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., Associate 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

• Renxiang Chen, Ph.D., Research Scientist, 2010-2021; RNAImmune

• 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

• Lijun Li, M.D.

• 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

• Theresa Kim, 2019-Pres, Attending Georgetown University

• Anika Kot, 2019- Pres, Attending University of Virginia

• Doyle Lee, 2019-Pres, Attending Georgetown University

• Annabella Deziel, 2018, Attending University of Virginia

• Cioli Barazandeh, M.S. Space Sys/M.S. Aero-Astro Engineering, 2018-Pres, Attending Purdue University, PhD (Industrial Engineering)

• Arslon Humayun, 2017-Pres, Attending Georgetown University, Undergraduate

• Janis Park, 2017-2021, Attending Georgetown University

• 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; GraduatedGeorgetown University Medical School; VCU, Dept of Ophthalmology

HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS

• Jina Moon, 2021-Pres, Watkins Mill High School

• Evan Wang, 2019-Pres, Montgomery Blair High School

• Marianne Savane, 2018-Pres, Attending Georgetown University

• Lana Chaleunrath-Pham, 2018-2021, Attending University of Mary Washington

• 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

GU FORNACE GROUP PHOTOS ACROSS TIME