Education / Graduate Education / PhD Programs / PhD Program in Pathology - Cell Biology of Disease / Students Students ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZMd. Mahmudul AkashFirst YearUday BaligaDean LabResearch Interest: Development of gene delivery techniques to the lung using electroporation and modified nucleic acidsKathryn BernierSmall LabSara Blick-NitkoMorrell LabResearch Interest: The Multifactorial Roles of Platelets in Malaria InfectionKimberly Burgos VillarSmall LabResearch Interest: Scar formation and inflammatory signaling after a myocardial infarctionTrae CarrollGail Johnson LabNehrke LabResearch Interest: Tau Post-Translational Modifications mediate cellular dysfunctions in Alzheimer’s Disease Hayley ChangCognitive Neurophysiology LaboratoryWang LabMedical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)Research Interest: Exploring neurophysiological changes of multisensory processing in knockout mouse models of childhood rare diseasesChunmo (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 arthritisCarol DeatonGail Johnson LabMedical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)Research Interest: Presenilin 1-dependent regulation of lysosome function and tau clearanceYe 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 LabResearch Interest: The effect of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress on tau pathology.Jimin HanSingh LabResearch Interest: Vision loss in CLN3 disease using a patient-derived hiPSC modelMark 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 regenerationCourtney KelloggKiernan LabResearch Interest: Role of Jag1 during Inner Ear developmentQianqian LiFirst YearJiatong (Scarlett) LiuXing LabResearch Interest: The role of senescent cells in fracture healingAlison LivadaMorrell LabMedical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)Research Interest: Megakaryocytes and platelets roles' in immunity and Origin of lung megakaryocytes and their roles in shaping immune responsesVania 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 XenopusSamantha MuscatNichols LabDuy NguyenPatrick 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 PiesterMajewska 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.David RichardsonCognitive Neurophysiology LaboratoryMedical Scientist Training Program (M.D., Ph.D.)Research Interest: Age differences in proactive and reactive cognitive-motor interactionsCooper SailerMinsoo Kim LabT32 Predoctoral Training Program in ImmunologyResearch Interest: Using optogenetics to explore chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell effector function in solid tumorsSarah SandkuhlerFirst 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 role of the immune system in the development of cancer cachexia during pancreatic cancer.Celia SotoFrisch LabResearch Interest: Investigating mechanisms of bone marrow microenvironmental dysfunction in acute myeloid leukemiaPhillip TruongFirst YearLan 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.