Below are brief overviews of Levinson Scholars, their accomplishments and current work, as of November, 2016.
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*If known and last known.
| Award Year | Scholar’s Name and Current Work* | Highest Degree and Notable Achievements* |
| 2007-08 | Joan Bleecker Chemistry Instructor, UW Tacoma |
Ph.D. (UW, 2015) |
| Jeff Bowman Assistant Professor, Scripps Institute of Oceanography at UC San Diego |
Ph.D. (UW, 2014) NSF IGERT Fellowship |
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| Lauren Hanson Family Doctor, Providence Medical Center |
MPH (UW, 2013) M.D. (UW, 2015) |
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| Jonathan Keller Faculty, UW Medical Center |
M.D. (UW, 2012) | |
| David Linders Co-founder and CTO of Podimetrics |
MBA and M.S. (MIT, 2013) | |
| Christine Masuda PGY3 Psychiatry Resident, UT Dell, Austin, Texas |
M.D. (UT Southwestern School of Medicine, 2015) | |
| Lauren Palmer Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University |
Ph.D. (University of Georgia, 2014) NSF Graduate Research Fellowship |
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| Teresa Peterson Patent Agent, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
Ph.D. (Harvard University, 2015) | |
| 2008-09 | Kate Buckley Resident Physician, UW Dermatology |
M.D. (UW, 2014) |
| Lauren Hanson Family Doctor, Providence Medical Center |
MPH (UW, 2013) M.D. (UW, 2015) |
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| Rita Sodt Reliability Engineer, Google |
M.S. (UW, 2011) | |
| Kathryn Winglee Postdoc, Bioinformatics and Genomics, UNC Charlotte |
Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University, 2015) | |
| 2009-10 | Daniel Kashima M.D./Ph.D. Student, Vanderbilt Medical School |
NIH National Research Service Award |
| Sherry Lee M.D./Ph.D Student, Northwestern University |
NIH National Research Service Award Goldwater Scholar |
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| Catherine Louw Resident, UNC School of Medicine |
M.D. (UW, 2014) | |
| Alyssa Sheih Post-doc, Benaroya Research Institute |
Ph.D. (UW, 2015) NSF Graduate Research Fellowship |
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| Mark Shi Anesthesiology Resident, UW Medicine |
M.D. (UW, 2015) | |
| 2010-11 | Michael Choi MSTP Student, University of Iowa Deceased |
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| Elliot Collins Graduate Student, Carnegie Mellon |
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| Rebecca Emery Ph.D. Student, University of Pittsburgh |
M.S. (University of Pittsburgh, 2015) Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship |
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| Adrian Laurenzi Co-founder TOTAGO |
B.S. (UW, 2013) | |
| Christopher Mount MSTP Student, Stanford |
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| 2011-12 | Jeffrey Benca Ph.D. Student, UC Berkeley |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship National Geographic Society Young Explorer Grant |
| Ben Dulken MSTP Student, Stanford |
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| Molly Gasperini Ph.D. Student, UW |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship | |
| Teague Henry Ph.D. Student, UNC Chapel Hill |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship | |
| Marvin Nayan Ph.D. Student, MIT |
MIT Lord Foundation Fellowship | |
| Bennett Ng Ph.D. Student, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco |
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| Eric Secrist M.D. Candidate, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University |
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| Alexandra Taipale Software Engineer, Meraki |
B.S. (UW, 2013) Bonderman Travel Fellow |
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| 2012-13 | Hunter Bennett MSTP Student, UC San Diego |
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| Eric Do Ophthalmic Technician, Glaucoma Consultants Northwest, The Polyclinic Broadway, Seattle |
B.S. (UW, 2013) | |
| Nile Graddis Researcher, Allen Institute for Brain Science |
B.S. (UW, 2014) 2015 Washington Research Foundation Innovation Post-Baccalaureate Fellow |
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| Danelle Hidano M.D. Student, UW |
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| Ben Horst Ph.D. Student, UC Berkeley |
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| Emily Hsieh Ph.D. Student, Ichan School of Medicine, Mount Sinai |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship | |
| Joanne Hsu M.D./Ph.D. Student, Baylor College |
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| Tinny Liang M.D. Student, UW |
M.S. (UW, 2014) NSF Graduate Research Fellowship |
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| Kien-Thiet Nguyen Ph.D. Student, UC San Francisco |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship | |
| Jacqueline Robinson-Hamm Ph.D. Student, Duke University |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship | |
| 2013-14 | Derek Britain Ph.D. Student, UC San Francisco |
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| Cara Comfort | B.S. (UW, 2014) | |
| Jennifer Gile Medical School, University of Colorado |
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| Nicolette McCary | B.S. (UW, 2014) | |
| Trung Phan M.D. Student, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine |
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| Margaux Pinney Ph.D./M.S. Student, Stanford |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship | |
| Denis Smirnov MSTP Student, UC San Diego |
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| 2014-15 | Krittika D’Silva Ph.D. Student, Cambridge University |
Gates Cambridge Scholar |
| Ryan Groussman Ph.D. Student, UW |
ARCS Foundation Fellowship | |
| Gina Hansen Engineer, WL Gore, Medical Products Division |
B.S. (UW, 2016) Goldwater Scholar |
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| Jane Kwon M.D. Student, University of Pittsburgh |
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| Will Lykins Ph.D. Student, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship | |
| Karl Marrett Software Engineer, ActX |
B.S. (UW, 2015) | |
| Sean Murphy Ph.D. Student, Stanford |
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| Milan Vu Public Health Associate; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
B.S. (UW, 2015) | |
| Cindy Wei Ph.D. Student, UW |
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| Wenbi Wu Ph.D. Student, MIT |
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| 2015-16 | Natacha Lou Comandante Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan |
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| Logan Condon Research Science Assistant, UW |
B.S. (UW, 2016) | |
| Ryan Groussman Ph.D. Student |
ARCS Foundation Fellowship | |
| Emily Lo Ph.D. Student, Johns Hopkins University |
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| Darby Losey Research Staff, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, UW |
B.S. (UW, 2016) | |
| Soley Olafsson Research Scientist, Cardiology, UW |
B.S. (UW, 2016) | |
| Jazmine Perez Lab Manager, de la Iglesia Lab |
B.S. (UW, 2016) | |
| Alexandra (Sasha) Portnova Ph.D. Student, Northwestern University |
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| Amanda Qu Undergraduate, UW |
B.S., expected 2017
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| Oliver Stanley Undergraduate, UW |
B.S., expected 2017 | |
| Christine Yoo Ph.D. Student, UW |
Molly Gasperini
Jeff Bowman
Marvin Nayan
Sasha Portnova