Stritch School of Medicine
Welcome, Class of 2029!
Discover what inspired some of our new M1s to become physicians and why they chose Stritch. Read more.
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ALUMNI SUCCESS
Stritch Alumni Awards 2025
Each year, the Stritch School of Medicine proudly honors distinguished alumni through the Alumni of the Year Awards. These awards recognize individuals whose careers and character reflect the core values of a Stritch education. Recipients exemplify service to humanity, early career achievement, excellence in research, innovation, and education, as well as a deep commitment to caring for the human spirit. Congratulations to this year's recipients!
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RESEARCH NEWS
Nan Sethakorn Receives Respiratory Health Association’s 2025 Lung Cancer Research Award
Nan Sethakorn, MD, PhD, is the recipient of the 2025 Lung Cancer Research Award from the Respiratory Health Association. The award will go toward conducting research focused on the development of new immunotherapy drugs that can re-invigorate immune cells with the goal of eradicating cancer.
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PHYSICIAN FORMATION
Integrating prayer, self-reflection, service, and education
In this Q&A, John Hardt, co-director of the Physician's Vocation Program, shares his vision for the program and thoughts on how it helps shape students' perspectives on faith and medicine.
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STUDENT SUCCESS
A calling beyond the clinic
For Emma Federico, the path to medicine was never just about stethoscopes and prescriptions. It was about something much larger—a mission to heal individuals while also transforming the systems and structures that affect their health.
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Medical students by the numbers
42%
MATCHED IN PRIMARY CARE
26
states matched
52%
matched in the Midwest
STORIES
RESEARCH NEWS
- David Barefield, PhD, in the Department of Cell & Molecular Physiology received R01 NIH grant for project “Specific regulation of cardiac atrial contractility”
- Bryan Mounce, PhD, in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology received R35 NIH grant for project “Uncovering and harnessing connected metabolic pathways essential to virus infection”
- John Kubasiak, MD, in the Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute received R35 NIH grant for project “Novel Burn Sepsis Prognostic Strategies”
- Rocco Gogliotti, PhD, in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Neuroscience received R61 NIH grant for project “Preclinical development of novel site blocking ASOs for the treatment of Rett syndrome”
- Emily Anderson, PhD, MPH, in the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics received D43 NIH grant for project “Loyola-Ukrainian Catholic University International Bioethics Research Training Program”
- Dorothy Sojka, PhD, in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology received R21 NIH grant for project “Natural Killer Cell Recruitment and Differentiation”