Ph.D. Completions
MBRS-IMSD Alumni – Ph.D. or Other Advanced Degree Program Completions
(1995 – 2013)
2013
Khanichi Charles, Ph.D., Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard University
Maricel Gozo, Ph.D., Translational Medicine and Biomedical Science, Cedar-Sinai Medical School
Victor Seguritan, Ph.D., Computational Science, SDSU/Clairemont College Joint Doctoral Program
2012
Christina Campbell, Ph.D., Ecological & Community Health Psychology, Michigan State University; Post doctoral fellow, Yale University
Tara Martinez, Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Eric Vazquez, Ph.D., Physics, Columbia University
Feion Villodas, Ph.D./M.P.H., Clinical Psychology, UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program; Post doctoral fellow, San Diego VA Hospital
Richard Virgen, Ph.D., Virology, University of California, Irvine
2011
Danielle Augustin, M.S., Ph.D., Microbiology, UC Berkeley; Research Scientist II, Clorox
Veronica Casas, Ph.D., Molecular Biology, UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program
Jason Daniel, Ph.D., Health Behavior, Public Health, UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program; Post doctoral fellow, Wake Forest University; Post doctoral fellow, University of Iowa
Karen Moreira, Ph.D., Cell Biology, UCSF – TETRAD; Research Staff, Stanford University, Bejerano Lab
Giang Pham, Ph.D., Speech Language Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Post doctoral fellow, University of Minnesota; Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Disorders, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Adriana Villasenor, Ph.D., Epidemiology, University of Washington; Post doctoral fellow, UCSD Cancer Center
2010
Cecilia Browne, Ph.D., Molecular Pathology/Biomedical Sciences University of California, San Diego, Post-doctoral fellow, UCSD/Burnham Institute; Research Scientist, Johnson & Johnson
Antoniette Linton, Ed.D., Education, University of Southern California
Alina Montalbano, Ph.D., Biology, UT Southwestern Medical School; Post-doctoral fellow, Loma Linda; Post-doctoral fellow, UT Southwestern
Felizza Quinones Gunderson, Ph.D., Molecular Biology, UCSD, Biological Sciences; Post doctoral fellow, Northwestern University
2009
Janet Abou, M.D., Yale University Medical School; Physician, Kaiser Permanente Health Care
Marissa Aillaud, M.D., Stanford University; Pediatric Resident, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, June 2010 – present
Manuel Carranza, D.D.S., University of Michigan
Esmeralda Iniguez, Ph.D., Health Behavior, Graduate School of Public Health, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program; Epidemiologist, Early Warning Infectious Disease Surveillance program, California Office of Binational Border Health –California Department of Public Health
Suzanna Martinez, Ph.D., Health Behavior, Graduate School of Public Health, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program; Post doctoral fellow, UCSF
Gabriela Simon-Cerejido, Ph.D., Language and Communicative Disorders, UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program; Assistant Professor, Communicative Disorders, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychology
Paul Vasquez, Pharm D., University of Southern California (USC)
Michael Virata, M.B.A/Ph.D., Molecular Biology, UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program; Research Scientist II, Illumina
2008
Edwin Manuel, Ph.D., Virology, Harvard University; Post doctoral fellow, City of Hope, Los Angeles; Staff Scientist, City of Hope, Los Angeles
Gerardo Perez, Ph.D., Molecular Biology, UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program; Post-doctoral program, UCSD Cancer Center; Research Scientist, Phage Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Errin Rider (Fontaine), Ph.D., Virology, Harvard University; Postdoctoral Fellow in Public Health and Clinical Microbiology at California Department of Public Health
2007
Gracielle Manipon, Pharm D.,University of California, San Francisco; Pharmacist, Fresno, CA
2006
Victoria Love, Ph.D., Immunology, Harvard University; Post doctoral fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Scientist II, AnaptysBio
Jo-An Malahy, M.P.H., D.P.T., University of Puget Sound; Physical Therapist, Sharp Rees-Stealy
2005
Jeffrey Alvarez, M.P.H., Ph.D., Psychology, Kansas State University
Senaida Fernandez, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program; Post doctoral program, Columbia; Community Initiatives and Public Health Sciences Program Officer California Breast Cancer Research Program, University of California Office of the President
Jorge Millan, D.P.T., Physical Therapy, University of Southern California; Physical Therapist
Gilbert Pangilinan, D.P.T., Physical Therapy, University of Southern California
2004
Chemen Denny, M.D., Chicago Pritzker, School of Medicine; Assistant Professor, Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University, School of Medicine
Mirna Lopez, M.A., Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program; Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Illumina
Christian Renken, Ph.D., Biology, UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program; Post-doctoral fellowship, Wadsworth; Vice President, Life Sciences at Applied BioPhysics, Inc
Kien Trinh, M.D., University of Washington, School of Medicine; Post doctoral fellowship Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington; Research scientist II, University of Washington.
2003
Janet Calderon, Ph.D., Speech Language Hearing Science; Post-doctoral fellowship University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Associate Professor, Registrar, Florida Hospital, College of Health Sciences
Marco Salazar, M.D./Ph.D., Yale University; Chief Resident, Urology, University of Washington
Lawrence Stitt, M.D., Meharry Medical School
2002
Annalisa Co, D.P.M., California College of Podiatric Medicine, San Francisco
Helen Kemp, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program, Chemistry; Senior Scientist, Proctor & Gamble
Adeunice Mata, M.D., Stanford University, Practicing Physician
Joel Mata, M.D., Stanford University, Practicing Physician
2001
Gina Moore, Ph.D., Molecular Biology, UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program; Post doctoral fellow, UT Southwestern Medical Center; Post doctoral fellow, University of Washington, Group Health Cooperative; Owner, Isle Sanctuary Creative Artists
Carlo Quinonez, Ph.D., Neuroscience, California Institute of Technology; Post doctoral fellow, UCSD (IRACDA)
2000
Samuel Waters, Ph.D., Immunology, University of Virginia; Post-doctoral fellowship, National Cancer Institute; Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Missouri, Columbia
1999
Vanjah Norman, M.D., Medical College of Ohio
1998
Barbie Boodram, M.D., Medical College of Ohio
Elaine DeVillena, M.D., University of California, Irvine



