Neuroscience Alumni
The Neuroscience Program celebrates the achievements of its alumni. More than 50 students have completed the Neuroscience Program since it was established in the 1990s.
Our alumni hold leadership positions in academic institutions and in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Other graduates have gone on to careers in law, communication, and medicine.
Learn more about our alumni and their careers below.
2020 - Present
| Trainee | Year | Current or Last Known Position |
| Dominique Ameroso | 2021 | Scientist, Investigative Pathology, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals |
| David Dickson | 2021 | MD, PhD, Resident, Medicine, University of California - Los Angeles |
| Jenny Koenig | 2021 | MD, PhD, Resident, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of California - San Diego |
| Kathryn Lee | 2021 | Scientist I, Biogen |
| Minagi Ozawa | 2021 | Senior Scientist II, Novarits Institutes for Biomedical Research |
| Molly Hodul | 2020 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California - San Francisco |
2010 - 2019
| Trainee | Year | Current or Last Known Position |
| Christopher Bartolome | 2019 | Scientist, Tessera Therapeutics |
| Andrew Coleman | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth |
| Patrick Davis | 2019 | MD, PhD, Clinical Fellow, Neurology, Children's Hospital - Boston |
| Jaclyn Dunphy | 2019 | Associate, Flagship Pioneering |
| Alex Jones | 2019 | Senior Data Scientist, Scipher Medicine |
| Anna Nathanson | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, TUSM |
| Danish Saleh | 2019 | MD, PhD, Fellow, Cardiology, Northwestern U/McGaw Medical Center |
| Matt Kelley | 2018 | Senior Scientist, Rare Disease Research Unit, Pfizer |
| Manasa Parakala | 2018 | Scientist II, Sage Therapeutics |
| Laura Darneider | 2018 | Senior Associate, Prescient Health Care Group |
| Jennifer Shih | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT |
| Michaela Tolman | 2018 | Senior Manager, Global Portfolio Strategy & Commercialization, Biogen |
| Eniola Yeates | 2018 | MD/PhD, Rutgers Pharmaceutical Industry Fellow, Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Samantha You | 2018 | Technical Support Specialist, DiaSorin Molecular |
| Jonathan Alexander | 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellow, TUSM |
| Elizabeth Hanson | 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Andrew Hooper | 2017 | AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, NINDS |
| Lauren Lau | 2017 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Micaella Panessiti Fagan | 2017 | Senior Scientist, Semma Therapeutics |
| Laura Gainey | 2017 | MD, PhD, Physician, Northwest Obstetrics & Gynecology |
| Julie Hewitt Coleman | 2016 | Program Lead, Celdara Medical |
| Laurel (Drane) Conley | 2016 | Product Scientist, Cell Signaling Technology |
| Laura Wong | 2016 | MD, PhD, Resident, Plastic Surgery, U California - San Francisco |
| Jeanine Foley | 2015 | Assistant Professor, Boston U School of Medicine |
| Tyler Hickman | 2015 | Research Fellow, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Jennifer Sasaki Russell | 2015 | Project Policy Analyst 3, U California - San Francisco |
| Cinzia Metallo | 2014 | Consultant, Technology Strategy & Market Intelligence, Lux Research |
| L Ian Schmitt | 2014 | Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Brain Science |
| Liliya Silayeva | 2013 | Research Project & Program Manager, Leidos |
| Eydith Comenencia-Ortiz | 2012 | Group Director, Patient Partnership Product Development Medical Affairs, Roche |
| Joshua Cordeira | 2012 | Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Western Connecticut State U |
| Elizabeth Storer Scholl | 2012 | Information Research Scientist, Biogen |
| Seth Wakefield | 2012 | MS, Resident Physician, UMass Memorial Medical Center |
| Patricia Goodwin | 2011 | Senior Medical Writer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
| Katherine Malanson | 2011 | High School Science Teacher, Canterbury School, Fort Wayne, IN |
| Christine Graham | 2010 | Associate Director, Clinical Research, Alkermes |
| Michelle Tangredi Koutsantonis | 2010 | Director, Global Medical Publications, AbbVie |
| Sarah Teillon Smith | 2010 | At home |
2000 - 2009
| Trainee | Year | Current or Last Known Position |
| Pamela Harvey | 2009 | Senior Instructor, U Colorado - Boulder |
| Vidya Murthy | 2009 | Global Product Marketing Leader, Viral Vectors & Gene Therapy, Cytiva |
| Tugba Bagci Onder | 2008 | Assistant Professor, Koc U School of Medicine |
| Joowon Suh | 2008 | Unknown |
| Tara-Beth Sweet | 2008 | Lecturer, Chemistry, Nazareth College; Adjunct Faculty, Neuroscience, University of Rochester, School of Medicine |
| Lloyd Williams | 2008 | MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine |
| Alison Krupin Berger | 2007 | Science Teacher, Paint Brush High School, Burtonsville, MD |
| Jason Chan | 2007 | Assistant Professor, Biology, Marian University |
| Man-Ching Cheung | 2006 | Data Scientist, Philips |
| Stephanie Radner | 2006 | MS, Founder, Dedham Natural Wonders |
| Bikem Akten | 2005 | Senior Medical Strategy Director, Klick |
| Tarik Alkasab | 2005 | MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Radiology, Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Rachel Blitzblau | 2005 | MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Duke U School of Medicine |
| Christina Kaldany Isacson | 2005 | Partner, Lightstone Ventures |
| Julie Kerner | 2005 | Vice President, Program Leadership, Fulcrum Therapeutics |
| Yu-Dong Zhou | 2003 | Professor, Neurobiology, Zhejiang U School of Medicine, China |
| MS (Peg) AtKisson | 2002 | President, AtKisson Training Group |
| Julie Onton | 2001 | Project Scientist, U California - San Diego |
| Atsuko Polzin | 2001 | VP, Intellectual Property, Scholar Rock |
| Joan Schein | 2001 | Product Manager, Tecan Systems |
1987 - 1999
| Trainee | Year | Current or Last Known Position |
| Thomas Bozza | 1998 | Associate Professor, Neurobiology & Physiology, Northwestern U |
| Brooke Ligon | 1998 | CEO, Mitokine Biosciences, LLC |
| Demian Park | 1998 | Research Scientist, Synthetic Neurobiology Group, MIT |
| Yanping Qi | 1998 | Director, Research IT, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals |
| Vijay Thukral | 1997 | President, Cientive Group; Secretary, SyEntive Group, LLC |
| Jasvinder Atwal | 1996 | MS, Senior Research Associate, Genentech, Inc |
| Meredith Levine-Lazaroff | 1996 | Pharmacy Technician, Children's Hospital of Colorado |
| Mary Caggiano Hatton | 1994 | MS, Adjunct Professor, School of Education, Endicott College |
| Daniel Cox | 1993 | Unavailable |
| Gary Hammer | 1992 | MD, PhD, Millie Schembechler Professor of Adrenal Cancer, Comprehensive Cancer Center & Department of Internal Medicine, U Michigan |
| Chitra Suri | 1992 | Consultant, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals |
| Marjory Schwartz Levey | 1991 | Executive Medical Science Liaison, UCB |
| Sharon Cooperman | 1989 | Neurologist, Lovelace Health System, Albuquerque, NM |
| Malcolm Low | 1987 | Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, U Michigan |