If you are an alum of the Palladino lab, enjoy the photos of your student years. We have included the most recent career information available so let us know if you have an exciting update to make to "Where Are They Now?"
Where Are They Now?
Former Student Researchers from the Palladino Lab
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RESEARCH STUDENTS GRANTS AND AWARDS - CLICK HERE
Mitchell Parker
2012-16
MU Graduate, May 2016
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Mitchell is currently a M.D./Ph.D. candidate at Drexel University College
of Medicine.
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Rekha Penmetcha
2013-15
MU Graduate, May 2015
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
Rekha is currently in Dental School at Lake Erice College of Osteopathic Medicine in FL.
Genevieve Fasano, M.D.
2010-14
MU Graduate, May 2014
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
Genevieve completed her M.D. at Drexel University College of Medicine and
is currently in the Department of Surgery at
New York-Presbyterian Hospital,
Weill Cornell Medicine.
Dharm Patel, Ph.D.
2010-12
MU Graduate, May 2012
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Dharm completed his Ph.D. in molecular biosciences at Rutgers University and is currently Project Manager in Medical Strategy & Scientific Affairs at LEO Pharma, Inc.
Christine Dugan
2009-11
MU Graduate, May 2011
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
Christine is currently a Transformational New Product Development Associate Chemist at Church & Dwight, Princeton, NJ.
Marie London (nee Karpodinis)
2009-11
MU Graduate, May 2011
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
Marie is currently a QC Scientist at Patheon Pharmaceuticals.
Darshan Patel
2008-09
MU Graduate, May 2010
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
Darshan completed his M.D. at Drexel University College of Medicine and
is currently a Resident Physician in Urologic Surgery at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics.
Priya Patel
2008-09
MU Graduate, May 2010
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
Priya is a medical student at UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine.
Rohan Penmetcha
2007-09
MU Graduate, May 2010
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Rohan completed his D.O. from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.
Michael Savarese
2006-09
MU Graduate, May 2009
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Michael is currently Managing Director at Sterling National Bank.
Anoop Shah
2007-09
MU Graduate, May 2009
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
Anoop completed his M.D. at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Rebecca Tyson
2007-09
MU Graduate, May 2009
B.S. Biology
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Rebecca enrolled in the P.A. Program at Seton Hall University.
Leah Ostroff
2007-08
MU Graduate, May 2008
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Leah is a Medical Technologist at Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Jaclyn Horvath
2007-08
MU Graduate, May 2008
B.S. Biology
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Mary-Katherine Dughi
2006-07
MU Graduate, May 2007
B.S. Biology
Mary completed the P.A. program at Seton Hall University and currently Director of Recruitment at Teach for America.
Jessica Chapman
2005-08
MU Graduate, May 2006
B.S. Biology
MLA Program, 2008
Jonathan McNamara
2005-07
MU Graduate, May 2009
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Jonathan completed his M.D. at Ross University and is currently an Internal Medicine Resident at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
Sadaf Kazmi
2006
MU Graduate, Dec. 2006
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Sadaf completed her M.D. at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Preethi Pirlamarla
2005-06
MU Graduate, Dec. 2006
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Preethi completed her M.D. at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Fiori Alite
2006
MU Graduate, May 2009
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Fiori completed his M.D. at Drexel University College of Medicine and is currently a Radiation Oncology Resident at Loyola University Medical Center.
Theresa Johnson
2004-06
MU Graduate, May 2006
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Theresa is a Quality Compliance Manager at Artegraft, Inc.,
Rajesh Gupta
2005-06
MU Graduate, May 2006
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Raj completed his M.D. at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and is a Resident Physician at Stony Brook University Hospital.
Priti Ojha
2005
MU Graduate, May 2005
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Priti completed her M.D. at UMDNJ.
Parth Rajyaguru
2003-04
MU Graduate, May 2005
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Parth completed his M.D. at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Anjaly Curley (nee Chandramouly)
2002-03
MU Graduate, May 2004
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Anjaly completed her M.D. at Drexel University College of Medicine and is a radiologist at SimonMed Imaging, Scottsdale, AZ.
Mona Patel
2002-03
MU Graduate, May 2004
B.S. Biology
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Mona completed her M.D. at Drexel University College of Medicine.
Kristin Timpy (nee Ragucci)
2002-03
MU Graduate, May 2004
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
MSN, Adult Nursing Practitioner, 2016
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Kristin is a Cardiac Service RN at Monmouth Medical Center.
Kanesha Bacon
2002-03
MU Graduate, May 2003
B.S. Biology
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Kanesha is a Product Compliant Specialist at Schering-Plough Corp.
Larry Perruzza
2000-03
MU Graduate, May 2003
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Larry completed a M.Sc. in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs from Temple University and is currently Director, Post Market Surveillance - Combination Products NA/LATAM at Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
Tanya Galofaro (nee Aubrey)
2000-02
MU Graduate, May 2002
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Tanya is a Lab Technician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Christine Franzen
2001-02
MU Graduate, May 2002
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Christine completed her M.S. in Physician Assistant Studies at Thomas Jefferson University and is a Surgical PA at The Hospital of Central Connecticut.
Jessica Marino
2001-02
MU Graduate, May 2002
B.S. Biology
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Jessica is an Environmental Consultant at Shoor DePalma.
Jennifer Adams
2001
MU Graduate, May 2001
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Jennifer is a Lab Technician in the Obesity and Metabolism Department at Merck & Co., Inc.
John Powell
2000-03
MU Graduate, May 2001
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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John completed his M.D. at St. George's University School of Medicine and is currently a physician at Barix Clinics, Forest Health Medical of Bucks County.
Ronit Elshtein
2000-01
MU Graduate, May 2001
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Ronit is a Lab Technician in the the Department of Drug Metabolism Department at Merck & Co., Inc.
Monica Mishra
1999-00
MU Graduate, May 2001
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Monica completed her M.D. at UMDNJ and is currently a Radiologist at Riverview Medical Center.
Jennifer Loughlin
2000
MU Graduate, May 2001
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Jennifer is a graduate student in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Rutgers University.
Lynn Tonelli
2000
MU Graduate, May 2000
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Lynn is currently working at Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals.
Susan Parlato
1999-00
MU Graduate, May 2000
B.S. Biology, MCP Conc.
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Susan is a graduate student in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Rutgers University.