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First Year

Arathi Prabha Kumar

Arathi Prabha Kumar

Medical School: Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Residency: The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education
Professional Interest: Global health and tropical medicine 

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Michael Pennella

Medical School: University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine
Residency: Creighton University
Professional Interest: Transplant infectious disease and critical care

Second Year

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Kelly Biermann, DO

Global Health Pathway Trainee

Medical School: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine

Residency: Creighton University

Professional Interest: Global health and travel medicine

Dr. Kelly Bierman's Scholarly Activity
  • Chief Fellow, 2025-2026
  • Received the Jonathan Freeman Scholarship Award to attend and present her research at SHEA 2025
  • Awarded a DOM Medical Education Innovation Grant for project, “Exploring Antimicrobial Decision Making Among Trainees and Providers to Inform Targeted Interventions to Optimize Outcomes for Vulnerable Patients"
Michael Dieterle, MD, PhD

Michael Dieterle, MD, PhD

Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) Trainee

Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School

Residency: Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center/University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Dr. Michael Dieterle's Scholarly Activity
  • Member of the ICU Data Science Lab with Dr. Matthew Churpek 
Ewing

Caroline Ewing, MD, MS

Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) Trainee

Medical School: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Professional Interest: Transplant infectious diseases

Dr. Caroline Ewing's Scholarly Activity
  • Member of the ICU Data Science Lab with Dr. Matthew Churpek
  • Ewing CB, Siraj D, Lepak A. First Case of Neuroinvasive Oropouche Virus in Wisconsin: A Case Report. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025;12(9):ofaf402.
  • Mehrotra N, Ross MM, Chilukuri AS, Eljamri S, Ewing C, Patel S, Patel V, Siegel LB, Sistla D, Shariff RK, Fazeli PK. 8263 Long-term Imaging Follow-up of Non-functioning Pituitary Adenomas. J Endocr Soc. 2024;8(Suppl 1):bvae163.1268.
  • Presented abstract at Association of American Physicians/American Society for Clinical Investigation/American Physician Scientists Association Joint Meeting in Chicago, titled "Blastomyces dermatitidis titers decline rapidly in severe disease and azole monitoring levels stabilize over time with less variability in older patients"
Kemnitz

Rebecca Kemnitz, MD, MPH

Medicine-Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Joint Track

Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Residency: Tulane University

Professional Interest: Antibiotic stewardship, HIV, and vaccines

Third Year

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Christopher Gelbmann, MD, PhD

Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) Trainee

Medical School: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center

Professional Interest: Virology 

Dr. Christopher Gelbmann's Scholarly Activity
  • Member of the Mehle Lab
  • M.S. Ohman, E.R. Albright, C.B. Gelbmann, & R.F. Kalejta. The Pentamer glycoprotein complex inhibits viral Immediate Early transcription during Human Cytomegalovirus infections. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121 (39) e2408078121 (2024)

Fourth Year

Heather Machkovech, MD, PhD

Heather Machkovech, MD, PhD

Physician-Scientist Training Program (PSTP) Trainee

Medical school: University of Washington MD/PhD program

Residency: University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Professional interests: Viral evolution

Dr. Heather Machkovech's Scholarly Activity
  • The 2025 Pearl M. Stetler Research Fund for Women Physicians recipient
  • Member of the Friedrich Lab (UW School of Veterinary Medicine), studying RNA virus evolution, transmission and pathogenesis
  • Heather M Machkovech, Anne M Hahn, Jacqueline Garonzik Wang, Nathan D Grubaugh, Peter J Halfmann, Marc C Johnson, Jacob E Lemieux, David H O'Connor, Anne Piantadosi, Wanting Wei, Thomas C Friedrich. Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection: significance and implications. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. January 2024.
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Roshni Culas, MBBS

Transplant Fellow

Medical School: Amala Institute of Medical Sciences
Residency: St. Barnabas Hospital (Bronx, NY)
Fellowship in Infectious Diseases: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Professional Interest: Transplant infectious disease 

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