Hi! I'm Daniel.

I’m an MD-PhD student in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Northwestern University and part-time triathlete. Welcome to my corner of the internet, a place for sharing my curiosity, projects, and athletic endeavors.

After years of a positive energy balance lifestyle in front of the computer screen, I picked up running and movement. This developed into an interest in human physiology which manifested in teaching assistantships in biochemistry and physiology, a surgical research internship, work as a clinical research coordinator, and ultimatley training to become a physician-scientist. In my spare time, I am currently working on making medical school admissions more transparent via CycleTrack, an applicant toolkit and data aggregator.

Projects

CycleTrack

CycleTrack is a free and open-source system for tracking and visualizing medical school applications while crowdsourcing data to make the application process more transparent and less stressful.

Dec 2021 - Present

Abvember

I have helped empower daily physical activity through the yearly Abvember challenge. Each day of November, participants perform either 10 minutes of plank, 100 push-ups, or 100 sit-ups.

Nov 2018 - Nov 2021

Research

Identification of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates with reduced beta-lactam susceptibility in a cohort of children with pharyngitis

Daniel Amusin, Lacy Simons, Dulce Garcia, Samuel Gatesy, Sophia Nozick, Jennifer Sheridan, Alan Hauser, Emma Office, Preeti Jaggi, David Williams, Rachel Tanz, Yiannis Katsogridakis, Larry Kociolek, Ami Patel, Stanford Shulman, Judith Guzman-Cottrill, Robert Tanz, Egon Ozer

May 2026

Crowdsourcing Medical School Admissions Data: Development and Analysis of the CycleTrack Platform

Daniel Amusin, Isabelle Hua, Arthi Kozhumam

May 2026

Complete genome sequences of Staphylococcus aureus isolates with a novel sequence type from a patient with hospital-acquired pneumonia

Daniel Amusin, Sophia Nozick, Richard Wunderink, Egon Ozer, Alan Hauser

January 2026

2024 Physician-Scientist Trainee Diversity Summit Conference Proceedings

Jessica Weng, Cynthia Tang, Kyle Enriquez, Rohini Guin, Briana Christophers, Yentli Soto Albrecht, Daniel Amusin, Deborah Rupert, Paige Cooper Byas

February 2025

Association between hemoglobin A1C response to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and hemoglobin A1C and weight outcomes post-bariatric surgery

Daniel Amusin, Kristine Kuchta, Tatum Ewing, Lynn Tucker, Michelle Campbell, Michael Ujiki, Liana Billings

September 2022

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug exposure and the risk of microscopic colitis

Eugene Yen, Daniel Amusin, Janet Yoo, Asantewaa Ture, Nicole Gentile, Michael Goldberg, Jay Goldstein

July 2022

Athletics

2019

  • Twin Cities Marathon (10/6) – 3:53:15
  • Run Madtown Half Marathon (5/25) – 1:37:52
  • Madison Shamrock Shuffle 10k (03/16) – 41:37
  • Freeze for Food 5k (03/09) – 20:04

Rumor has it arm dances are the best way to warm-up the legs before a marathon.

2018

  • Chicago Marathon (10/07) – 3:55:46
  • North Face ECS Wisconsin Marathon Relay Leg (09/16) – 50:26
  • Ironman 70.3 Canada (07/29) – 6:07:23
  • Wisconsin Triterium Triathlon (06/23) – 2:36:59
  • Mad City Ultras 50k Relay with Shelby (04/07) – 4:04:02
  • Madison Shamrock Shuffle 10k (03/17) – 44:39

Mad City Ultras two-person 50k relay champions!

2017

  • Madison Marathon (11/12) – 4:15:18
  • North Face ECS Wisconsin Marathon Relay Leg (09/17) – 53:40
  • The Strava Mile Chicago 1 Mile (06/28) – 6:10
  • North Face ECS Massachussets Marathon Relay Leg (06/10) – 1:20:57
  • Crazylegs Classic 8K (04/29) – 39:05

Crossing the Madison Marathon finish line.

2016

  • Northshore Turkey Trot 5K (11/24) – 24:39
  • Light of the Moon 5K (11/09) – 24:31

The start line of the Northshore Turkey Trot.