Education / Graduate Education / PhD Programs / PhD Program in Pathology / Current Students Current Students ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZMd. Mahmudul AkashYi-Fen Lee LabTrae CarrollGail Johnson LabNehrke LabResearch Interest: Tau Post-Translational Modifications mediate cellular dysfunctions in Alzheimer’s Disease Hayley Chang, B.S.Cognitive Neurophysiology LaboratoryWang LabMedical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)Research Interest: Exploring the neurophysiologic and neuropathologic basis of photophobia in a rare lysosomal storage disorder. Chunmo (Mary) ChenCalvi LabResearch Interest: Phagocytosis of osteoblast in the MDS-like environmentKiana ChenRahimi LabSchwarz LabResearch Interest: The mechanism behind sexual dimorphism in TNF-induced erosive inflammatory arthritisYe DingDiekwisch LabResearch Interest: Neuro-skeletal biology and tissue regenerationRenae DuncanEliseev LabResearch Interest: Mitochondrial genetics and function as determinants of mesenchymal stem cell fateSophia EliseevaYarovinsky LabT32 Predoctoral Training Program in ImmunologyResearch Interest: T. gondii-induced peripheral tissue reprogrammingKatherine Escalera-RiveraAnolik LabJonason LabResearch Interest: Inflammatory processes involved in the onset and development of OsteoarthritisPeter GirardiGail Johnson LabWojtovich LabResearch Interest: The effect of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress on tau pathology.Daniel Han, B.A.Small LabMedical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)Research Interest: The role of desmosomal protein PKP2 on the alteration of nuclear envelope integrity and genomic organization in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathyShubhrika JainCarpizo LabMark JamesJonason LabResearch Interest: The molecular mechanisms leading to the onset and progression of osteoarthritis in aging and after injury and development of therapeutic treatments for articular cartilage protection and regenerationZhiming JinCalvi LabQianqian LiSecond YearResearch Interest: Mechanism in Dental Implant Failure and Biomedical Tissue Engineering Treatment in Peri-implantitis.Vania Lopez-RuizRobert LabResearch Interest: Investigating ligand presentation by XNC4, a non-polymorphic MHC class I-like molecule that confers resistance to infections by non-TB mycobacteria in XenopusAlexander MathewsonLoiselle LabSamantha MuscatNichols LabResearch Interest: Tendon adaptation, aging, and mechanobiologyJacob NaccaratoAltman LabDuy Nguyen, B.S.Patrick Murphy LabMedical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)Research Interest: The role of repetitive elements in zygotic genome activation.Yue PengSchwarz LabResearch Interest: Investigating Lymphatics in Inflammatory-Erosive ArthritisLiam PetersonBeck LabBrewer LabResearch Interest: Identifying the contributions of the mycobiome to skin in health and disease.Gavin Piester, B.S.Majewska LabMedical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)Bio: https://quintanalab.bwh.harvard.edu/research/Research Interest: The effects of modulating Sigma-1 receptor signaling on pathogenic activities of astrocytes in Parkinson's DiseaseRachel PiselliBiteau LabResearch Interest: Transcription factor regulation of progenitor cells during developmentNabil RahmanSteiner LabResearch Interest: Elucidating the Epigenetic Mechanisms that Regulate stress and steady-state Erythropoiesis, with the overarching goal of ameliorating symptoms in hemoglobinopathies.Tahia RahmanKammermeier LabSarah Sandkuhler, B.S.First YearMedical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)Research Interest: Mechanisms underlying TANGO2 Deficiency Disorder in a C. elegans model.Zachary SechristCole LabResearch Interest: Investigating the underlying mechanisms associated with Pancreatic cancer-induced skeletal muscle wasting.Phillip TruongWoeller LabResearch Interest: Investigating the role of retinoic acid (RA) signaling in Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) and TED pathophysiology. Lan WangCarpizo LabResearch Interest: Investigating the mechanisms of pancreatic cancer dormancyEmily WhittVertino LabResearch Interest: Epigenetic regulation of breast cancer invasionChen YuEliseev LabResearch Interest: Role of energy metabolism in regulating mesenchymal stem cell fate. Mitochondrial function in adipogenic versus osteogenic lineages.