People
CURRENT STAFF
Pelagie Y. Ake., L.A.T., Research Assistant IV
Jerry J. Angdisen, M.S., Laboratory Manager
Cioli Barazandeh, M.S., Sponsored University Assoc.; Special Projects
Renxiang Chen, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow
Karen Howenstein, M.S., PMP, CRA, Business & Administrative Mgr/ Grants & Contracts Admin III / Program Mgr
Arslon Humayun, Research Intern
Theresa Kim, Special Projects Assistant
Anika Kot, Special Projects/Research Assistant
Santosh Kumar, Ph.D., Research Instructor
Doyle Lee, Special Projects Assistant
Lorreta Lin, M.S., Research Assistant III
Bo-Hyun Moon, M.S., Research Associate
Evan Pannkuk, Ph.D., Research Instructor
Janis Park, Administrative Special Projects Assistant
Lana Pham, Research Intern; Special Projects Assistant
Harinder Sarao, ProCard Analyst
Marianne Savane, Research Intern; Special Projects Assistant
Evan Wang, Research Intern; Special Projects Assistant
FACULTY COLLABORATORS
David Brenner, Ph.D., D. Sc, Director of Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University
Evagelia C. Laiakis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, GUMC
Lijun Li, M.D., Assistant Professor, GUMC
Paul Meltzer, M.D., Ph.D., National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research, NIH
Jerry Shay, Ph.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center
Shubhankar Suman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Paul Vouros, Ph. D., Northeastern University
AFFILIATE STAFF
Jiri Aubrecht, Ph.D., GUMC Adjunct Professor
Giuseppe Astarita, Ph.D., GUMC Adjunct Assistant Professor, Waters Corporation
Chris Beecher, Ph.D., IROA Technologies
Kamal Datta, M.D., Associate Professor, GUMC Adjunct Assistant Professor; Biomedical Graduate Research Organization (BGRO)
Daniel R. Hyduke, Ph.D., GUMC Adjunct Assistant Professor; Senior Scientist in the Bioinformatics Department, Stemcentrx
Tytus Mak Ph.D., GUMC Adjunct Assistant Professor; Research Chemist, Mass Spectrometry Data Center, NIST
PREVIOUS STAFF
Jennifer Bragulla, B.S., Research Intern, 2017-2018
Jui-Jung (Rae) Chung, Research Assistant (2010-2014)
Nicholas Dellasanta, Research / Special Projects Assistant (2016-2017)
Annabella Deziel, Research Assistant, 2018
Kathryn Doiron, Lab Manager (2006-2009); University of Utah, 2009
Ziling Fan, Graduate Student
Rachel Farnsworth, M.S., Nursing
M. Christine Hollander, Ph.D., Microbiologist, NCI
Victor Jolly, M.S., Georgetown University Hospital
Christine Koch-Paiz, Biologist, NCI
Jamie Liu, M.S., Research Staff; University of Michigan School of Public Health, Fall 2010, Doctoral Program
Elkhansa Sidahmen, M.S., Senior Technician, 2010; Graduate Student, University of Michigan, 2010
Linze Song, M.S., Research Technician IV (2017-2019)
Steve Strawn, M.S., Lab Manager (2010-2015); Research Scientist, ProMetic BioTherapeutics Inc.
Jiafang Sun, M.D.
Hemang Thakor, NOVA Southestern University, Osteopathic Medicine
John B. Tyburski, Ph.D.
Yi-Wen Wang, M.S., Research Associate/Research Assistant IV (2009-2016); The Scripps Research Institute
Zhuoli Xuan, M.S.
ALUMNI FELLOWS
Sally A. Amundson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University
Insoo Bae, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Breast Cancer, Georgetown University Medical Center
Galina Belova, Ph.D., Research Biologist, NCI Center for Cancer Research, NIH
Terrence M. Black, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Hofstra University; Instructor, Department of Chemistry, Nassau Community College
Dmitry V. Bulavin, M.D., Ph.D., Team Leader (Professor), Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging (IRCAN), Nice, France
France Carrier, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of MD School of Medicine
Hyukjin Cha, Ph.D., Associate Professor, College of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
I-Tsuen Chen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Labratory Science in Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan
Maria Elena Díaz-Rubio, Ph.D., Scientific Officer, EMBL
Maryam Goudarzi, Ph.D., Project Scientist, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine,Case Western Reserve University
Laura Henmueller, Ph.D, Technology Transfer Specialist, NCI Technology Transfer Branch, NIH
Jeffrey Hildesheim, Ph.D., Program Director, Cancer Cell Biology Branch, NCI Division of Cancer Biology, NIH
Daniel R. Hyduke, Ph.D., GUMC Adjunct; Senior Scientist in the Bioinformatics Department, Stemcentrx
H. Udo Kontny, M.D., Vice Chair, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University of Freiburg, Germany
Oleg I. Kovalsky, Ph.D., Moscow, Russia
Jesús M. Salvador, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Immunology and Oncology, National Center for Biotehcnology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Madrid, Spain
M. Saeed Sheikh, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology, S.U.N.Y., Syracuse, N.Y.
Martin L. Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University Cancer Center
Daniela Trani, Ph.D., Research Policy Advisor/ Project Leader at Maastricht University, Netherlands
John B. Tyburski, Ph.D., Science & Health Writer for Daily Digest News at KPR Media, Baltimore, MD
Stuart D. Tyner, Ph.D., Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science
Qimin Zhan, M.D., President, Peking University Health Science Center (PUHSC)
ALUMNI STUDENT FELLOWS
Rania Awaad, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Class of 2009
Donald M. Ayers, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Class of 2001
Patricia Blank-DePaez, UCLA School of Public Health
Khanh T. Do, George Washington University School of Medicine, Class of 2006
Crissy Dudgeon (Phillips), Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2007; Research Teaching Specialist, Arnold Levine Laboratory, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Will Ferguson, Senior Applications Consultant, Agilent Technologies, Inc., Life Science Solution Unit, Washington, D.C., 2007
Bill Giasi, George Washington University Medical School, Class of 2003
David Gutkind, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2004
M. Christine Hollander, Graduate Student, NIH-GWU, Ph.D., Class of 1993
Kate Kim, University of Chicago Law School, Class of 2003
Richard A. Lee, Drexel University College of Medicine, Class of 2006
Julie Lowe, Ph.D., Graduate Student, Georgetown Univ., 2007-2010; NIEHS Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2010
Thomas Molinaro, New Jersey Medical School, Class of 2002
Sarah Ogden, Columbia University Medical School, Class of 2001
Andrew D. Patterson, Graduate Student, NIH-GWU, Ph.D., 2006; Associate Professor of Molecular Toxicology, Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, Penn State University, 2015
Robyn Philburn, Ph.D., Program at Columbia University School of Public Health, 2004
Matt Robertson, University of Minnesota Medical School, Class of 2009
David S. Seres MD, ScM, PNS, Full Professor of Medicine at the Institute of Human Nutrition; Director, Medical Nutrition and Nutrition Support Service; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Sohrab Shabab, Eastern Virginia School of Medicine, Class of 2004
Lisa Vinikoor, Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, 2003
Sylvia Wong, Pre-Doctoral Fellow, NHGRI
Michelle Wyatt, Biological & Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program, Vanderbilt Unversity, 2003
Kelly Yu, Yale School of Public Health
MASTERS PROGRAM INTERNS
Ohoud Ahmed Almalki, 2018
Jennifer Bragulla, Biochemistry, 2018
Rachel Farnsworth, Nursing, 2017-2018
Yuhan Lin, Microbiology, 2017-2018
Xinyue Zheng, 2016
Rihem Ajina, 2014
Glowi Alasiri, 2014
Erin Conn, 2014
Victor Jolly, 2014
Yigi Zhou, 2014
Dainen Li, 2013
Sara Maimouni, 2013
Dong Niu, 2012
Meng Gao, 2012
Christina J. Lee, 2011
Anita Roach, 2011
Jui-Jung Chung, 2010-2011
Xiaojun Zou, 2007
OTHER INTERNS
Anika Kot, 2019- Pres, Attending University of Virginia
Annabella Deziel, 2018, Attending University of Virginia
Cioli Barazandeh, M.S., 2018-Pres, Attending Purdue University, PhD (Aero/Astro Engineering)
Arslon Humayun, 2017-Pres, Attending Georgetown University, Undergraduate
Rachael Farnesworth, 2016-2018, Graduated Georgetown University (Master's Nursing School)
Mark Debettencourt, 2016-2018, Attending Georgetown University
Junjie Chen, MPP, 2016, Graduated Georgetown University; Pew Research Center, Intern; Sponsored Univeristy Associate (2016-2017)
Anjik Ghosh, 2016, Attending University of Maryland
Nicholas Dellasanta, 2016, Graduated Georgetown University; Attending the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Elisse Park, 2010-2014, Graduated Georgetown University; Attending Georgetown University Medical School
HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS
Evan Wang, 2019-Pres, Montgomery Blair High School
Marianne Savane, 2018-Pres, Wheaton High School
Lana Chaleunrath-Pham, 2018-Pres, Woodbridge High School
Anna Zeng, 2015, 2016, McLean High School, VA
Chaitanya Singh, 2014, Winston Churchill High School
Christina Lee, 2012, Attending the University of Virginia
Bridget Park, 2012, Attending Thomas Jefferson High School
Daniel Tavakol, 2012, Attending James Madison High School
Rujia Teng, 2012, Attending Blaire High School Magnet Program
Remy Lee, 2011, Attending Thomas Jefferson High School
Caroline Park, 2011, Admitted to Columbia University
Jeemin Wooh, 2011, Admitted to Virginia Commonwealth University
Caroline Chen, 2010, Attending Columbia University