Read more about your friends and colleagues from IU Bloomington.
Updates are arranged alphabetically by last name, with each person's graduation year included and, if applicable, their concentration.
Read more about your friends and colleagues from IU Bloomington.
Updates are arranged alphabetically by last name, with each person's graduation year included and, if applicable, their concentration.
Anna Adkins, 2022: I will be attending graduate school in pursuit of a masters and doctoral degree. Concluding those programs, I hope to work in a forensic crime laboratory.
Rohan Agarwal, 2022: After graduation, I will be attending medical school to pursue interests in medical oncology, orthopedics, and psychiatry.
Gabrielle Alessia, 2022: After graduation, I will be attending physician assistant school at Midwestern University in Downers Grove, Illinois.
Madeleine Allard, 2022: After graduation, I plan on taking a gap year and searching for a job within the healthcare field with a focus on genetics research or lab work. Following a gap year, I may go back to school to complete a master's degree in biotechnology.
Anna Altavilla, 2022: I plan on teaching English abroad in Spain while also pursuing Medical School.
Annie Auth, 2022: After graduation, I plan on taking a gap year to obtain additional hands-on experience and shadowing for dental school. After finishing the gap year, I plan to attend a graduate school to work towards a career as a general dentist.
Kaytlyn Baldwin, 2022: Following graduation, I plan to take the MCAT and apply to medical school. Between studying and applying, I will work at the Indiana Center for Recovery and volunteer at the All-Options Pregnancy Resource Center.
Whitney Bell, 2022: My post-graduation plans consist of applying to PA school and continuing to work at IU Health Hospital. Upon acceptance to PA school, I will continue my education to obtain a master's degree and begin a professional career as a PA.
Madeline Blackwell, 2016 (Human Health and disease): I have completed my first two years of General Surgery Residency at IU in Indianapolis. Starting this past July, I began a two year research fellowship in Surgical Education. I will complete this research fellowship and then return to clinical duties in July of 2024.
Nia Boyd, 2022: After college, I plan to move out of Indiana and attend physician assistant school.
Jenna Busick, 2022: I will be attending the Indiana University Dental School in Indianapolis to pursue my dream of becoming a dentist.
Mark Cobb, 2022: I plan to continue my studies at an Accelerated Nursing Program in pursuit of becoming a Registered Nurse.
Mikayla Deckard, 2022: I will be applying to medical schools this spring. During a gap year, I plan to work as an EMT, exploring opportunities in wilderness medicine.
Anna (Bakas) Deitch, 2014 (Human health and disease): I’m a second year pediatric cardiology fellow at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford!
Samantha Disney, 2022: I plan on working as a CNA during my gap year and applying to PA school in the Spring.
Morgan Eassa, 2022: After graduation, I plan to work as an EMT during the summer in Bloomington before returning home to California to continue education in PA School.
Addie Ellinger, 2022: After graduation, I plan to attend physical therapy school in 2023.
Michael English, 2014 (Human Health and Disease): Celebrating 4 years as a Neurosurgery Physician Assistant with Indianapolis' premiere Neurosurgery practice, Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine providing surgical assisting and perioperative care to Hoosier patients. Delivering educational lectures to Physician Assistant students at area universities and local conferences.
Alison Erman, 2022: I will be attending Butler University's Master of Physician Assistant Program this May!
Brittany Falker, 2022: I am moving to Pensacola, Florida and will be pursuing a career in Medical Sales.
Rachael Fickel, 2022: I plan to attend PA school after graduation.
Connor Fox, 2022: I will be attending medical school in New Mexico at Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine in July.
Annie Francis, 2022: After graduation, I plan to attend law school with a goal to obtain a joint degree — a J.D. and Master’s — over the course of the next few years.
Lauren Freije, 2022: I plan on returning to school in the near future to pursue either a master’s degree or a PhD in Bioanthropology.
Lauren Fuqua, 2022: After college, I intend to apply to a nursing program and eventually become a nurse practitioner.
Haleigh Gilliland, 2019 (Human Health and Disease): I am currently getting a PhD in microbiology and molecular genetics at Michigan State University. My work in Andrew Olive’s lab focuses on dissecting interactions between mycobacterium abscesses and macrophages during early infection.
Skylar Gomez, 2022: After graduation, I plan on taking a gap year in Indianapolis to gain more direct patient care experience. After which, I will be attending graduate school to become a physician assistant.
Makinnah Grigsby, 2022: I am taking a gap year before continuing to medical school.
Elizabeth Grimes, 2020 (Human Growth and Development): Elizabeth Grimes is a first-year Administrative Fellow at Indiana University Health. She is learning IU Health’s system and applying her educational and professional skills via projects involving strategy, health equity, data and analytics, palliative and hospice care, and more. Elizabeth is looking forward to growing as a healthcare professional through this program.
Rachel Haile, 2022: After a gap year, I would like to pursue a masters in epigenetics as well as potentially pursuing film.
Katherine Haire, 2010 (Human Health and Disease): Attorney at Reminger Co., L.P.A. since 2018, where I was promoted to partner as of January 2022.
Tyler Hamill, 2011 (Biology): Since graduating from Indiana University, Bloomington, I have been flying around the world as a C-17 pilot for both the US Air Force and for United Airlines. With a part time career in the Air Force Reserves, I have an opportunity to travel farther and make a larger impact other than flying just passengers around the country for the airline. However, United Airlines was on the front lines of transporting and facilitating the COVID-19 vaccine to communities in need. Both jobs allow me to help people in extremely different ways and in difficult times. Using my GI Bill, I’ve also enrolled in graduate school with a focus in Microbiology completely free. The opportunities are endless and the future is uncertain. I’ve been fortunate enough to help assist with the Afghanistan evacuation and unfortunate enough to have to call my kids from across the world on a birthday or Christmas. And even though I expected to be in a lab eventually rather than at 37,000 feet for a career, I wouldn’t have changed a thing.
Melissa Hartman, 2019 (Human Health and Disease): I am in my 2nd yr of medical school at IUSM. I received my Masters in Cellular and Integrated Physiology from IUPUI in 2020 before applying for medical school.
Gracie Hause, 2022: I am going to apply to medical school and work as a Medical Technician/Research Assistant at a Retina Specialist practice in Sacramento, CA.
Sydnee Hill, 2022: I plan to attend Physician Assistant School and work in oncology.
Paityn Hill, 2022: After graduation, I plan to continue my education in healthcare pursuing a degree in either Medical or Physician Assistant school starting in the 2023 academic year. I also plan to further experience seeking internships or career opportunities providing more direct care with patients.
Liam Hobson, 2022: For the next 1-2 years after graduation I will be staying in Bloomington to conduct research with Dr. Hui-Chen Lu as a "visiting research associate", I will be studying the effects of early adolescent cannabis exposure on anatomical and functional thalamocortical connectivity in mice, specifically, the tract between the thalamus and medial prefrontal cortex— a tract that is strongly implicated in the processes behind the sustenance of working memory. My long-term plans are to attend Physician Assistant School and work in oncology.
Lauren Hofmann, 2011 (Human Health and Disease): I received my Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2014. I have been a physical therapist at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Northwestern Medicine for the last seven years. In the past year, I became the Clinical Program Coordinator for our musculoskeletal unit, specializing in multi traumas, post-surgical, and amputation cases.
Michelle Ibarra, 2022: I will be continuing my education at Indiana University pursuing a master's degree in Healthcare Management. In the near future, I see myself applying to Physician Assistant programs.
Mason Johnson, 2022: After graduation, I will either move on to medical school or take a gap year.
Haggan Julijanto, 2022: I am planning to go to Physician Assistant school and intend to work toward bridging the gap of medical access in underserved areas.
Isabel Karnuta, 2022: After graduation, I plan to work for AmeriCorps in Phoenix Arizona before applying to dental school.
Katherine King, 2010 (Human Reproduction and Sexuality): After graduation, I went on to accelerated nursing school and worked as a traveling nurse in women's health for years. One of those contracts led me to a full time remote nursing job for a gynecologic oncology office, so I have settled in Indiana but still work for California.
Britney Klotzsche, 2022: I will be attending IU School of Medicine at the Indianapolis campus, aiming to pursue a career in pediatric cardiology.
Kevin Knight, 2009 (Human Health and Disease): After working in the central lab space for 5 years, I have transitioned to the central research organization space by accepting a job with IQVIA Biotech with a focus in renal and cardiac therapeutic areas. In this role, I will be helping emerging biotech and pharma companies bring new and exciting therapies, drugs and biologics from bench to bedside.
Ashleigh Lechner, 2022: I am planning to take a gap year to get clinical hours for physician assistant school.
Andie Leonhard, 2022: I intend to take a short break to organize and recuperate before starting a career in criminal forensic biology.
Nathaniel Leser, 2022: After graduation, I plan on attending medical school in hopes of becoming an emergency physician or clinical nephrologist. I plan on taking a gap year to work as an EMT as well as continue scribing for IU Health.
Claire Litmer, 2022: After graduation, I will be taking a gap year to work and take the MCAT, and in the fall, apply to medical schools.
Abigail Lohman, 2022: After graduation, I will be pursuing a Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana beginning May 2022.
Riley McCabe, 2022: After graduation, I will continue to apply to physician assistant programs and continue working in the emergency department as a patient care technician at IU Health Bloomington Hospital.
Lindsey McCoy, 2022: After graduation, I plan to move to Denver, Colorado for a gap year, after which, I intend to go to Physician's Assistant school.
Baleigh Montgomery, 2022: After graduation, I plan on going to IU School of Medicine where I will study to become a family care doctor so I can open my own practice someday in a community in need of more accessible healthcare.
Zach Montgomery, 2022: I will be attending medical school at either Marian University or Indiana University.
Christian Moor, 2014 (Human Health and Disease): After graduating from IU I accepted a position as District Manager in Seattle, WA with Cook Medical selling their Surgery and Endoscopy portfolios. This endeavor started during college when I interned for two summers with Cook Medical. For the past two years I have been a part of a newly-created Market Development team in our Endoscopy division, where I get to work with subject matter experts on new and advancing technologies. This role is strategy-focused while also customer engaging, allowing for a varying day-to-day experience. Most recently, I've just started pursuing my MBA through the Kelley Direct program.: This will allow me to further develop my professional career within the MedTech space.
Emily Myers, 2022: I plan on pursuing a career in medical device sales after graduation.
Madalynn Myers, 2022: After graduation, I am moving to Decatur, Indiana to start working.
Allison Newman, 2019 (Human Health and Disease): I am currently enrolled in my second year of graduate school pursuing a Masters of Public Health with a concentration of Epidemiology at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina. While finishing my coursework, I have had the opportunity to complete research on “superspreaders” in malaria transmission, teach a course in introduction to epidemiology methods and measures, and work in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology branch of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. This has been a great opportunity to strengthen the skills I learned during my time at CDC and prepare me for further work within the field of epidemiology.
Natalie Nowacki, 2022: After graduation, I plan to take a gap year, working as a medical assistant to continue accumulating patient care hours, after which, I will be applying to PA school!
Claire O’Reilly, 2022: I will be attending Indiana University School of Dentistry starting in July of 2022.
London Osmun, 2022: After graduation, I will be a Medical Scribe for Scribe America and plan on attending PA school.
Lydia Parkinson, 2022: After graduation, I will be attending Indiana University School of Dentistry for the next 4 years to become a dentist.
Emily Plaskett, 2022: After graduation, I hope to work in a hospital or clinical research setting to explore my interests in science and medicine before pursuing a graduate or professional degree. Right now, I am most interested in studying human anatomy, physiology, pediatric or maternal/fetal medicine, and social determinants of health.
Hailey Ragan, 2022: Following graduation, I will be attending Dental School and is looking forward to being a healthcare provider.
Kennedy Reed, 2017 (Human Health and Disease): In May 2022, I graduated from the IU School of Optometry with my Doctor of Optometry degree. I am now seeing patients for my 1-year long post-doctoral residency in ocular disease!
Makayla Reed, 2022: I am taking a gap year before deciding whether I want to go to medical school to be a medical examiner or go to graduate school with a focus in bioanthropology.
Wyatt Reed, 2022: Following Graduation, I spent 10 weeks in Costa Rica doing NSF-Funded research on the effects of COVID-19 on research and research stations in Costa Rica. I plan to attend medical school and continue policy advocacy and research.
Ashley Reine, 2022: I will be continuing my education at Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine on the path to become a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine pediatrician.
Ashley Richards, 2012 (Human health and disease): I am currently a registered nurse in Houston, Texas in a clinical nurse coordinator position on the stroke unit. My facility is a certified comprehensive stroke center.
Alexis Roberts, 2022: After graduation, I plan on taking a year gap to focus on volunteering and job shadowing experience before going to PA school.
Amber Roberts, 2022: I plan to pursue a master’s in physician assistant studies and hopefully work in gynecology.
Katie Russell, 2016 (Human health and disease): I am practicing at a community clinic as a family medicine PA-C.
Zohra Saeedi, 2022: I plan to spend the next year traveling and preparing for law school and am interested to pursue intellectual property law.
Emily Schubach, 2022: I am hoping to attend medical school in the fall or the following academic year.
Avery Sims, 2022: After graduation, I will be working full-time as a lab technician at Indiana Fertility Institute in Carmel. After which, I plan to pursue a master's degree in either embryology or pathology.
Nolan Slifko, 2013 (Human Health and Disease): In October 2021, moved to position of Assistant District Attorney in Cobb County, Georgia. Recently was member of trial team that secured a conviction for a child abuse case involving abusive head trauma.
Winston Snyder, 2022: I hope to continue my education by enrolling in a pre-professional master's program for biology and earn a graduate degree in dentistry after that.
Dylan Sogocio, 2022: I will be attending IU School of Medicine in Bloomington in the Fall.
Ishan Sran, 2022: I plan to pursue my Doctor of Medicine degree at Indiana University School of Medicine in the Class of 2026.
Lauren Stallsmith, 2022: After graduation, I plan on taking a gap year and then attending a Master’s Program for Occupational Therapy.
John Stewart, 2022: I plan on pursuing medical school or anthropological research after graduating.
Emily (McCabe) Stewart, 2014 (Human health and disease): I have been an RN for 5 years and just completed my MSN and am studying to take my certification exam to be a Family Nurse Practitioner. I am a 1st lieutenant in the Army Reserves. I am married to my husband Daniel and we have 3 boys!
Zoe Swayne, 2022: I will be taking a gap year and before going on to graduate school to earn a Master of Science in Genetic Counseling.
Landon Upshaw, 2022: I will be attending Indiana University School of Medicine in the fall.
Noelle Visser, 2016 (Human Health and Disease): I graduated with a masters in medical mycology from the University of Manchester, U.K in 2017, then worked as a lab tech at the University of Michigan until 2021. Currently, I'm a PhD student at the University of Louisville studying plant-fungal mutualisms.
Carly Waite, 2022: I will be taking a few gap years to retake the MCAT, apply to medical school, shadow physicians and travel.
Audrey Watson, 2022: I will be attending South College-Knoxville Physician Assistant program in the Fall of 2022.
Signe White, 2012 (Human Origins and Survival): After finishing my Bachelor's degrees (BS in Human Biology & BA in Anthropology) at IU, I went on to Emory University where I received my PhD in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution. There I researched the evolution of infectious disease in experimental populations of C. elegans (a nematode host) and a bacterial parasite. I am now in a postdoctoral position at the University of California, Berkeley, where I am continuing to research questions related to infectious disease evolution, particularly as it relates to host heterogeneity's influence on parasite dynamics (how spatial structure or genetic differences in a population affect parasite evolution). I use theoretical models (developed to understand how diseases spread in human populations) and test this theory in the laboratory. You can find out more here.
Callan Wichowsky, 2022: I will be moving to Scottsdale, Arizona to work as a Technical Recruiter for Medasource, a leading healthcare consulting and professional services firm.
MiKenzie Woods, 2022: I will be attending IU School of Optometry in the fall of 2022.
Lauren Zadorozny, 2022: I will be attending Indiana University School of Optometry in the fall to pursue a Doctorate in Optometry.
Carly Zdanowicz, 2022: I plan on attending Physician Assistant school once I graduates!