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 |
| Jaymes Farrell | 2020 | In transition |
| 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 I, Foundation Medicine |
| Megan Gutwillig | 2019 | MS, DVM Student, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine |
| Qiming Wang | 2019 | Technical Information Scientist, JAX China |
| Prarthana Khanna | 2018 | Associate Director, Business Development and Licensing, WuXi Biologics |
| Siobhan McRee | 2018 | Scientist, Agios Pharmaceuticals |
| Farrah Roy | 2018 | Computational Biologist, Immuneering Corporation |
| Michael Sweeney | 2018 | Operations Manager, Business Development, Biodesix |
| Christopher Benway | 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Brigham & Women's Hospital |
| Sneha Borikar | 2017 | Scientist II, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research |
| Leah Graham | 2017 | Manager, External & Government Affairs, The Jackson Laboratory |
| Meagan Montesion | 2017 | Scientist II, Cancer Genetics, Foundation Medicine |
| Marina Freytsis | 2017 | Senior Manager, Alliance & Program Management, Wave Life Sciences |
| Surbi Goel | 2017 | Scientist, Intellia Therapeutics |
| Elizabeth Adkins Marnik | 2016 | Postdoctoral Fellow, MDI Biological Laboratory |
| Raka Basu Kong | 2016 | Senior Medical Science Liaison, Oncology, AstraZeneca |
| Wing Yan (Angel) Leung | 2016 | Senior Product Designer, Flatiron Health |
| Gabrielle McDonald | 2016 | Senior Scientist, Agios |
| 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, Instructor, Pediatrics, U Colorado School of Medicine |
| Catherine Weindel | 2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas A & M |
| Christina Binder | 2014 | MD, PhD, Resident, Radiation Oncology, Oregon Health Sciences U |
| Crystal Bryan | 2014 | Senior Analytical Product Lead, bluebird bio |
| Caitlin Foley | 2014 | MD, PhD, Fellow, Gastroenterology, U Pennsylvania |
| Melissa Donovan Gilbert | 2014 | Scientific Program Manager, Philadelphia Children's Hospital Research Institute |
| Benjamin Harwood | 2014 | Senior Scientist and Co-founder, On Target Therapeutics |
| Derick Hoskinson | 2014 | Clinical Variant Scientist, Tempus |
| Sarah Phillips | 2014 | Senior Scientific Content Manager, OncoKB, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
| Shauna Andersson | 2013 | MD, PhD, Clinical Research Director, Sanofi Genzyme |
| Chi Luo | 2013 | Research Fellow, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard |
| Sohini Mazumdar | 2013 | Associate Director, Business Development, Agios Pharmaceuticals |
| Xinxin Sun | 2013 | Assistant Professor, Medical Education, Tufts U School of Medicine |
| Michelle Arya | 2012 | Senior Scientist, Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories Professional Scientific Services, LLC |
| 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 | Instructor, Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Kris Richardson | 2011 | Analyst, Berg Pharma |
| Leila Sevigny | 2011 | Senior Scientist, Genzyme |
| Miriam Enos | 2010 | Senior Scientist, Moderna |
| Kyle Havens | 2010 | Principal Scientist, bluebird bio |
| 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 | Associate Professor, Medicine, U Massachusetts School of Medicine, & Deputy Director, Product Discovery, Mass Biological Laboratories |
| Raymond Mankoski | 2006 | MD, PhD, Vice President, Medical Affairs, Blueprint Medicines |
| Ellen Miller Moriarty | 2006 | MS, Department Head, Science, Lynn Classical High School, Lynn, MA |
| Sohela Shah | 2006 | Product Manager, Invitae |
| Swati Achayara | 2005 | Scientist, Sean Parker Center, Stanford U School of Medicine |
| Hailing Cheng | 2005 | Instructor, Surgery, Harvard Medical School |
| Jeonghee Cho | 2005 | Assistant Professor, Nanobiomedical Sciences, Dankook University, Korea |
| Elizabeth Egan | 2005 | MD, PhD, Asst Professor, Pediatrics, Stanford U School of Medicine |
| Tara Love | 2005 | Clinical Oncology Project Leader, Roche |
| Kerry Whalen | 2005 | Senior Director, Discovery & Translational Biology, Tarveda Therapeutics |
| Stephen Berasi | 2004 | Director, Pfizer |
| Lei Jin | 2004 | Assistant Professor, Medicine, University of Florida |
| Irene Min | 2004 | Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology Research in Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College |
| Susan Schonhoff Sloan | 2004 | Executive Director, Translational Development, Visterra |
| Xi Chen | 2003 | Research Scientist, Basic Life Sciences, Stanford U |
| Karen Muller-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 | Leader, Bioverativ |
| Marla Hildebrand-Chae | 2000 | MS, Principal, Madison Floral |
| Jeffrey Phillips | 2000 | DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor, Immunology & Oncology, Lincoln Memorial University, College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Jessica Anderson | 1999 | Author |
| Allison Berg | 1999 | MS, Senior Principal Scientist, Pfizer |