MD/PhD Class of 2022 students find out their residency matches

Several Penn State College of Medicine MD/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program students graduating this year received their residency destinations as part of Match Day 2022.

Many students participated in an in-person ceremony to find out where they will continue their medical training, following two years of virtual-only Match Day celebrations because of COVID-19.

Match Day, which takes place at medical schools across the country on the same day, is the culmination of a process that began months ago as students visited and evaluated residency programs, while programs simultaneously evaluated them.

MD/PhD students and their matches are as follows:

Kristen Clements

Kristen Clements

Internal Medicine at University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital

Kristen Clements conducted her PhD research in the lab of George-Lucian Moldovan, PhD.

Clements is from Oneida, N.Y. She earned her BS in biochemistry from Siena College in 2014 and her PhD in biomedical sciences from Penn State College of Medicine in 2020.

Yunsung Kim

Yunsung Kim

Child Neurology at UC San Francisco

Yunsung Kim conducted her PhD research in the lab of James Connor, MS, PhD.

Kim is from Seoul, Korea. She earned her BS in biochemistry from Purdue in 2014 and her PhD in biomedical sciences from Penn State College of Medicine in 2020.

Derek Nye

Derek Nye

Internal Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston

Derek Nye conducted his PhD research in the lab of Melissa Rolls, PhD.

Nye is from Athens, Pa. He earned his BS in biology from Wilkes University in 2011 and his PhD in molecular, cellular and integrative biosciences from Penn State College of Medicine in 2020.

Heather Ren

Heather Ren

Pediatric Residency at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Heather Ren conducted her PhD research in the lab of Aron Lukacher, MD, PhD.

Ren is from Saint Paul, Minn. She earned her BS in clinical lab science from the University of Minnesota in 2012 and her PhD in biomedical sciences from Penn State College of Medicine in 2020.

Jerry Ren

Jerry Ren

Pediatric Residency at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Jerry Ren conducted his PhD research in the lab of Edward Gunther, MD.

Ren is from Ithaca, N.Y. He earned his BS in biological sciences from Cornell in 2012 and his PhD in biomedical sciences from Penn State College of Medicine in 2020.

Andrea Schneider

Andrea Schneider

Dermatology Residency at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Andrea Schneider conducted her PhD research in the lab of Amanda Nelson, PhD.

Schneider is from Eden, N.Y. She earned her BS in biochemistry from SUNY Buffalo in 2014 and her PhD in biomedical sciences from Penn State College of Medicine in 2021.

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