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.
2010 - Present
| Trainee | Year | Current or Last Known Position |
| Minagi Ozawa | 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellow, TUSM |
| Christopher Bartolome | 2019 | Scientist, Tessera Therapeutics |
| Andrew Coleman | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth |
| Patrick Davis | 2019 | MD, PhD, Resident, Child Neurology, Children's Hospital - Boston |
| Jaclyn Dunphy | 2019 | Associate, Flagship Pioneering |
| Alex Jones | 2019 | Data Scientist, Scipher Medicine |
| Anna Nathanson | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, TUSM |
| Danish Saleh | 2019 | MD, PhD, Resident, Internal Medicine, Northwestern U |
| Matt Kelley | 2018 | Scientist, Voyager Therapeutics |
| Manasa Parakala | 2018 | Scientist, Sage Therapeutics |
| Laura Darneider | 2018 | Senior Associate, Prescient Health Care Group |
| Jennifer Shih | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT |
| Michaela Tolman | 2018 | Senior Analyst, Foundation Medicine |
| Eniola Yeates | 2018 | MD/PhD, Resident, Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center |
| Samantha You | 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, TUSM |
| 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, Vertex Pharmaceuticals |
| Julie Hewitt Coleman | 2016 | Project Leader, 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, Regis College |
| Tyler Hickman | 2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary |
| Jennifer Sasaki Russell | 2015 | Policy Project 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 | Scientist, US Army Research Institute |
| Eydith Comenencia-Ortiz | 2012 | Associate Director, Alliance & Advocacy Relations, Genetech |
| Joshua Cordeira | 2012 | Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Western Connecticut State U |
| Elizabeth Storer Scholl | 2012 | Contract Editor, Cactus Communications |
| Seth Wakefield | 2012 | MS, Medical Student, Boston University |
| 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 | Associate Director, Global Medical Publications, AbbVie |
| Sarah Teillon Smith | 2010 | At home |
2000 - 2009
| Trainee | Year | Current or Last Known Position |
| Pamela Harvey | 2009 | Instructor, U Colorado - Boulder |
| Vidya Murthy | 2009 | Global Product Marketing Leader, GE Healthcare |
| 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 | Senior Scientist, Respiratory Motion |
| Stephanie Radner | 2006 | MS, Founder, Dedham Natural Wonders |
| Bikem Akten | 2005 | Medical Strategy Director, Area 23 |
| Tarik Alkasab | 2005 | MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Radiology, Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Rachel Blitzblau | 2005 | MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, Duke U Medical Center |
| Christina Kaldany Isacson | 2005 | Chief Business Officer, Magenta Therapeutics |
| Julie Kerner | 2005 | Senior Director, Program Lead, AVROBIO |
| 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 |