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 Alumni
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