Positions past trainees have taken after leaving the Overbaugh Lab
Publication record of trainees during the time they were in the Overbaugh lab (1988-2018)
21 PhD students; 21 Postdoctoral Fellows
- Jared Baeten, MD, PhD | Vice President, Clinical Development, Gilead Sciences
- Catherine Blish, MD, PhD | Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University
- Cara Burns, PhD | Team Leader, Polio Molecular Epidemiology and Surveillance Laboratory, CDC
- Serene Forte, PhD | Executive Director, Global Medical Affairs and Gene Therapy, PTC Therapeutics
- Steve Froggett, PhD | Independent Consultant and Executive Director, Froggett and Associates, LLC
- John Gosink, PhD | Senior Computational Biologist, Seattle Genetics
- Adeline Hajjar, DVM, PhD | Research Associate Professor, Departments of Immunology and Comparative Medicine, University of Washington
- F. Claire Hankenson, DVM | Professor and Director of Animal Resources, Michigan State University
- Mary-Elizabeth Harmon, PhD | Author-Philanthropist, Greenville, South Carolina
- Jason Kimata, PhD | Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine
- Paul Lewis, MD | Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health Sciences University
- Erica Lovelace, PhD | Staff Scientist, Fred Hutch
- John Lynch, MD | Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
- Joshua Marceau, PhD | Program Manager, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Fred Hutch
- Katherine S. Odem-Davis, PhD | Biostatistician, Center for Biomedical Sciences, University of Washington
- Mary Poss, DVM, PhD | Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, Pennsylvania State University
- Keshet Ronen, PhD, MPH / Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health, University of Washington
- Jeremy Roop, PhD | Scientist, Berkeley Brewing Science
- Christine Rousseau, PhD | Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Manish Sagar, MD, MPH | Associate Professor, Boston University Medical School
- Amit Sharma, PhD | Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
- Mackenzie Shipley, PhD | Project and Alliance Manager, Allen Institute for Immunology
- Elaine Thomas, MD | Professor, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico
- Kate Williams, MPH, PhD | Scientific Study Manager, Atreca Inc
- Xueling Wu, PhD | Assistant Professor, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University
- Yegor Veronin, PhD | Chief Operating Officer, Worcester Vaccine

- Sarah Benki, MS (Epi), PhD (2006) | Clinical Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, University of Washington
- Sarah Boomer, PhD (1996) | Professor and Chair (former), Department of Biological Sciences, Western Oregon State College
- David Boyd, PhD (2015) | Postdoctoral Fellow, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Bryce Chackerian, PhD (1996) | Professor and Vice Chair, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico
- Heather Cheng, MD, PhD (2005) | Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Oncology, University of Washington/Fred Hutch
- Bhavna Chohan, PhD (2007) | Senior Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
- Valerit Cortez, MPH, PhD (2009) | Postdoctoral Fellow, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Adam Dingens, MPH, PhD (2019) (co-mentor with J. Bloom) | Principal Scientist, Platform Biology Lead
- Meghan Garrett PhD (2021) | Scientist, Adaptive Biotechnologies
- Ted Gobillot, PhD (2020) | Medical Student, University of Washington
- Leslie Goo, MPH, PhD (2013) | Assistant Professor, Fred Hutch
- Daryl Humes, PhD (2012) | Senior Scientist, Sana Biotechnology
- Hannah Itell, PhD (2023) | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vanderbilt Univeristy Medical Center
- Adam Lauring, MD, PhD (2000) | Associate Professor, Departments of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Michigan
- Dara Lehman, PhD (2008) | Senior Staff Scientist, Human Biology Division, Fred Hutch; Affiliate Associate Professor, University of Washington
- Michelle Long, PhD (2001) | Product Development Manager, Tsukinekl
- Jennifer Mabuka Maroa, PhD (2012) | Program Manager, African Academy of Sciences, Nairobi
- Maxwell Majiwa Omenda, PhD (2013) | HIV Laboratory Head, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu
- Ramon Mendoza, PhD (2007) | Director, Virology and Molecular Services, Microbiology & Quality Associates
- Caitlin Milligan, MD, PhD (2015) | Resident, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard
- Nicole Naiman, PhD (2019) | Resident, University of Texas
- Anne Piantadosi, MD, PhD (2009) | Assistant Professor, Departments of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Emory University
- Mario Pineda, MD, PhD (2006) | Gynecological Oncologist, Ironwood Cancer and Research Center
- Jennifer Rohn, PhD (1996) | Professor, Department of Medicine, University College London
- Feli Ruiz (20240 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Univeristy of Washington
- Cassandra Simonich, PhD (2017) | Resident, Seattle Children’s
- Alex Willcox, PhD (2025) | Medical Student, University of Washington
- Zak Yaffe, PhD (2023) | Medical Student, University of Washington
- Ryan Yucha, PhD (2023) | Research Scientist I, Amazon
- Katherine (Katie) A. Bosch, MS | Research Associate, Fred Hutch
- Samuel Gwynn, MS | deceased
- Jennifer Johnson, MS I Vice President of Legal intellectual Property, Blaze Biosciences
- John Nahabedian, MS | Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Julie Weis, MPH, MD (co-mentor) | Resident, University of Washington
- Dawnnica Williams, MS, MD | Practicing Pediatrician, MA
- Maria Anderson
- Ryan Anderson
- Dana Arenz
- Nell Baumgarten
- Noah Cassidy
- Sonja Danon
- Shannon Devange
- Ozge Dogan
- Sandy Emery
- Bri Hennessy
- Zahra Jalalian
- Caroline Kikawa
- Afsi Mozaffarian
- Joel Neilson
- Dana Devange-Panteleeff
- Mark Papenhausen
- Dylan Peterson
- Tucker Price
- Stephanie Rainwater
- Lyle Rudensey
- Megan Stumpf
- James Sugai
- Bingjie Wang
- Haidyn Weight
- Mary Welch
- Jeff Wilson
- Ryan Anderson
- Dana Arenz
- Kristina Bajema
- Raquel Bartz
- Jesse Bergevin
- Noah Cassidy
- Mitchel Chen
- Ronald Cheung
- Margaret Chi
- Neha Chohan
- Christopher Cottrell
- Dana Devange
- Shannon Devange
- Ozge Dogan
- Shannon Emery
- Ana Glassmayer
- Lisa Gleason
- Laura Granville
- Madeleine Heller
- Stephanie Jackson
- Zahra Jalalian
- Lily Johnston
- Erin Kirkegaard
- Elizabeth Laws
- Sam Melton
- Megan McKenzie
- Afsi Mozaffarian
- Bryn Mumma
- Joel Neilson
- Minh-An Ngugen
- Willi Obenza | (PREP)*
- Vera Okolo
- Brannon Orton
- Ethan Paddock
- Mark Papenhausen
- Adam Parast
- Amber L. Peden
- Deborah Peterson
- Dylan Peterson
- Tracey Pierce
- Nick Provine
- Megan Stumpf
- Sasha Taleban
- Laura C. Thornquist
- Bingjie Wang
- Haidyn Weight
* Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program
- Alexi Borsenko
- Bhavna Chohan
- Varsha Chohan
- Emmanuel Kabare
- Jennifer Mabuka Maroa
- Maxwell Majiwa
- Musa Otieno N’gayo
- Simon Ogolla
- Juma Shafi
- Jenn Slyker