HIRSCHHORN LAB
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Boston Children's Hospital · Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard · Harvard Medical School
ALUMNI
Postdocs & Clinical Fellows
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Joanne Cole, Ph.D. (2016-2022)
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine
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Jessica Kremen, M.D. (2016-2022)
Instructor, Boston Children's Hospital
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Priyanka (Priya) Nakka, Ph.D. (2019-2021)
Senior Statistical Geneticist, Regeneron Genetics Center
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Kathy Ushakov, Ph.D. (2016-2020)
Scientist, Computational Biology, Thrive Earlier Detection Corp.
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Michael Mendelson, M.D., Sc. M. (2017-2019)
Director in Translational Medicine & Data Science, Novartis
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Vidhu Thaker, M.D. (2013-2016)
Assistant Professor, Columbia University
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Jonathan Swartz, M.D. (2013-2016)
Clinical Pediatric Endocrinologist, Maine Medical Center
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Tune Pers, Ph.D. (2011-2016)
Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Rany Salem, Ph.D. (2009-2016)
Assistant Professor, University of California at San Diego
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Yan Meng, Ph.D. (2013-2015)
Director, Clinical Molecular Genetics, Wuxi Nextcode
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Tonu Esko, Ph.D. (2012-2015)
Director, Estonia Genome Center, University of Tartu, Estonia
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David Kantor, M.D., Ph.D. (2010-2013)
Assistant Professor, Boston Children's Hospital
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Andrew Dauber, M.D., M.M.Sc. (2009-2013)
Chief, Endocrinology, Children's National Hospital, Washington D.C.
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Elizabeth Speliotes, M.D., Ph.D. (2005-2010)
Associate Professor, University of Michigan
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Mikko Kuokkanen, Ph.D. (2007-2009)
Senior Researcher, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
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Guillaume Lettre, Ph.D. (2005-2009)
Associate Professor, Université de Montréal, Canada
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Helen Lyon, M.D., M.S. (2003-2009)
Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts
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Sekar Kathiresan, M.D. (2003-2008)
Associate Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School
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Christopher Newton-Cheh, M.D. (2002-2008)
Assistant Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School
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Ines Sedlmeyer, M.D. (2001-2003)
Graduate Students
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Eric Bartell, Ph.D. (2016-2023)
Senior Scientist, Empirico
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Rebecca Fine, Ph.D. (2014-2020)
Research Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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Yu-Han Hsu, Ph.D. (2012-2018)
Postdoc, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Michael Guo, M.D., Ph.D. (2012-2016)
Resident, University of Pennsylvania
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Rigel Chan, Ph.D. (2010-2014)
Postdoc, Harvard University
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Sophie Wang, Ph.D. (2010-2014)
Research Scientist, IBM China Research Lab
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Zofia Gajdos, Ph.D. (2006-2010)
Project Lead, HarvardX Online Education
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Charleston Chiang, Ph.D. (2005-2011)
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
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Catarina (Katie) Campbell, Ph.D. (2003-2007)
Senior Investigator, Novartis
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Other Lab Members
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Hannah Whitley (2016-2024)
Program Manager, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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Sailaja Vedantam (2012-2023)
Research Scientist, Regeneron
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Samuel Gavronski (2022-2023)
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Jonah Kaziyev (2021-2022)
Medical Student, Boston University
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Varada Krishnadas (2021-2022)
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Grzegorz Gorski (2017-2021)
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Jenkai Miao (2018-2020)
Data Scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Kristin Tsuo (2016-2019)
Graduate Student, Harvard Medical School
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Ben Weaver (2015-2017)
Medical Student, Boston University
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Chris Addis (2014-2016)
Legislative Aide, Massachusetts House of Representatives
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Jennifer Moon (2012-2015)
Ph.D. Student, University of Massachusetts
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Thutrang Nguyen (2008-2012)
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Michael Turchin, Ph.D. (2009-2011)
Postdoc, Brown University
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Sam Tischfield, Ph.D. (2006-2008)
Research Fellow, Sloan Kettering Institute
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Matthew Egyud, M.D. (2004-2007)
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Amit Lakhanpal, M.D., Ph.D. (2004-2005)
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Johannah Butler (2002-2008)
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Jared Drake (2001-2006)
Chief Operating Officer, Wisercare
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Kirk Lohmueller, Ph.D. (1999-2001)
Associate Professor, UCLA
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Todd Bersaglieri
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James Nemesh
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