PhD Plus Highlights
Stories highlighting professional development experience and leadership of PhD students and PhD alums in following categories:
- PhD Plus grads: PhD students who completed PhD+ skills series
- PhD Plus liaisons: PhD students who participated in PhD+ liaison program
- PhD Plus interns: PhD students who participated in project based learning and internship program
- PhD careers: alums in diverse careers
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Kenn Dela Cruz
Kenn is a graduate of the PhD plus Foundations series, having successfully completed the series in his first year of PhD training
Anna Drangowska-Way
A native of Poland, Anna is a 4th-year PhD student in the Biology Department.
Kelly Drews
From Biomedical PhD to Consulting
Kelly Drews graduated with a PhD in Experimental Pathology from University of Virginia’s School of Medicine in April 2019.
Sadegh Eghdami
Sadegh was a PhD Plus intern in Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM) division of Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences’(VIMS) in Summer of 2020 under mentorship of Dr. Kirk J. Havens, as part of Environment Resilience Summer Internship program.
Sadegh Eghdami
Sadegh is a 5th year PhD candidate in the Engineering Systems and Environment Department at the University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Hayley Elszasz
Hayley Elszasz is a fourth year PhD candidate in the Department of Politics at the University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She interned with the Weldon Cooper Center’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.
Jose Garcia-Tirado
Attaining a Faculty Position during a Pandemic
Jose completed his post-doctoral research with the Center for Diabetes Technology (CDT) this past March, and is now an Assistant Professor at the CDT at UVA.
Carter Head
Carter is a second-year Medical student at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He participated in PhD Plus Consulting module in 2019-2020
Melissa Hey
Melissa is a PhD Plus intern at the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR), University of Virginia during the academic year 2019-2020, under the mentorship of Brian Cullaty, Director of the Office.
Courtney Hill, PhD
Program Officer at NASEM after earning PhD in Civil Engineering
After earning PhD in Civil Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Courtney Hill is Associate Program Officer at The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Quinn Hirschi
Quinn was a Survey Research Intern in Summer 2021 and a Demographics Research Intern in Fall 2021 at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
Camille Hochheimer
Camille is a postdoctoral research associate whose research focuses on using statistical methods to predict respiratory distress using data-capturing physical motion associated with respiration.
Kerwin Holmes, Jr.
Kerwin participated in PhD Plus Python skills series in data literacy in Fall 2020
Alexa Jeffress
Alexa was a PhD Plus intern at Gazelle International as a Virtual Learning Liaison in Fall of 2019, and Spring and Summer of 2020 under the mentorship of Nancy L. Ruther, EdD.
Erin Jordan
Erin's internship was with Encyclopedia Virginia under the mentorship of Peter Hedlund. She previously completed the Career Design and Communicating Research PhD+ modules.
Jessica Kansky
Jessica is a sixth-year PhD student in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
Wenfan Ke
Wenfan Ke is a 4th-year PhD student in the Biology Department. His dissertation research focuses on identifying genetic factors contributing to diet-induced obesity using roundworms as an animal model.
Janet Lawler
Janet Lawler is an alumnus of the Department of Politics at the University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Janet interned with UVA’s Center for Teaching Excellence under the mentorship of Adriana Streifer.
Kate A. Lecroy
Kate LeCroy is a 6th year PhD candidate in the Department of Environmental Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences. Kate’s dissertation research focuses on the diversity and disease ecology of mason bees across the Mid-Atlantic US.