Alumnae & Global Diseases

Although Cedar Crest College professors are amazingly dedicated to helping students develop professionally during their four years on campus, the successes experienced by the students and alumnae reflect, in large part, the inner-drive of each individual. Serving the needs of the world requires creativity, insight, and the willingness to invest long hours into facing endless challenges. The following is a small subset of alumnae with these qualities and who have dedicated their time and effort toward mitigating the impact of global diseases and the socioeconomic conditions that promote them.  In the interest of preserving our fond memories, photos, names and dates reflect the times when these individuals walked the halls of Cedar Crest; degrees do not.

	Jennifer Saeger, Ph.D. ’92 Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
	Sue Gerchman, M.S. ’93 Vaccine development & production Sanofi Pasteur
	Brandy Fureman, Ph.D. ‘96 Diseases of the nervous system National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
	Tracy Litzi ’97 Gynecologic diseases National Cancer Institute
	Cori Brown ‘99 Hyperinsulinism, diabetes The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
	Zainab Khalfan, Ph.D. ’99 Cancer drug development Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Inc.
	Heather A. Cook, M.P.H. ’02 MRSA, swine flu and others Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Photo: Cameroon, Africa
	Sarah Harris ‘02 Hepatitis, HIV, breast cancer, sarcopenia GlaxoSmithKline
	Jennifer Weinberg, M.D., MBE ’02 International telemedicine, HIV University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; resident physician in Preventative Medicine at Johns Hopkins Photo: Thailand
	Amanda Sheard ‘03 HPV and cervical cancer Merck, Inc.
	Andrea Beyer, Ph.D. ’04 Viral induced breast cancer; tick-borne diseases Penn State College of Medicine; Virginia Commonwealth University
	Johanna Schwingel, Ph.D. ’04 Moraxella infections of respiratory and nervous Systems University of Buffalo
	Kimberly Bieniek, M.A. ‘05 Hepatitis C Columbia University Medical Center
	Julianne Sefko, M.P.H '06 Breast and colon cancer Washington University School of Medicine Photo: Botswana, Africa
	Morgan Schrock, D.V.M. ’06 Vertebrate and zoonotic diseases Ohio State University Veterinary School
	Kristen Rennoll ‘07 Human granulocytic anaplasmosis Ph.D. Program, Johns Hopkins University
	Fabi Desouza ’07 Pathogen-free drinking water in Kenya – creator of the “Quench the Thirst Project” and “Made for Water. Made for Love” organization Photo: Kenya, Africa
	Meghan Feltcher ’07 Tuberculosis Ph.D. Program, University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill
	Jackie Pinder, M.P.H. ’07 Mumps and general epidemiology Orange County Dept. of Health, NY
	Stefanie Frace, M.G.C. ‘07 Bipolar disease and prenatal abnormalities Genetic Counseling – Geisenger Health System
	Carol Dao, M.D. '07 Diversity of human diseases St. Luke's Family Medicine Residency Program
	Danielle Skinner ’08 Trematode infections; tropical medicine Ph.D. Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences at George Washington University
	Kristi Clark, M.S. ’08 Multiple sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York
	Tasha Cornish ’10 Human blindness; public health National Eye Institute/NIH; Johns Hopkins University
	Brittany Fikes ’10 MMR vaccines Merck Inc./Lancaster Labs
	Brandy Haines ’10 Vibrio and cholera Ph.D. Program, University of Delaware
	Danielle Pilla ’10 Legionella infections and the human immune response Ph.D. Program, Duke University