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M.D./Ph.D. Program

M.D./Ph.D. Alumni

Explore where our M.D./Ph.D. alumni are advancing science and improving patient care through research and clinical practice.

UC Davis School of Medicine graduation ceremony
Class of 2026

Congratulations, Graduates!

Congratulations to our most recent graduates — Ariel Jacobi and Annica Stull-Lane, UC Davis School of Medicine Class of 2026.

Class of 2026
  • Ariel Jacobi, M.D./Ph.D.

    Ariel Jacobi, M.D./Ph.D.

    Graduate group: Neuroscience

    Thesis lab: Johannes Hell, Ph.D.

    Current position:
    Resident, Psychiatry/Research — The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center 

  • Annica Stull-Lane, M.D./Ph.D.

    Annica Stull-Lane, M.D./Ph.D.

    Graduate group: Integrative Pathobiology

    Thesis lab: Renée Tsolis, Ph.D.

    Current position:
    Resident, Family Medicine — Three Sisters Rural Track Program, Oregon Health and Science University

Class of 2025
  • Gregory Disse, M.D./Ph.D.

    Gregory Disse, M.D./Ph.D.

    Graduate group: Neuroscience

    Thesis lab: Karen Moxon

    Current position:
    Resident, Otolaryngology — University of California, Irvine 

  • Niraj Punjya, M.D./Ph.D.

    Niraj Punjya, M.D./Ph.D.

    Graduate group: Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

    Thesis lab: David Segal; Kyle Fink

    Current position:
    Resident, Internal Medicine — University of California, Davis 

  • Anna Sadovnikova, M.D./Ph.D.

    Anna Sadovnikova, M.D./Ph.D.

    Graduate group: Nutritional Biology

    Thesis lab: Caroline Chantry; Russ Hovey

    Current position:
    Resident, Transitional Medicine — Sutter Health (CA) 

Class of 2024
  • Ruth Lee, M.D./Ph.D.

    Ruth Lee, M.D./Ph.D.

    Graduate group: Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology

    Thesis lab: Heike Wulff

    Current position:
    Resident, Internal Medicine — Cleveland Clinic (Ohio)

Class of 2023
  • Brendan Cohn-Sheehy, M.D./Ph.D.

    Brendan Cohn-Sheehy, M.D./Ph.D.

    Graduate group: Neuroscience

    Thesis lab: Charan Ranganath

    Current position:
    Resident, Neurology — University of California, Los Angeles 

Class of 2022
  • John Paul Aboubechara, M.D./Ph.D.

    John Paul Aboubechara, M.D./Ph.D.

    Graduate group: Neuroscience

    Thesis lab: Kimberley McAllister

    Current position:
    Resident, Neurology — University of California, Davis 

  • Catherine Le, M.D./Ph.D.

    Catherine Le, M.D./Ph.D.

    Graduate group: Immunology

    Thesis lab: William Murphy

    Current position:
    Resident, Internal Medicine — Stanford Health Care 

  • Monica Lieng, M.D./Ph.D.

    Monica Lieng, M.D./Ph.D.

    Graduate group: Epidemiology

    Thesis lab: James Marcin

    Current position:
    Resident, Internal Medicine — Brown University 

  • Lillian Zhang, M.D./Ph.D.

    Lillian Zhang, M.D./Ph.D.

    Graduate group: Immunology (Designated Emphasis in Host–Microbe Interactions)

    Thesis lab: Andreas Bäumler

    Current position:
    Resident, Internal Medicine — Weill Cornell Medicine (NY)

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