Our Team | Human Sleep and Inflammatory Systems Research Unit

Principal Investigators

Janet M. Mullington, PhD

Professor of Neurology

Vice Chair for Research in Neurology at BIDMC

Program Director of the Clinical Research Center at BIDMC

Dr. Janet M. Mullington’s area of expertise and research is in sleep deficiency and its associated pathobiological consequences for host defense systems including inflammatory, autonomic (blood...

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Monika Haack, PhD

Associate Professor of Neurology

Dr. Monika Haack is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and a translational scientist in the area of sleep and pain at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston...

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Larissa Engert, PhD

Research Fellow in Neurology

Dr. Larissa Engert is a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and her research focus at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is on the role of sleep on aspects of the immune system in post-acute...

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Research Associates

Jennifer Scott-Sutherland, MA

Research Associate

Jennifer Scott-Sutherland is a Research Associate at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and has a Master of Science in Psychology from Boston University. Before joining BIDMC, she participated in...

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Rammy Dang, MS

Research Associate

Rammy Dang is a Research Associate at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and received a Master in Science in Biotechnology from Northeastern University in Boston. Rammy Dang has extensive experience...

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Clinical Research Coordinators

Ethan Sheppard, BA

Clinical Research Coordinator II

Ethan Sheppard is Clinical Research Coordinator II in the Sleep and Inflammatory Systems Lab at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He received his B.A. in Psychology and English from Swarthmore...

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Erin Cecil, MS

Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

Erin Cecil is a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator in the Sleep and Inflammatory Systems Lab at Beth Israel Deaconesses Medical Center and has a Master of Science in Cognitive Science from...

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Students

Juan A Gomez, MS, Med. Cand.

Medical Student

Morehouse School of Medicine

Juan Gomez was accepted to the Summer Research Training Program for Medical Students of the T32 Program in Sleep, Circadian, and Respiratory Neurobiology at the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard...

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Patrick PJ Clark, Med. Cand.

Medical Student

Harvard Medical School

PJ Clark joined our program through the BIDMC Shapiro Scholars program managed by the BIDMC Office of Student Engagement and Experience this summer, to work on his project entitled 'Investigating the...

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Lauren Kinne, Med. Cand.

Medical Student

Harvard Medical School
Vera Jacobson

Undergraduate Pre-Med Student

Cornell University

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Former Members

Michael Doyle, MA

Former Program Manager

Clinical Research Center

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Michael Doyle was a Program Manager at the Clinical Research Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and has a Master of Art in Psychology from Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. Prior to...

Recent Photos

Photos of members and collaborators of the Sleep and Inflammatory Systems Laboratory