People

FACULTY COLLABORATORS

• David Brenner, Ph.D., D. Sc, Director of Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University
• Evagelia C. Laiakis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, GUMC
• Henghong Li, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant 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
• Hyukjin Cha, Ph.D., Sogang University
• Stephen L. Coy, Ph.D., MIT
• 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, Associate 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, Graduate (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

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