Meet Our Current T32 Fellows
Safar Center T32 Fellow Dr. Caitlin McNamara
Caitlin McNamara, MD received her bachelor’s degree with honors from Georgia Institute of Technology and was an AOA graduate of the Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine.
Safar Center T32 Fellow Dr. Bailey Petersen
Bailey Peterson, PhD received her BS degree in Kinesiology-Biomechanics and a MS from the Pennsylvania State University.
Safar Center T32 Fellow Elizabeth Castellano, PhD
Elizabeth Castellano, PhD received her bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and her PhD in Chemistry and Biochemistry at Duquesne University.
Safar Center T32 Fellow Jeremy Herrmann, MD
Jeremy Herrmann, MD received his bachelor’s degree from Williams College, and his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine.
Former Safar Center T32 Fellows
Safar Center T32 Fellow Jay Rakkar
Dr. Jay Rakkar received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. He completed his M.D. at Medical College of Georgia.
Safar Center T32 Fellow Jonathan Pelletier
Jonathan Pelletier received his B.S. in microbiology from the University of Maine. He completed his M.D. with Research Honors at Tufts University.
Meet Safar Center T32 Fellow Neil Munjal
Neil Munjal received his B.A. in biochemistry with minors in mathematics, computer science, philosophy, and biology from Saint Louis University.
Meet Safar Center T32 Fellow Jessica Jarvis
Dr. Jarvis is completing a T32 fellowship in pediatric neurocritical care at the University of Pittsburgh’s Safar Center to develop skills in prospective, clinical research in pediatric critical care.
Meet Safar Center T32 Fellow Dr. Michael Wolf
Michael Wolf, MD, earned his B.A. degree in molecular and cell biology, with a neuroscience emphasis, from the University of California at Berkeley in 2012, with a goal of gaining a basic understanding of nervous system physiology and anatomy to guide his further...
Meet Safar Center T32 Fellow Dr. Jessica Wallisch
Jessica Wallisch was born and raised in Kansas where she completed her undergraduate studies in biology and gerontology at Kansas State University followed by medical school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. During medical school she was introduced to...
Meet Safar Center T32 Fellow Dr. Amery Treble-Barna
Amery Treble-Barna completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Toronto before moving to Texas for graduate school. She received a PhD in clinical psychology, specializing in pediatric neuropsychology, from the University of Houston. She...
Meet Safar Center T32 Fellow Dr. Alicia Alcamo
Alicia Alcamo, MD, obtained her B.S. in Biology at Elizabethtown College. It was during this time she had her first exposure to scientific research and she was fortunate to participate in several different experiences that sparked her interest...
Meet Safar Center T32 Fellow Dr. Justin Azar
Justin Azar, MD, completed his T32 training in June of 2020. He was a highly recruited PICU fellow from Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC, having received his MD degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.