Committee Members

Janki Shukla

  • RIRC Elected Representative, UCCOM MD Class of 2021

Quick Facts

  • Originally from: Indianapolis, IN
  • Specialty of interest: Cardiology/Gastroenterology

Education

  • BS Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
  • BS Biochemistry, Purdue University
  • MS Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University

Primary RIRC/MSRI Projects

  • Building Industry Research Partnerships
  • Faculty Database
  • Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration with College of Engineering

Gerald (Jerry) Rouleau

  • RIRC Selected Member, UCCOM MD Class of 2021

Quick Facts

  • Originally from: Eugene, OR
  • Specialty of interest: TBD

Education

  • BA Economics, Biochemistry, Middlebury
  • MS Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Northwestern

Primary RIRC/MSRI Projects

  • Student Works Database

Phillip Witcher

  • RIRC Selected Member, UCCOM MD Class of 2021
  • Research & Projects Coordinator

Quick Facts

  • Originally from: Fishers, IN
  • Specialty of interest: Internal Medicine

Education

  • BS Chemistry (Biochemistry focus), Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

Primary RIRC/MSRI Projects

  • Research & Projects Coordinator

Nick Benson

  • RIRC Selected Member, UCCOM MD Class of 2020
  • Research & Projects Lead

Quick Facts

  • Originally from: Chicago, IL
  • Specialty of interest: Cardiovascular and Emergency Medicine

Education

  • BS Biology, Chemistry and Anthropology minors, Loyola University Chicago
  • MS Biomedical Sciences with Protein Crystallography Thesis, Tufts University School of Medicine

Primary RIRC/MSRI Projects

  • Building Industry Research Partnerships
  • Guiding M1s in the research design and regulatory processes

Melissa MacDonald

  • RIRC Selected Member, UCCOM BS Class of 2019

Quick Facts

  • Originally from: Ashland, OH
  • Specialty of interest: Developmental Biology

Education

  • UCCOM BS Class of 2019

Primary RIRC/MSRI Projects

  • Centralizing UCCOM's medical student research programs
  • Developing database for student research

Allison Dorogi

  • RIRC Elected Representative , UCCOM MD Class of 2019

Quick Facts

  • Originally From: Cleveland, OH
  • Specialty of interest: Anesthesiology/Surgery

Education

  • BS Program II: Philosophical and Policy Implications of Personalized Medicine

Primary RIRC/MSRI Projects

  • National Survey of Medical School Research Programs
  • Building Medpace Industry Partnership
  • Surveys of UCCOM medical students
  • Assisting with MSRI needs and growing number of involved programs and mentors

Vickie Hau

  • RIRC Selected Member, UCCOM MD Class of 2018

Quick Facts

  • Originally From: New York
  • Specialty of interest: Anesthesiology

Education

  • BS Chemical Engineering, Bucknell Unviversity

Primary RIRC/MSRI Projects

  • Charting the national landscape of medical student research programs

Kristi Ngo

  • RIRC Selected Member, UCCOM MD Class of 2018

Quick Facts

  • Originally From: Cleveland, OH
  • Specialty of interest: Infectious Disease

Education

  • BA Cognitive Science, Case Western Reserve University

Primary RIRC/MSRI Projects

  • Charting the national landscape of medical student research programs

Ryan Gamlin

  • RIRC Selected Member, UCCOM MD Class of 2018

Quick Facts

  • Specialty of interest: Anesthesiology

Education

  • BA Economics, Miami University

Primary RIRC/MSRI Projects

  • Characterizing medical student research programs at exemplar institutions
  • Charting the national landscape of medical student research programs

Adeline Yang

  • Founder of the RIRC and MSRI
  • UCCOM MD Class of 2018

Quick Facts

  • Originally from: Los Angeles, CA
  • Specialty of interest: Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Education

  • B.S. Chemical Engineering, UCLA
  • M.S. Physiology, UCCOM

Primary RIRC/MSRI Projects

  • Characterizing medical student research programs at exemplar institutions
  • Charting the national landscape of medical student research programs
  • Centralizing UCCOM's medical student research programs
  • Increasing support and funding for UCCOM's medical student research initiative
  • Surveys of UCCOM medical students