Team Members
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Eyal Y. Kimchi, MD, PhD | Principal Investigator
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Erika Juarez Martinez, MD, PhD | Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Shreya Dhar | Clinical Research Coordinator
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Tushya Mehta | Research Technician
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Silas Staten-Lusty | Undergraduate at Northwestern University
WCAS Summer Grant Recipient
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Catherine Zhao | Undergraduate at Northwestern University
Summer Undergraduate Research Grant (SURG) Recipient
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Ian George Sherrington | Undergraduate at Northwestern University
WCAS Summer Grant Recipient
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Aida Araia | Undergraduate at Northwestern University
Summer Internship Grant Program Recipient
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Nicholas Angulo | Undergraduate at Northwestern University
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Dillan Prasad | Medical Student at Northwestern University
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Vincent Im | Undergraduate at Northwestern University
Summer Undergraduate Research Grant (SURG) Recipient
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Riya Palkar | Undergraduate at Northwestern University
WCAS Summer Grant Recipient
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Nicole Ceriani | Undergraduate at Northwestern University
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Cyrus Nadizadeh | Undergraduate at Northwestern University
Summer Internship Grant Program Recipient
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Justin Min | Undergraduate at Northwestern University
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John Y. Rhee, MD, MPH | Chief Resident & Fellow at Harvard Neurology
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Maanasa Mendu | Undergraduate at Harvard College
Harvard College Research Program Awardee
Team Alums
Sophia L. Ryan, MD, MPH | Resident & Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital
Lokendra Thakur | Research Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital
Anudeepthi Neelagiri, MD | Research Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital
Neishay Ayub, MD | Epilepsy Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital
Marina Avetisyan, MD, PhD | Resident at Harvard Neurology
Yurika Watanabe | Research Technician (jointly supported in the Polley Lab at Massachusetts Eye & Ear)
Tatenda Chakoma | Research Technician (jointly supported in the Tye Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Marta Williams | Medical Student at Harvard Medical School
Ivo Cerda | Medical Student at Harvard Medical School
Mia Colman | Undergraduate at Harvard College
Simran Shah | Undergraduate at Harvard College
Andrew Lu | Undergraduate at Northwestern University
Collaborators
Sherry H-Y Chou, MD, MMSc, Northwestern University
Matthew B. Maas, MD, MS, Northwestern University
Chiagozie I. Pickens, MD, Northwestern University
James Griffith, PhD, Northwestern University
John A. Rogers, PhD, Northwestern University
M. Brandon Westover, MD, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Sydney S. Cash, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH, Hebrew SeniorLife
Natalia Rost, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital
Michael D. Fox, MD, PhD, Brigham & Women’s Hospital