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	Andarawis, Nelly Entering class of 2002
	McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
	Current research: Rotator Cuff Loading and tendon tear propagation
	Advisor: Dr. Louis Soslowsky
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photo n/a	Ansorge, Heather Entering class of 2004
	McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
	Current Research: Tendon Healing
	Advisor: Dr. Louis Soslowsky
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Baker, Brendon

Entering class of 2005

McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory

Current Research: Meniscus Tissue Engineering

Advisor: Dr. Robert Mauck

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	Baranski, Jan Entering class of 2006
	Jones Laboratory
	Advisor: Dr. Peter L. Jones

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Barendt, Pamela

Entering class of 2005

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow

Lab: Molecular Cell Engineering Laboratory (MCEL)

Advisor: Dr. Casim Sarkar

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Beckstein, Jessie

Entering class of 2004

McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory

Current Research:

Orthopaedic Biomechanics. Intervertebral disc degeneration and low back pain.

Advisor: Dr. Dawn Elliott

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photo n/a	Blanco, Justin Entering class of 2004

	Neuroengineering Lab
	Advisors: Dr. Leif Finkel and Dr. Brian Litt
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Bloy, Luke

Entering class of 2007

Biomedical Image Analysis

Advisor: Dr. Ragini Verma

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Brey, Darren

Entering class of 2005

Polymeric Biomaterials Laboratory

Advisor: Dr. Jason Burdick

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Brink, Hallie

Entering class of 2002

Nicoll Lab

Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering

Advisor: Dr. Steven Nicoll

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photo n/a	Cao, Xiang Entering class of 2004
	Hearing Lab

	Advisor: Dr. Virginia Richards
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Chase, Brian

Entering class of 2005

Discher Lab

Current Research: Mechanosening and Mechanotransduction in muscle and stem cells.

Advisor: Dr. Dennis Discher

acapella singing, GAPSA (grad student government)

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	Chau, Alice Entering class of 2006 Bioengineering MSE student
	Ayyaswamy Lab
	Advisor: Portnovo S. Ayyaswamy

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	Chen, Antony Entering class of 2004
	Cellular and Molecular Imaging Group
	Advisor: Dr. Andrew Tsourkas
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	Chen, Guang Entering class of 2002
	Computational Biology and Informatics Laboratory in the Center for Bioinformatics Current Research: Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Statistical Learning
	Advisor: Dr. Christian Stoeckert
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	Christian, Natalie Entering class of 2003
	National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
	Hammer Lab, Polymersomes
	Current Research: Developing near-infrared emissive polymersomes for noninvasive, in vivo dendritic cell tracking. I am working towards the ability to track dendritic cell based vaccines in the context of ovarian cancer therapy.
	Advisor: Dr. Daniel A. Hammer
	Other interests: GABE President (2005-06) Hobbies: Cooking, reading (other than science), biking, hiking and traveling.		Top

	Chung, Cindy Entering Class of 2004
	Polymeric Biomaterials Laboratory
	Advisor: Dr. Jason Burdick
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	Civelek, Mete Entering class of 2001
	American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship Award
	Institute for Medicine and Engineering
	Current Research: Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics
	Advisor: Dr. Peter F. Davies		Top

	Cohen, Taylor Entering class of 2004
	Injury Lab

	Advisor: Dr. Susan Margulies
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photo n/a	Cook, Tessa Sundaram Entering class of 2004
	Penn Image Computing and Science Laboratory (PICSL)
	Current Research: Quantitative analysis of pulmonary kinematics using medical image analysis techniques
	Advisor: Dr. James Gee
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photo n/a	Crayton, Samuel Entering class of 2005 MD/PhD program
	Tsourkas Lab - Cellular and Molecular Imaging Group
	Advisor: Dr. Andrew Tsourkas

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	Desai, Ravi Entering class of 2004
	National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
	Tissue Microfabrication Laboratory
	Research: Cellular responses to contact and diffusible cues
	Advisor: Dr. Christopher S. Chen		Top

	DiPaolo, Brian Entering class of 2003
	Injury Biomechanics Lab
	Current Research: Pulmonary injury
	Advisor: Dr. Susan Margulies	Top

	Dishowitz, Michael Entering class of 2006
	McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
	Current Research: Orthopaedic Surgery
	Advisor: Dr. Louis Soslowsky
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photo n/a	Dong, Ling Entering class of 2006
	GANN Training Grant Recipient
	Spine Pain Research Lab
	Advisor: Dr. Beth Winkelstein
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	Dourte, LeAnn Entering class of 2005
	McKay Orthopaedic Laboratory
	Advisor: Dr. Louis Soslowsky

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Duda, Jeffrey Entering class of 2000
Whitaker Fellow
Penn Image Computing and Science Laboratory (PICSL)
Research area: Medical Image Analysis and Processing. Diffusion Tensor MRI.	web page
Advisor: Dr. James Gee		Top

	Elias, Andrew Entering class of 2006
	Cellular and Molecular Imaging Group
	Advisor: Dr. Andrew Tsourkas

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	Emami, Kiarash Entering class of 2006
	MMRRCC
	Current research: Hyperpolarized MRI, Lung Physiology, Respiratory Mechanics, and Metabolic Imaging.
	Advisor: Dr. Rahim Rizi
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	Erickson, Isaac Entering class of 2006
	National Science Foundation - Graduate Research Fellow
	McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
	Current Research: Functional cartilage tissue regeneration, bioreactor design and development, mesenchymal and adult stem cell research.
	Advisor: Dr. Robert Mauck Interests/ Hobbies: Mountain and freestyle BMX cycling, off-road triathlon, reptiles, traveling, watching professional basketball.		Top

	Matt Furlow Entering Class of 2007 GAANN Fellow
	Lab: Diamond Lab
	Advisor: : Dr. Scott Diamond
	Current Research: mechanotransduction of circulatory shear stresses
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	Gandal, Michael Entering Class of 2006 Combined Degree Program - MD/PhD student

	Lab: Dr. Steven Siegel
	Current Research: Computational neuroscience, neuroimaging
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photo n/a	Guerraty, Marie Entering Class of 2005 Combined Degree Program - MD/PhD student
	Lab: Davies Lab, IME
	Advisor: : Dr. Peter Davies

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photo n/a	Huang, Alice Entering class of 2005
	McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
	Current research: Cartilage Tissue Engineering

	Advisor: Dr. Robert Mauck Interests / hobbies: Co-President of GABE	Top

	Hubbard, Dan Entering class of 2002
	Spine Pain Research Laboratory
	Current research: cervical spine injury mechanics

	Advisor: Dr. Beth Winkelstein Interests/Hobbies: GABE and Intramural Sports		Top

Ifkovits, Jamie Entering class of 2005 Ashton Fellow
Polymeric Biomaterials Lab
Current research: Polymeric material development for tissue engineering applications
Advisor: Dr. Jason Burdick Interests/Hobbies:Co-President of GABE, CASA Soccer League	NSF Honorable Mention, Society of Biomaterials STAR Award	Top

	Ibrahim, Nicole Entering class of 2003
	Injury Lab
	Advisor: Dr. Susan Margulies
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photo n/a	Johnson, Kandice Entering class of 2003
	Weaver Lab
	Advisor: Dr. Valerie Weaver
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Photo n/a	Kaiser, Christina Entering class of 2004
	Weaver Lab
	Current Research: Role of Integrin Dependent Force In Mammary Epithelial Metastasis
	Advisor: Dr. Valerie Weaver Special note: Currently living in San Francisco, CA continuing research at UCSF as part of the Weaver Lab	Top

	Kameswaran, Niranjan Entering class of 2003
	Smith Injury Lab
	Advisor: Dr. Douglas Smith
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Katz, Joshua

Entering class of 2006

National Science Foundation Research Fellow, GRFP

Polymeric Biomaterials Lab, Burdick Lab
Hammer Lab

Current Research: Synthesis of diblock copolymers with multifunctional linkers for responsive biomaterials.

Advisors; Dr. Daniel A. Hammer and Dr. Jason Burdick

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Khetan, Sudhir

Entering class of 2007

National Science Foundation Research Fellow

Polymeric Biomaterials Lab, Burdick Lab

Advisors; Dr. Jason Burdick

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	Krizan, Sylva Visiting Student National Science and Engineering Research Council Post-graduate Scholarship
	Hankenson Lab
	Current Research: The role of adhesion strength in differentiation of human marrow stromal cells
	Advisor: Dr. Kurt Hankenson
	Interests/ hobbies: Karate, beledi dance		Top

	Lake, Spencer Entering class of 2003
	National Science Foundation Research Fellow
	McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
	Advisor: Dr. Louis Soslowsky
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Photo n/a	Lee, Kathryn Entering class of 2002
	Spine Pain Research Laboratory
	Advisor: Dr. Beth Winkelstein
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Photo n/a	Leight, Jennifer Entering class of 2004 NSF Fellow
	Tissue Microfabrication Lab
	Advisor: Dr. Christopher S. Chen
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	Levental, Ilya Entering class of 2002
	Janmey Lab - Biophysical Laboratory
	Current Research: 1. Lipid raft/domain formation and PIP2 segregation; 2. Cell mechanics in disease states.
	Advisor: Dr. Paul Janmey
	Institute for Medicine and Engineering Symposium - Predoctoral Presentation Award NIH IME Cardiovascular Training Grant (2004-2006) Honorable Mention NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2004)		Top

photo n/a	Liu,Andrew Entering class of 2007
	HHMI Interfaces Scholar MD/PhD program
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	Liu, Yingting Entering class of 2004
	Computational Biology Lab
	Advisor: Dr. Ravi Radhakrishnan		Top

Liu, Zhijun (Gordon)

Entering class of 2004

Tissue Microfabrication Lab

Advisor: Dr. Christopher S. Chen

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	Maltese, Matthew Entering class of 2007
	Injury Biomechanics Laboratory
	Advisor: Dr. Susan Margulies
	Current Research: Brain tissue injury mechanisms in 6 to 10 year old human age-equivelent porcine specimens.	Top

	Mawn, Theresa Entering class of 2001
	Molecular Imaging Lab
	Advisor: Dr. Jim Delikatny and Dr. Jack Leigh
	Current Research: NIR optical imaging	Top

	Mesfin, Mahlet Entering class of 2004
	Meaney Lab
	Advisor: Dr. Dave Meaney		Top

photo n/a	Moyer, Jason Entering class of 2002
	Neuroengineering Laboratory
	Advisor: Dr. Leif Finkel
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photo n/a	Niyogi, Sampreet Entering class of 2005
	MMRRCC
	Advisor: Dr. Ravi Reddy
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photo n/a	O'Connell, Grace Entering class of 2004
	McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
	Current Research: Spine biomechanics, Intervertebral disc degeneration
	Advisor: Dr. Dawn Elliott
	Recipient of the East Asia Summer Fellowship (EAPSI) - Summer 2007 Interests / hobbies: rock climbing, photography	Top

photo n/a	Ong, Henry Entering class of 2005
	Laboratory for Structural NMR Imaging
	Current research: Indirect assessment of tissue microarchitecture
	Advisor: Dr. Felix Wehrli	Top
	Intersts / hobbies: Penn Choral Society

	Orlansky, Amy Entering class of 2006
	McKay Orthopaedic Research laboratory
	Advisor: Dr. Dawn Elliott
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	Ou, Yangming Entering Class of 2006
	Section of Biomedical Image Analysis (SBIA)
	Advisor: Dr. Chrisos Davatzikos
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	Outten, Joel Entering class of 2007
	Diamond Lab
	Advisor: Dr. Scott Diamond
	Current Research: Gene therapy applications for stem cell differentiation
	Other interests include: Hiking, camping, skiing, music, drawing, cooking, eating, Phillies		Top

photo n/a	Palani, Santosh Entering class of 2005
	MCEL
	Research: Cell signaling, Cell differentiation.
	Advisor: Dr. Casim Sarkar	Top

	Pajerowski, John David Entering Class of 2003
	Biophysical Engineering Lab
	Current Research: Biophysics of the mammalian Nucleus. Effects of Lamin A/C Mutations on MSC Myogenesis.
	Advisor: Dr. Dennis Disher
	Interests / hobbies: martial arts, music (play jazz sax), rock climbing.		Top

photo n/a	Quinn, Kyle Entering class of 2004
	Spine Pain Research Lab
	Advisor: Dr. Beth Winkelstein	Top

	Reid, Ashlan Entering class of 2000
	Contreras Lab
	Advisor: Dr. Diego Contreras		Top

Reza, Anna

Entering class of 2004

Nicoll Lab

Advisor: Dr. Steven Nicoll

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Rothman, Sarah

Entering class of 2002

Spine Pain Lab