Brinda Alagesan
BA, U. of Penn., 2009
MD and PhD in Genetics, 2018
Dissertation title: Defining the role of Nix in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Mentor: David Tuveson, CSHL
Residency: NYP Hosp-Weill Cornell Med Ctr-NY Internal Med/Research
Ping He
BS, Johns Hopkins, 2011
MD and PhD in Molecular & Cellular Biology, 2018
Dissertation title: Krüppel-like factor 5 Promotes Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia Formation in Transgenic Mouse Model of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Mentor: Vincent Yang, Dept. of Medicine, SBU
Residency: Rutgers-R W Johnson Medical School-NJ Internal Medicine
Gregory Kirschen
BA, Princeton Univ., 2012
MD and PhD in Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, 2018
Dissertation title: How hippocampal activity shapes the survival of adult-born dentate granule cells
Mentor: Shaoyu Ge, Neurobiology & Behavior, SBU
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hosp-MD Obstetrics-Gynecology
Jesse Levine
BA, NYU, 2011
MD and PhD in Neuroscience 2018
Dissertation title: Intersectional targeting of GABAergic interneurons in neocortex
Mentor: Josh Huang, CSHL
Residency: Baylor Coll Med-Houston-TX Child Neurology/Neuroscience
Raja Pillai
BA, Yale Univ., 2012
MD and PhD in Neuroscience, 2018
Dissertation title: The Role of the Serotonin 1A Receptor in Major Depressive Disorder
Mentor: Ramin Parsey, Psychiatry, SBU
Residency: Baystate Med Ctr-MA Peds-Prelim/Boston Childrens NDD Childrens Hospital-Boston-MA Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Bryce Schroeder
BS, California State Univ., 2010
MD and PhD in Biomedical Engineering, 2018
Dissertation title: Engineered Helicon-Like Beams for Super-Resolution Microscopy
Mentor: Shu Jia, Biomedical Engineering, SBU
Residency: Stony Brook Teach Hosps-NY Pediatrics
Nicholas Schwartz
BS, Duke Univ., 2012
MD and PhD in Neuroscience, 2018
Dissertation title: Decreased Ceramide Underlies Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Charcot-Marie-Tooth 2F
Mentor: Lina Obeid, Dept. of Medicine, SBU
Residency: CA Pacific Med Center-CA Med-Prelim/Neurology Stanford Univ Progs-CA Neurology
Courtney Singleton
BA, Harvard Univ., 2012
MD and PhD in Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology, 2018
Dissertation title: Development of Methods to aid De novo Design of Inhibitors Targeting HIVgp41
Mentor: Robert Rizzo, Applied Math & Statistics, SBU
Residency: Thomas Jefferson Univ-PA Anesthesiology
