Genetics Alumni
The Genetics Program was founded in 1994 and its first graduates completed their studies in 1999. The program is proud of the achievements of its alumni. Over 80 students have completed the Genetics Program since it was founded.
Our alumni hold leadership positions in academic institutions and the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Other graduates have gone on to careers in law, communication, and medicine.
See the listings below to learn more about our alumni.
2020 - Present
| Trainee | Year | Current or Last Known Position |
| Candice Byers | 2022 | In transition |
| Kate Foley | 2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow, U Kentucky School of Medicine |
| Ashlee Junier | 2022 | Life Sciences Consultant, Simon Kucher and Partners |
| Erion Lipo | 2021 | Associate, Eversana Consulting |
| Michael McLellan | 2021 | Postdoctoral Scholar, Boston University College of Engineering |
| Jaymes Farrell | 2020 | Scientist, BioAgilytix |
| Heather Gardner | 2020 | Research Assistant Professor, Clinical Sciences, Cummings School, Tufts University |
| Hayley Muendlein | 2020 | Postdoctoral Fellow, TUSM |
| Alexander Neil | 2020 | MD, PhD, Resident, Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston |
2010 - 2019
| Trainee | Year | Current or Last Known Position |
| Kevin Child | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, U Connecticut Health Sciences |
| Alexander Fine | 2019 | Scientist II, Foundation Medicine |
| Megan Gutwillig | 2019 | MS, DVM Student, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine |
| Qiming Wang | 2019 | Technical Information Scientist, JAX China |
| Prarthana Khanna | 2018 | Director of Business Development, Akouos |
| Siobhan McRee | 2018 | Scientist, Agios Pharmaceuticals |
| Farrah Roy | 2018 | Computational Biologist, Immuneering Corporation |
| Michael Sweeney | 2018 | Operations Director, Business Development, Biodesix |
| Christopher Benway | 2017 | Computational Biologist, Children's Hospital, Boston |
| Sneha Borikar | 2017 | Principal Scientist I, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research |
| Leah Graham | 2017 | Associate Director, Maine Cancer Genomics Initiative, The Jackson Laboratory |
| Meagan Montesion | 2017 | Senior Scientist, Cancer Genomics, Foundation Medicine |
| Marina Freytsis | 2017 | Associate Director, Alliance Management, Wave Life Sciences |
| Surbi Goel | 2017 | Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Intellia Therapeutics |
| Elisabeth Adkins Marnik | 2016 | Assistant Professor, Molecular Biochemistry, Husson University |
| Raka Basu Kong | 2016 | Senior Medical Science Liaison, Oncology, AstraZeneca |
| Wing Yan (Angel) Leung | 2016 | Project Design Manager, Flatiron Health |
| Gabrielle McDonald | 2016 | Associate Director, Servier Pharmaceuticals |
| Karyn Austin | 2015 | MD, PhD, Fellow, Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Boston |
| Emy Chen | 2015 | MD, PhD, Private Practice, Family Medicine |
| Stephanie Pritchard Gilley | 2015 | MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, U Colorado School of Medicine |
| Catherine Weindel | 2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas A & M |
| Christina Binder | 2014 | MD, PhD, Research Faculty, Oregon Health Sciences U |
| Crystal Bryan | 2014 | Associate Director, CMC Strategy, Ring Therapeutics |
| Caitlin Foley | 2014 | MD, PhD, Research Fellow, GI Medicine, U Pennsylvania |
| Melissa Donovan Gilbert | 2014 | Scientific Program Manager, Philadelphia Children's Hospital Research Institute |
| Benjamin Harwood | 2014 | Senior Scientist, Q-State Biosciences |
| Derick Hoskinson | 2014 | Senior Clinical Scientist, Tempus |
| Sarah Phillips Suehnholz | 2014 | Senior Scientist, OncoKB, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Shauna Andersson | 2013 | MD, PhD, Senior Clinical Research Director, Sanofi Genzyme |
| Chi Luo | 2013 | Research Fellow, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard |
| Sohini Mazumdar | 2013 | Senior Director, Corporate Development, Agios Pharmaceuticals |
| Xinxin Sun | 2013 | Assistant Professor, Medical Education, Tufts U School of Medicine |
| Michelle Arya | 2012 | Scientist I, Sarepta Therapeutics |
| Oya Cingӧz | 2012 | Scientist, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany |
| Robert Goldstein | 2012 | MD, PhD, Instructor, Infectious Disease, Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Ivana Petrovska | 2012 | Science Communications Manager, Cancer Research UK |
| S Parker Read | 2012 | MD, PhD, Private Practice, Ophthalmology, Aiea, Hawaii |
| Marcos Salazar | 2012 | Scientific Consultant, Genedata |
| Rachel Wozniak | 2012 | MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Flaum Eye Institute, U Rochester |
| David Greenwald | 2011 | Vice President, Business Development, Deerfield Management |
| Volkan Gunduz | 2011 | Associate Director, Competitive Intelligence - Global Oncology, Sanofi Genzyme |
| Elizabeth Kong | 2011 | Assay Scientist, Sartorius Stedim Biotech |
| Jacqueline Lane | 2011 | Assistant Professor and Associate Geneticist, Brighman and Women's Hospital |
| Kris Richardson | 2011 | Senior Data Scientist, Berg Pharma |
| Leila Sevigny | 2011 | Senior Scientist, BioAnalytics |
| Miriam Enos | 2010 | Senior Scientist, Moderna |
| Kyle Havens | 2010 | Director, NewCo |
| Andrew Natonson | 2010 | MS, Assistant Professor, Neurology, Oregon Health & Science U |
| Ari Rosenbach | 2010 | MD, PhD, Private Practice, Pediatrics, Albany, NY |
1999 -2009
| Trainee | Year | Current or Last Known Position |
| Christine Fillmore Brainson | 2009 | Assistant Professor, Toxicology & Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine |
| Brendan Stuart | 2009 | MS, Unknown |
| Bonnie Chang | 2008 | MS, Clinical Social Worker, Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Peter Cheslock | 2008 | Head of Site - Cambridge, Sartorius |
| Michael Fogel | 2008 | MD, PhD, Instructor, Emergency Medicine, Harvard |
| Francis Hsiao | 2008 | MD, PhD, Surgical Dermatologist, California Skin Institute |
| Maria Lazebnik | 2008 | Adjunct Asst Professor, Natural & Applied Sciences, Bentley U |
| Hillel Sims | 2008 | Dean, STEM Division, Roxbury Community College |
| Rebekah Zimmerman | 2008 | Associate Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Vice President, Reproductive & Diagnostic Testing, Sema4 |
| Munya Al-Fulaij | 2007 | Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology, U Kuwait |
| Kerry Garrity | 2007 | Independent Consultant, Cell & Gene Therapy |
| Alexander Holman | 2007 | Bioinformatics Scientist, Foundation Medicine |
| Yang Wang | 2007 | Deputy Director, Product Discovery, Mass Biological Laboratories |
| Raymond Mankoski | 2006 | MD, PhD, Consultant, The NemetzGroup |
| Ellen Miller Moriarty | 2006 | MS, Department Head, Science, Lynn Classical High School, Lynn, MA |
| Sohela Shah | 2006 | Product Manager, Invitae |
| Swati Achayara | 2005 | Principal Scientist, Immunology, CellCarta |
| Hailing Cheng | 2005 | Instructor, Surgery, Harvard Medical School |
| Jeonghee Cho | 2005 | Associate Professor, Nanobiomedical Sciences, Dankook University, Korea |
| Elizabeth Egan | 2005 | MD, PhD, Asst Professor, Pediatrics, Stanford U School of Medicine |
| Tara Love | 2005 | Medical Director, Molecular Diagnostics & Precision Medicine, Roche |
| Kerry Whalen | 2005 | Senior Director, Preclinical & Early Development, Cullinan Oncology |
| Stephen Berasi | 2004 | Senior Director, Pfizer |
| Lei Jin | 2004 | Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Florida |
| Irene Min | 2004 | Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology Research in Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College |
| Susan Schonhoff Sloan | 2004 | Vice President, Nonclinical Development, Visterra |
| Xi Chen | 2003 | Research Scientist, Basic Life Sciences, Stanford U |
| Karen Müller Smith | 2003 | Associate Professor, Biology, U Louisiana - Lafayette |
| Nicole D'Avirro | 2002 | At Home |
| Jennifer Hughes | 2002 | Research Scientist, Whitehead Institute, MIT |
| Chi Wang Forster | 2001 | MS, Attorney, Wang & Grossman, PC |
| Sarah Boyer Ratsch | 2000 | Director, Medical Information & Operations, uniQure |
| Marla Hildebrand-Chae | 2000 | MS, Grade Instructor, Greater Lawrence Technical High School |
| Jeffrey Phillips | 2000 | DVM, PhD, Specialty Director, Animal Emergency & Specialty Center |
| Jessica Anderson | 1999 | Author |
| Allison Berg | 1999 | MS, Senior Principal Scientist, Pfizer |