Graduating Class of 2018


Anand Bhagwat
BA, MS, U of Pennsylvania, 2009
MD and PhD in Mole. Genetics & Microbiology, 2016
Dissertation title: BET Inhibition Releases the Mediator Complex from Specific cis Elements in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells
Mentor: Christopher Vakoc, CSHL
Residency: Pediatrics Childrens Hospital, U. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

 

Sean Kelly
BS, Boston College, 2008
MD and PhD in Neuroscience, 2016
Dissertation title: Genetic fate mapping of GABAergic neurons in cerebral cortex and striatum
Mentor: Josh Huang, Neuroscience, CSHL
Residency: Neurology NYU School Of Medicine, NY

 

Benjamin Newcomb
BS, Seattle University, 2005
MD and PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2016
Dissertation title: Sphingolipids in Breast Cancer Progression and Inflammatory Responses
Mentor: Yusuf Hannun, Cancer Center, SBU
Residency: Internal Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hosp, MO

 

Tomoki Nomakuchi
BS, Hofstra University, 2010
MD and PhD in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, 2016
Dissertation title: Antisense-oligonucleotide-directed inhibitation of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay
Mentor: Adrian Krainer, CSHL
Residency: Pediatrics-Medical Genetics Childrens Hospital, U. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

 

Hiren Patel
BA, Boston University, 2010
MD and PhD in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, 2016
Dissertation title: The emergence of multiple and extremely drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)
Mentor: Jessica Seeliger, Pharmacological Sciences, SBU
Residency: Urology Rutgers-R W Johnson Medical School, NJ

 

Ioana Rus
MS, Mt. Sinai 2009/BS, UNC, 2007
MD and PhD in Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, 2016
Dissertation title: Harnessing Redox Regulation of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B: A Novel Path to Therapeutic Design
Mentor: Nicholas Tonks, Genetics, CSHL
Residency: Anesthesiology/Research Johns Hopkins Hospital, MD

 

Glenn Werneburg
BS, Stony Brook University, 2010
MD and PhD in Mole. Genetics & Microbiology, 2016
Dissertation title: Dissection of usher-chaperone-subunit interactions during pilus biogenesis in Escherichia coli
Mentor: David Thanassi, Mole. Genetics & Microbio., SBU
Residency: Urology Cleveland Clinic Fdn, OH