Southwestern Medical Student Research Society

The Southwestern Medical Student Research Society (SMSRS) was founded in 2009. This organization is dedicated to providing a forum for the development and interaction of students highly motivated to conducting research. Nominations for membership will be solicited and reviewed annually.

Medical Student Members

StudentProjected Medical School Graduation / Other ProgramsPositionInducted
Founding Members
Megan B. Wachsmann 2012 / MD-Masters President 2010
Anandita Agarwala 2013 Co-president elect 2010
Doan Dao 2013 / 2 years of research, MSc candidate Co-president elect 2010
Kathryn Bowman 2013   2010
Ankit Garg 1st year PhD student (completed 2 years of Medical School)   2010
Darrah Haffner 2nd year   2010
Lindsay Horton 2014 / Doris Duke Fellow 2011-2012   2010
Tom Ju 2013 / HHMI Fellow 2011-2012   2010
Zishan Anis Hirani 2015 / John Hopkins MHS in Health Economics program 2011-2013   2010
Tori Sutherland 2013   2010
Inducted 2011  
Viswatej Avutu 2014   2011
Hannah Chung 2013   2011
Jessica Ballou     2011
Kimberly Thomas 2012   2011
Landon Farris 2013   2011
Catherine Kim 2013 / NIDDK Medical Student Research Training fellow 2010-2011   2011

Juhee Choi

2013   2011

Ken Tatebe

2013   2011

Jorge Alvarado

2014   2011
Yujie Wang 2014   2011

Resident Members

NameCurrent PositionContact
Christopher McPhaul 1st Year Resident - Pathology, UT Southwestern  
Blake Gregory 1st Year Resident - Internal Medicine, UCSF