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health
Obianuju “Uju†Obi
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Undergraduate School: Harvard College, B.A. History and Science
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Developmental Disabilities Branch, Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Patrick Peebles
Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: University of Wisconsin, BS Molecular Biology
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: International Team and Surveillance Team, Epidemiology and Prevention Branch, Division of Influenza, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Scott Tolan
Medical School: University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Undergraduate School: Westmont College, B.S. Biochemistry
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Enteric Diseases and Epidemiology Branch; Division of Foodborne, Bacterial, and Mycotic Diseases; National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases
Jamie Weiss
Medical School: University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: Brandeis University, B.S. Biology and Philosophy
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch; Division of STD; National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, and STD and TB Prevention
Charlene Wong
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S. Biology
Area assigned for The CDC Experience : Health Care Services, Epidemiology and Applied Research Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
The CDC Experience Class of 2007-2008
Noelle Benzekri, M.A.
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate School: Humboldt State University, M.A. Biological Sciences
Undergraduate School: Colorado College, B.A. Philosophy
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Poxvirus; Poxvirus and Rabies Branch; Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases; National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases
Alicia Genisca
Medical School: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Undergraduate School: The Johns Hopkins University, B.A. Public Health
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Epidemiology Team, Birth Defects Branch, Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Catherine “Cait” Koss
Medical School: Northwestern University
Undergraduate School: Harvard University, A.B. Biochemical Sciences
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Epidemiology Research; Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch; Division of STD; National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention
Colin Ligon
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Undergraduate School: Princeton University, B.S.E. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health
Monica Patton
Medical School: University of Vermont
Undergraduate School: Brown, B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Surveillance and Prevention Team, Epidemiology and Prevention Branch, Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Heather Peto
Medical School: University of Wisconsin
Undergraduate School: University of Wisconsin, B.S. Biology, B.S. Political Science
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Outbreak Investigations; Surveillance, Epidemiology and Outbreak Investigations Branch; Division of Tuberculosis Elimination; National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention
Lisa Rynn
Medical School: New York Medical College
Undergraduate School: University of Pittsburgh, B.S. Neuroscience and Psychology
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Birth Defects Surveillance Team, Birth Defects Branch, Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Joshua Vasquez
Medical School: University of California at San Francisco
Undergraduate School: University of Wisconsin, B.S. Natural Sciences, Genetics & Molecular Biology
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Respiratory and Enteric Viruses, Epidemiology Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
The CDC Experience Class of 2006-2007
Susan Brim, M.A.
Medical School: Tulane School of Medicine / Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Graduate School: Stanford University, M.A. Anthropological Sciences, June 2003
Undergraduate School: Stanford University, B.A. Anthropological Sciences, June 2002
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Environmental/Asthma, National Center for Environmental Health
Lesley Brooks
Medical School: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine
Undergraduate: Kenyon College, B.A. Political Science, May 1992
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: STD/Syphilis, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention
Adrian Flores
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Graduate School: Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, M.P.H. International Health expected
Undergraduate School: Louisiana State University, B.A. English, August 2001
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Intentional and Unintentional Injury, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Andrea Hoopes
Medical School: Ohio State University of Medicine and Public Health
Undergraduate School: Washington University, B.A. Classics, May 2004
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Tuberculosis, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention
Aaron Kusano, M.S.
Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
Graduate School: Harvard University School of Public Health, M.S. Epidemiology, May 2004
Undergraduate School: The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, B.S. Biomedical Engineering, May 2000
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Congenital Birth Defects, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Jonathan Neyer
Medical School: University of California Medical School, San Diego
Undergraduate School: University of California at Berkeley, B.A. History 2002
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Cardiovascular Disease, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
John Openshaw, M.S.
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Graduate School: University of Oxford, M.S. Biology, 2003
Undergraduate School: Stanford University, B.A. Political Science and B.S. Biological Sciences, 2002
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases
Emily Petersen
Medical School: University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Undergraduate School: The Johns Hopkins University, B.A. Neuroscience, May 2002
Area assigned for The CDC Experience: Birth Defects and Medication, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
The CDC Experience Class of 2005-2006
Brendan Camp
Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University
Undergraduate School: Cornell University
Degree: Biochemistry, magna cum laude, May, 2002
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Respiratory & Enteroviruses
Teresa Dean
Medical School: Duke School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: University of Colorado, Boulder
Degree: Kinesiology, summa cum laude, December, 2002
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Reproductive Health
Eric Dziuban
Medical School: Duke School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Degree: Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry minor, April, 2003
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Parasitic Diseases
KaLynne Harris
Medical School: University of Washington School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: University of Chicago
Degree: Linguistics, June, 2001
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: NIP Vaccine Safety
Dana Smith
Medical School: Northwestern University School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: University of Maryland, College Park
Degree: Biochemistry, May, 2001
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Minority Health
Nicole Steinmuller
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: Williams College
Degree: Pre-Med, June, 2000
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Foodborne Diseases
Melanie Watts
Medical School: Brown Medical School
Undergraduate School: Dartmouth College
Degree: Pre-Med, June, 1999
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Viral & Rickettsial Diseases
Taylor Wofford
Medical School: University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: Emory University
Degree: Anthropology and Human Biology, May 2002
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Cardiovascular Diseases
The CDC Experience Class of 2004-2005
Heidi Wendell Brown
Medical School and Year: Third year at Brown Medical School
Undergraduate School: Brown University
Degree: AB magna cum laude - Community Health, May 2000
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
Judd David Flesch
Medical School and Year: Third year at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: University of Pennsylvania
Degree: BA summa cum laude - Chemistry major, Biology minor, May 2001
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Adult and Community Health
Nitin Kapur
Medical School and Year: Third year at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Undergraduate School: Rice University
Degree: BA cum laude - English Literature
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Office of Minority Health
Sean Kearney
Medical School and Year: Third year at University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: Furman University
Degree: BS - Biology
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Injury
Cassie Kuo
Medical School and Year: Third year at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Undergraduate School: Northwestern University
Degree: BA - Economics; Honors Program in Medical Education, May 2001
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Reproductive Health
Christina Mikosz
Medical School and Year: Second year at Rush Medical College
Graduate Degree: M.P.H. in Epidemiology from University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
Undergraduate School: Northwestern University
Degree: BA - Biological Sciences major, English minor, June 1999
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Viral and Rickettsial Diseases
Courtney Rowland
Medical School and Year: Third year at University of Kansas Medical School, Wichita
Undergraduate School: University of Kansas, Lawrence
Degree: BA - Biochemistry and English, May 2001
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Mehul Tejani
Medical School and Year: Third year at Baylor College of Medicine
Undergraduate School: Rice University
Degree: BA - Chemical Engineering, May 2001
Area Assigned for The CDC Experience: STD Prevention