Our Team

We believe in collaborative research as diverse opinions and expertise will strengthen our mission.

We collaborate with many colleagues at BIDMC from various (sub) specialties including Medicine, Orthopedics, Radiology, and Neurology, and with BIDMC Research Cores.

The Current Team

Principal Investigator

Research Associates

Postdoctoral Fellows

Research Assistants and Coordinators

Current Rotating Student Research Interns

Our External Collaborators

Aron Buchman, MD

Professor of Neurological Science

Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University

 

David A. Bennett, MD

Robert C. Borwell Professor of Neurological Science, Department of Neurological Sciences

Director, Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University 

Andrew Lim, MD

Associate Professor

University of Toronto, Sunnybrook

Susan Dymecki, MD PhD

Professor of Genetics

Harvard Medical School

Jeffrey Hausdorff, PhD

Professor

Tel Aviv University

Alana Kirby, MD PhD

Associate Professor in Movement Disorders, prior R25 Fellow

Rush University

Alumni

Faculty

Alana Kirby, MD PhD

Movement Disorders Specialist, Assistant Professor at RUSH University Medical Center

 

Jianguo Niu, PhD 

Professor at Ningxia Medical University

 

Yokota Shigefumi, PhD

Associate Professor at Shimane University School of Medicine

 

Advanced Degree/Specialty Training

Joni Cheung, DMD 

Pediatric Dentist, University of Michigan School of Dentistry and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

 

Christine Ashton, MD  

Movement Disorders Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

 

Jared Miller, MD

Anesthesiology, Yale University

 

Brian Ellison, MD  

Neuroradiology, BIDMC/BWH

 

Cassie Gross, MD 

Geriatric Medicine, Stanford University

 

Tamara Samardzic, MD  

Hospital Medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital

 

Industry

Lauren Broom, PhD 

Senior Director, Cell Therapy Innovation at bit.bio

 

Caitlyn Curley  

Manager of Operations Garuda Therapeutics

 

Krutika Joshi, PhD 

Research Associate: Data Science & Statistics at Humber River Health  

 

Sophie Luks  

Manager of Sporting Operations at U.S. Soccer Federation

 

Former International Students

Elina Sörberg

Linköping University, Medical School

Sweden

 

Lara Wagenaar, MD

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

The Netherlands

 

Joanne Mankor, MD

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands

Now PhD candidate in Oncology at Erasmus Medical Center

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

 

Alexandria Aguirre Moreno

Tecnológico de Monterrey

 

Ana Gabriela Carpio Saez de Nanclares

Tecnológico de Monterrey