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Polyak Lab Alumni


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Callahan Wilde
Lab Technician (2020-2022)

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Kodie Garza
Lab Technician (2021-2022)
Currently: Clinical Care Technician, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

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Masa Aleckovic, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2021)
Currently: Senior Scientist II, Shasqi, San Francisco, CA
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​Bojana Jovanovic, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2021)
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Anne Trinh, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2016 - 2020)
Currently: Garvan Institute for Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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Bethlehem Lulseged
Undergraduate Student (2018-2020)

Bethlehem Lulseged
Undergraduate Student (2018-2020)
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​Frank He, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2018 - 2019)
Currently: Field Application Scientist, Abcam
Boston, MA

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​Nicholas Harper
Bioinformatician (2017 - 2019)
Currently: PhD Student, U. Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
Lina Ding, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014 - 2018)
Currently: Principal Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cambridge, MA
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Natalie Kingston
Lab Technician (2016-2018)
Currently: MD/PhD Student, University of Washington St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
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Anthony Tran
Visiting Medical Student (2016)
Currently: Rehabilitation Medicine Resident, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Ashim Subedee, PhD
Graduate Student (2010 - 2015)
Currently: Academic Innovation Lead, NIH SEED, Rockville, MD
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Vanessa Almendro, PhD
Pediatric Visiting Scientist (2008 - 2014)
Currently: Vice President,  Science and Technology, Danaher Corporation, Boston, MA
Mattia Zucca, PhD
Visiting Master's Student (2012 - 2013)
Currently: Medical Marketing & Communications Manager, MCO, Florence, Italy
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Shoji Yamamoto, PhD
Visiting Scientist (2010-2012)
Currently: Senior Director, Oncology Labs, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
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Zhenhua (Jeremy) Wu, PhD
Bioinformatics Postdoc (2009-2012)
Currently: Investigator II at H3 Biomedicine
​Cambridge, MA

​Kristopher Carver, PhD, MBA
Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2010)
Currently: New Business Development - Peripheral Interventions, Boston Scientific,
St. Paul, MN

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Noga Bloushtain-Qimron, MSc
Technician and Graduate Student (2004-2009)
Currently: SI&A Senior Country Approval Specialist Israel, EMEA Site Intelligence and Activation, Tel Aviv, Israel
Maxim Tomashevsky
Undergraduate Student (2008)
Currently: Director, Financeit, Ottawa, Canada
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Jun Yao, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2003-2008)
Currently: Assistant Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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Ayten Kandilci, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2005-2006)
Currently: Associate Professor, Gebze Technical University, Gebze, Turkey
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Takaaki Imamura, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2004-2005)
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​Minna Allinen, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2002-2004)
Currently
Head of Integrated Hospital Care at Novartis Finland
​Helinski, Finland
Ana Nunes (Tablante), BA
Undergraduate Student (2002)
Currently: Senior Global Development Medical Director, AstraZeneca, Bethesda, MD
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Charlotta Enerback, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2000-2001)
Currently: Professor of Dermatology, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden
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​​Carlos Gil Del Alcazar, PhD
​Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2021)
Currently: Principal Scientist I, Lab Head, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA
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Julieann Puleo, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2021)
Currently: Regional Associate Director, US Oncology Medical Affairs Strategy, Merck, Philadelphia, PA
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Katherine Murphy
Research Assistant (2018 - 2020)
Currently: Research Assistant, U.Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
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Stephanie Zhao
Undergraduate Student (2018-2020)
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Shaokun Shu, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2011 - 2019)
Currently: Assistant Professor, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Felipe Flores
Undergraduate Student (2016 - 2019)
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Michalina Janiszewska, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2012 - 2018)
Currently: Assistant Professor, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL
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Muhammed Ekram, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-2017)
Currently: Cancer Geneticist, WuXi NextCODE, Cambridge, MA
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​Sung Jin Huh, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2009 - 2015)
Currently: Associate Director, Translational Medicine, Alkerme, Waltham, MA
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​Andriy Marusyk, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2008 - 2015)
Currently: Associate Member, Moffitt Cancer Center
​Tampa, FL

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Elina Khasanova, MD
Visiting Scientist - Fullbright (2014)
Currently: Cardiothoracic Imaging Fellow at Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
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Andrew Place, MD, PhD
Pediatric Oncology Fellow (2010-2012)
Currently: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Co-Director, Hematologic Malignancy Center; Chief Medical Officer, Institutional Centers for Clinical and Translational Research; Associate Director, Developmental Therapeutics; Senior Physician, Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
​Boston, MA
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Sibgat Choudhury, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2007-2012)
Currently: Director, Clinical Biomarker Development, Acrivon Theraputics, Inc., Cambridge, MA
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​Reo Maruyama, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2007-2011)
Currently: Attending Physician, Ushiku Aiwa General Hospital, Ushiku, Ibaraki, Chief of Division of Cancer Biology, Cancer Institute of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
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Lauren L. Marrotta, PhD
Graduate Student (2005 - 2010)
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​Michail Shipitsin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2004-2010)
Currently: Director, Head of Biomarker Development, Acrivon Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
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​Jee Hyun Kim, MD, PhD
Visiting Scientist (2008-2009)
Currently: Professor, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Bundang Hospital
Seoul, Korea

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So Yeon Park, MD, PhD
Visiting Scientist (2007-2008)
Currently
Professor of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine
​Seoul, Korea
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Min Hu, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2003-2008)
Currently
Vice President; Discovery Biology, Small Molecules & Translational Medicine, Shanghai HengRui Pharmaceutical Co.
​Shanghai, China
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Ian Krop, MD, PhD
Oncology Fellow (2000-2006)
Currently: Associate Professor of Medicine, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
​Boston, MA

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Dale Porter, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2000-2004)
Currently: Vice President and Head of Biology, Cedilla Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA
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​Jaana Lahti-Domenici, MSc
Technician (2001-2003)
Currently:Technician, Agendia, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Anushree Gulvady, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2021)
Currently: Scientific Analyst at Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY
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​Jayati Anand
Lab Technician (2020-2021)
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Alanna Pyke
Post-baccalaureate in Research Scholar Initiative at Harvard University
Currently: PhD Student, Stanford University, Standford, CA

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​Yawei (Jenn) Ge,
MDPhD student (2015 - 2019)
Currently: Resident in Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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Kunihiko Hinohara, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014 - 2019)
Currently: Designated Associate Professor, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Ethan Krop
High School Student and Research Assistant (2018-2019)
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​Robert Witwicki, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013 - 2018)
Currently: Research Scientist, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL
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Doris Tabassum, PhD
Graduate Student (2011 - 2016)
Currently: Academic Editor at Research Square, Boston, MA
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Francisco De Beca, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013 - 2015)
Currently: Medical Director, Clinical Development, Seagen, Bothell, Wa
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Ying Su, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2009 - 2014)
Currently: Executive Medical Director, Clinical Development, Codiak Biosciences
Cambridge, MA

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Taku Yoshida, PhD
Visiting Scientist (2010-2012)
Currently: Vice President, Immuno - Oncology Research, Astellas Pharma Inc.
​Ibaraki, Japan

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Filipe Martins, MD
Visiting Scientist (2009-2012)
Currently: Academic clinical fellow, Cambridge University Hospitals and Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK
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Shinji Takagi, PhD
Visiting Scientist (2010-2011)
Currently: Principal Scientist, Oncology Science Unit, MSD K.K., Tokyo, Japan
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Hege Russness, MD, PhD
Visiting Scientist (2010-2011)
Currently: Group leader, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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David Jee
Undergraduate Student and Research Assistant (2010-2011)
Currently: Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Hee Jung Kim, MD, PhD
Visiting Scientist (2008-2010)
Currently: Professor of Pathology, MizMedi Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Laura Mulvey
Undergraduate Student 
​(2004-2008)

Currently: Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY

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Guillermo Peluffo, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2011 - 2019)
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​Daniel Carrasco, BSc.
Research Technician (2004-2007)
Currently: Medical student, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
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Michele Taylor-Parker, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2002-2004)
Currently: Program Director, Sciences and Biotechnology, Berkeley, CA
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Ana Merlos-Suarez, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2001-2002)
Currently: Strategic Projects and Philanthropy Officer, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

Selim Nasser, MD
Pathology Fellow (1999-2002)
Currently
Chair, Dept. of Pathology, University of Beirut
​Beirut, Lebanon
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Pankaj Seth, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (1999-2002)
Currently: Scientific Director, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
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