The Training Program in Epilepsy Research (TERP) has produced leaders in epilepsy research all around the world. We are proud of our ~50 program alumni. Many now mentor their own trainees, expanding exponentially the impact of our program on the future of the epilepsy research workforce. Below is a list and map of our alumni, with a brief summary of historical data on the program.
Postdoc and Resident Alumni
Year appointed, name, lab affiliation
2003
Lee Shapiro (Ribak)
Timothy Simeone (Baram / Rho)
2004
Lutz Hilgenberg (Smith)
2005
Ilona Miko (Cramer)
Jenifer Juranek (Cramer / Lin)
Nikki Plaster (Schilling)
Thomas Lu (Zeng)
2006
Amy Brewster (Baram)
Jeffrey Riley (Cramer / Lin)
Yuliya Medvedev (Weiss)
2007
Carrie Peltz (Brumback) (Kawas)
Katherine Held (Steward)
2009
Sarah Muldoon (Feldt) (Soltesz)
2010
Aaron Clausen (Weiss)
Charity Aiken (Lan)
George Rogge (Wood)
Karoni Dutt (Xu / Goldin)
2011
Brett Flin (Lin / Cramer)
Szofia Bullion (Kawas)
Yoav Noam (Baram)
2012
Hannah Kim (Soltesz)
Svetlana Kantorovich (Gall)
2014
Julie De la Cruz (Xu)
2015
Aminata Coulibaly (Steward)
Colin Merrill (Piomelli)
Saad Abbasi (Hunt)
2016
Alicia Hall (Baram)
Christine Itoga (Xu)
Neggy Rismanchi (Baram)
2017
Young Kim (Hunt)
2018
Kevin Koronowski (Sasone-Corsi)
2019
Kelly Hamilton (Santhakumar)
Salehi Arjang (Obenaus)
Tyson Fuller (Ivy)
2021
Brittney Boublil (Ewell)
Graduate Student Alumni
Year appointed, name, lab affiliation
2008
Shawn McClelland (Baram)
2012
Patricia Salgado Pirbhoy (Steward)
2013
Kate Patterson (Baram)
Rebecca Stevenson (Yassa / Lin)
2014
Megan Garcia-Curran (Baram)
2016
Michell Farrel (Piomelli / Mahler)
2017
Kaitlyn Redford (Abbott)
2018
Conor Dorian (Golshani)
2019
Jennifer Yonan (Steward)
Sandra Gates (Yassa)
Mulatwa Haile (Chen)
2022
Alexa Tierno (Hunt)
Aly Rogers Beasley (Beier)
Historical metrics
52 Trainees since 2003
35 postdocs, 13 PhD students, 4 in training
98% continue in science or medicine
50% in academia, 50% in industry
67% of trainees are women
58% of postdocs, 75% of PhDs
43% of trainees identify as URM
in the previous funding cycle