Alumni/ae Class Notes

Bevil R. Conway, Ph.D., Neuroscience, 2000-2001

bconway (at) wellesley.edu

I graduated from Harvard Medical School (MMSc, Markey Scholar, 1998), and the Division of Medical Sciences (PhD, Neurobiology, 2001). I was an Assistant Professor at Kathmandu University Medical School from 2001 to 2002; a Dana Research Fellow in the Neurobiology Department at HMS from 2002 to 2003; a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows from 2003-2007; a Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Bremen from 2005-2007; and I am currently the Knafel Assistant Professor of Natural Science, and Assistant Professor in the Neuroscience Program at Wellesley College. My website is www.wellesley.edu/Neuroscience/Faculty_page/Conway/index.htm (alias www.bevilconway.com).

Peter Kolchinsky, Ph.D., Virology, 2000-2001

pkolchinsky (at) racap.com

Soon after graduating, I was hired by a former biotech business executive to manage a small personal biotech stock portfolio. A few years later, we founded the hedge fund RA Capital and have continued to invest in public biotech companies. Our team has expanded considerably and we now manage capital from several dozen investors, including endowments and other large institutions. Although it may appear that my career path has taken me far from academic research, the job requires a detailed understanding of each company's science and drug development programs. I spend a lot of time talking to researchers and physicians and probably read more primary literature each year than I did during all of graduate school (though maybe that says more about my approach to grad school). Although, I probably won't run a gel or step into a cold room ever again, there are exciting discoveries and "eureka" moments where you find out whether your hypothesis was right or wrong.

Candi Phoebe Lostroh, Ph.D., Microbiology, 2000-2001

plostroh (at) coloradocollege.edu

Two years post-doctoral research in molecular microbiology. 3.5 years as a tenure-track assistant professor at Colorado College, a selective small liberal arts college in Colorado Springs, CO.

Heather Morehouse Ettinger, Ph.D., CDB, 2000-2001

hettinger (at) darbylaw.com

Current position: Patent Attorney, Darby & Darby, New York, NY

Previous positions: One year of science writing. Then went to law school nights while working as a patent agent.

Lianna R. Orlando, Ph.D., Neuroscience, 2000-2001

lianna_orlando (at) post.harvard.edu

Current position: Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Previous positions: Postdoctoral research via HCNR Translational Neurology Fellowship, HMS Tutorial Leader for Human Nervous System and Behavior, Scientific News Writer for Trends in Neurosciences

Valerie A. Schneider, Ph.D., CDB, 2000-2001

vaschnei (at) mail.med.upenn.edu

I have been a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Michael Granato at the University of Pennsylvania since receiving my degree. I am now nearly finished with this fellowship and have been on the job market this year, looking at both faculty and non-academic positions. Having received several offers, I expect to be changing positions and moving to a new city in just a couple of months!

Lauren F. Stevenson, Ph.D., CDB, 2000-2001

lauren.stevenson (at) biogenidec.com

4 year post-doc in laboratory of Professor Sir David Lane, Dundee Scotland, working on regulation of p53/Mdm2; 1 year at Therion Biologics in Bioanalytical Development; employed since September 2006 at Biogen Idec as development scientist in Clinical Sciences and Technology.

Laura Lynn Corey, Ph.D., Microbiology, 2001-2002

llcorey (at) post.harvard.edu

Current position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO

Previous position: Postdoctoral fellow 2003-2007 in the MCB department on the main campus of Harvard University

Marta Cortes-Cros, Ph.D., Immunology, 2001-2002

marta.cortes-cros (at) novartis.com

After graduating from DMS in June of 2002 I stayed one more year in my PhD lab doing a post-doc. I then moved to Novartis in Switzerland to do a post-doc for 3 years in the area of Functional Genomics. After that, in July of 2006, I started my own lab in Novartis in the Oncology department as a Research Investigator, where I work since then.

Alison K. Criss, Ph.D., CDB, 2001-2002

akc2r (at) virginia.edu

1999-2002, Visiting Graduate Student, University of Virginia Department of Cell Biology
2002-2009, Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, Department of Microbiology-Immunology
2009-present, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center

Sherine R. (Brown) Jennels, Ph.D., Biological Sciences in Public Health, 2001-2002

sbjennels (at) verizon.net

Current position: Adjunct Faculty, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

Previous positions: Interdisciplinary Scientist, FDA, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 2006-2007; Science Fellow, United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Emerging Leader Program Washington, DC: 2004 - 2006; This fellowship gave me the unique opportunity to work with leading government officials and scientists at the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition; Office of the Secretary; Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Office of Minority Health; and the National Institutes of Health.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School: 2002 - 2003; OMNI-Heart Study (Optimal Macronutrient Intake and Heart-Disease); Research training in the development and execution of a multi-center clinical trial; Research related to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) study.

Christopher A. Korey, Ph.D., CDB, 2001-2002

koreyc (at) cofc.edu

I was a post-doctoral fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital for two years and then took a position doing research and teaching at a primarily undergraduate institution. My research focuses on using Drosophila as a model for Human disease. As an assistant professor at the College of Charleston I currently teach genetics and neuroscience. My homepage is : www.cofc.edu/~koreyc

Ming-Sum Lee, Ph.D., CDB, 2001-2002

ml2215 (at) columbia.edu

MD at Columbia University; now residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY.

Deborah A. Miller, Ph.D., BCMP, 2001-2002

dam (at) nutter.com

I worked as a technical specialist/patent agent while attending law school at night. After graduating from law school, I am continuing my career as a patent attorney at Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP, Boston, MA.

Scott Raymon Naisbitt, M.D./Ph.D., Neuroscience, 2001-2002

naisbitt (at) post.harvard.edu

Current position: Principal, RiverVest Venture Partners, St. Louis, MO

Previous positions: Kauffman Fellow, Center for Venture Education, Kauffman Foundation
Associate, Seedling Enterprises (medical device incubator)
Associate and Sr. Associate, RiverVest Venture Partners (life science venture capital firm)

Melissa M. Rolls, Ph.D., CDB, 2001-2002

mur22 (at) psu.edu

I was a post-doc at the University of Oregon from 2001- Jan 2007. I just started my position as an assistant professor at Penn State University a couple of months ago.

John Clifford Yoon, M.D./Ph.D., BCMP, 2001-2002

cyoon (at) rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Current position: Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Previous positions: Medical School, Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, Clinical Fellowship in Endocrinology, and Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Lisa A. Catapano, M.D./Ph.D., Neuroscience, 2002-2003

lisacatapano (at) gmail.com

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH

Previous positions: Completion of medical school (HMS 2001-2003); Psychiatry residency (GWU 2003-2006)

Steven M. Claypool, Ph.D., Immunology, 2002-2003

sclayp (at) chem.ucla.edu

Postdoc at UCLA. Got married. Got a dog.

Cheryl L. Day, Ph.D., Virology, 2002-2003

clday (at) partners.org

Postdoc at Oxford University in Oxford, United Kingdom. Now employed by Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital to work full-time in Durban, South Africa, establishing an TB immunology research program at the University of KwaZulu Natal.

Ingrid L. Dodge, Ph.D., Immunology, 2002-2003

dodgei (at) wyeth.com

After leaving DMS in 2003, I accepted a postdoctoral position with Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development in La Jolla, CA, where I worked with the Infectious Disease and Immunology groups. In 2005, I moved to Wyeth Vaccines Discovery in Pearl River, NY, where I work on novel vaccine discovery and early development.

Ridgely M. Fisk Green, Ph.D., Genetics, 2002-2003

rmfisk (at) alumni.princeton.edu

Teaching Fellow at Harvard for one year, ASHG Fellow at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for 2 years.

Kimberly C. Howland, Ph.D., Immunology, 2002-2003

kch (at) healthadvances.com

Consulting for biotech and pharma. Currently Manager at Health Advances LLC, Weston, MA.

Jason A. LaBonte, Ph.D., Virology, 2002-2003

jlabonte (at) dresources.com

Straight from grad school to Decision Resources, where I was an analyst in the Infectious Disease group performing market research on drugs and diseases within that market. I am now a director in the new products group leading the design and commercialization of new market research products for the biopharma, managed care, and financial services industries.

Elissa P. Lei, Ph.D., CDB, 2002-2003

leielissa (at) niddk.nih.gov

2003-2006: Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology, Baltimore, MD

2006-present: Investigator, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Bethesda, MD
Website: http://intramural.niddk.nih.gov/research/faculty.asp?People_ID=1699

Jeffrey P. Lin, M.D./Ph.D., Virology, 2002-2003

jeffreylin (at) post.harvard.edu

In 2008, I’ll be starting a one-year fellowship in Nuclear Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. This will follow completion of a residency in diagnostic radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University in St. Louis, MO and Internship in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. I’ve been trying to stay active in laboratory research, and was awarded a RSNA Resident Research Grant for 2007-8.

Laurie E. Littlepage, Ph.D., CDB, 2002-2003

laurie.littlepage (at) ucsf.edu

I am a postdoc at UCSF studying breast cancer in Zena Werb's laboratory.

Liza Makowski Hayes, Ph.D., Biological Sciences in Public Health, 2002-2003

liza.makowski (at) post.harvard.edu

After graduating and a short post doc, I moved to Chapel Hill in '04 for a post doc at Duke University Medical Center, Stedman Center for Nutrition and Metabolism. I was recently awarded a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Grant to study fuel metabolism in inflammatory cells, insulin resistance, and obesity. In the mean time, we have also had 2 boys.

Mireya Nadal-Vicens, M.D./Ph.D., Neuroscience, 2002-2003

mnadal (at) partners.org

Finishing up HMS years 3 & 4; Pediatrics Internship at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); Adult Psychiatry Residency at MGH. Currently trying to get involved in some basic research again (with Dr. Edward Kravitz and Dr. Jordan Smoller).

Hiten M. Patel, Ph.D., BCMP, 2002-2003

patelh (at) advisory.com

I worked at a general consulting firm for two years serving Fortune 500 companies in telecommunications, banking, and others. I then transitioned to a consulting role at the Advisory Board Company (ABC). ABC is a research and consulting firm that primarily serves America's 5000+ hospitals. I have had a role in conducting medical technology research and consulting for my 2+ years at ABC, serving both hospitals and medical technology companies.

Clark F. Schierle, M.D./Ph.D., Microbiology, 2002-2003

schierle (at) northwestern.edu

Current position: Resident Physician, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Previous positions: Completed MD degree, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Residency, Post-doctoral Research Fellowship.

Nathan W. Swilling, Ph.D., BCMP, 2002-2003

nathan.swilling (at) simon-kucher.com

Short post-doctoral fellowship at the New England Medical Center. Joined Simon Kucher & Partners as a consultant a little more than 3 years ago.

Donny Wong, Ph.D., Biological Sciences in Public Health, 2002-2003

donnywong (at) post.harvard.edu

I have worked at Decision Resources since graduating. I spent three years in the Waltham, MA headquarters of the company and have recently moved to my company’s London Office.

Channing Yu, Ph.D., Genetics, 2002-2003

Completion of MD, Harvard Medical School; Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Fellowship in Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School.

Nathaniel T. Blair, Ph.D., Neuroscience, 2003-2004

nblair (at) enders.tch.harvard.edu

I have been a postdoctoral fellow in David Clapham's lab at Children's Hosptial, Boston, studying transient receptor channels and their role in neuronal activity.

Sheryl R. (Krevsky) Elkin, Ph.D., Genetics, 2003-2004

skelkin (at) gmail.com

I worked as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard for a semester before starting a postdoc in Angelika Amon’s lab at MIT, where I study meiosis in yeast.

Melina Fan, Ph.D., CDB, 2003-2004

Immediately after graduation, I started Addgene, a non-profit organization that helps scientists share their published plasmids.

Samuel G. Katz, Ph.D., Genetics, 2003-2004

sgkatz (at) partners.org

After finishing my PhD, I returned to medical school and completed the two clinical years. I then joined the Brigham and Women's Hospital Pathology department and completed two years of basic residency. I am currently in a one year fellowship in Hematopathology. After this year I plan to begin my post-doctoral work in Loren Walensky's laboratory at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Jane C. Ko, Ph.D., Neuroscience, 2003-2004

janecko (at) gmail.com

Creative Director, Linea Nervenkitt Jewelry

Marketing Coordinator, Nars Cosmetics, Inc.

Director, Hobbs and Kent, Ltd. (present)

Micah Alan Luftig, Ph.D., Virology, 2003-2004

micahluftig (at) gmail.com

Since graduating in late 2003, I was a postdoctoral fellow at a Merck Research Lab site in Rome, Italy called Istituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare (IRBM), P. Angeletti. IRBM is also a basic research institute funded by Italian academic grants. The institute hosts PhD students and postdocs together with Merck biologists, chemists, and pharmacologists. This makes for a unique mix of academic and industry science, which gave me great insight into the drug discovery/development process. My work was largely on the academic side, and I received an EMBO fellowship for most of my time there. I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University, Durham, NC.

Katrina B. Morshead, Ph.D., Immunology, 2003-2004

morshead (at) gmail.com

- 12/2004-3/2006: Associate Scientist at Agensys, Inc in Santa Monica, CA. Did molecular biology based research for antibody-mediated cancer therapies.

- 3/2006-Present: Scientist at Medarex, Inc in Milpitas, CA. Involved in molecular biology based research for antibody-mediated cancer therapies.

Renée M. Ned, Ph.D., Genetics, 2003-2004

rin1 (at) cdc.gov

I wanted to transition into a career in public health, so I did my postdoc at the CDC through an Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Fellowship supported by the Association of Public Health Labs. During this 2-year time period, I investigated immunity to Plasmodium falciparium (malaria) in infants born to mothers with placental malaria and/or HIV-1 infection. After my fellowship, I joined the National Office of Public Health Genomics at CDC. I work on, and help to coordinate, a project that is studying associations between numerous genetic variants and diseases of public health importance, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, asthma, and infections with hepatitis viruses. This work is being done with DNA samples from a large, population-based survey of the U.S. that is a unique resource for epidemiological investigation. Although I chose to leave the bench, I still use my basic science training in my current position.

Christopher M. Owens, Ph.D., Microbiology, 2003-2004

cowens (at) enanta.com

After a 1.5 year stint as a pharmaceutical consultant, I decided to go back to the bench and did drug discovery research with a small pharmaceutical company, CombinatoRx, Inc. I recently began working at Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Michael H. Roehrl, Ph.D., BCMP, 2003-2004

michael_roehrl (at) hms.harvard.edu

Current position: Resident, Massachusetts General Hospital

Susan E. St. Pierre, Ph.D., Neuroscience, 2003-2004

stpierre (at) fas.harvard.edu

Postdoc at Massachusetts General Hospital: 2004-2005
Current position: Scientific Curator, Harvard University, 2005-present

Sarah E. Seton-Rogers, Ph.D., CDB, 2003-2004

sarahsetonrogers (at) post.harvard.edu

I spent two years employeed as a medical writer with Wolters Kluwer Health, a medical communications agency that provides editorial services to pharmaceutical and biotech company clients (writing abstracts, posters, presentations and primary papers with the study investigators on the companies' clinical data and developing publication plans for drugs both pre- and post-FDA approval). I have now been an associate editor with the Nature Publishing Group, working on the review journal Nature Reviews Cancer, for about a year. My primary job functions there are commissioning review articles; working with authors to improve their article's structure, organization and figures; taking articles through the peer review process; and writing editorials, news stories and highlights of interesting recent primary papers for the front end of the journal.

Kenna (Mills) Shaw, Ph.D., CDB, 2003-2004

kennashaw (at) gmail.com

After defending in 2003, I started a postdoc at NICHD in a zebrafish lab. Then I was Director of Education at the American Society of Human Genetics for 2 years. I am now the Executive Editor for a new venture of Nature Publishing Group, Nature Education.

Deborah C. Solymar, Ph.D., Immunology, 2003-2004

solymar (at) stanfordalumni.org

Enjoying raising my 2 year old son, Antonio, and working free lance as an editor of scientific papers/grant applications.

Dayalan G. Srinivasan, Ph.D., Pathology, 2003-2004

dsrinivasan (at) post.harvard.edu

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University

Previous positions: Visiting Faculty, Kathmandu University Medical School, Banepa, Nepal (March 2004-May 2004); Adjunct Assistant Professor, York College -- CUNY, Jamaica, NY (August 2004-December 2004)

Edna E. Sun, Ph.D., CDB, 2003-2004

ednasun (at) post.harvard.edu

Internships at ABC News Medical Unit; started job at Chedd-Angier-Lewis in 2004.

Sarah MacKenzie Webster, Ph.D., Neuroscience, 2003-2004

sarahwebster (at) childrens.harvard.edu

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Children's Hospital, Boston

Previous position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Davidson College, Davidson NC (a one year position at a small liberal arts college)

Matthew R. Willmann, Ph.D., Genetics, 2003-2004

willmann (at) sas.upenn.edu

Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania since graduating in 2004.

Jakob Begun, M.D./Ph.D., Genetics, 2004-2005

jbegun (at) student.hms.harvard.edu

Completing medical school and starting my residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

M. Elizabeth Bromley, Ph.D., Genetics, 2004-2005

liz (at) scienceinthenews.org

I am a Medical Science Liaison for a pharmaceutical company, Abbott Laboratories. This is a job that requires a PhD but which I had never heard of while in grad school. Basically it is my job to keep up with literature surrounding a disease (renal failure) for which Abbott makes a drug. Then I talk to docs and nurses and give presentations about this research. I am basically a non-promotional educator. If anyone has questions about being an MSL please shoot me an email.

Amanda Magdale Chan, Ph.D., Virology, 2004-2005

amgoh (at) imcb.a-star.edu.sg

Currently a postdoctoral fellow in David Lane's lab at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Singapore.

Jean-Marc Gauguet, M.D./Ph.D., Pathology, 2004-2005

jmgauguet (at) gmail.com

Upon finishing my PhD, I returned to medical school and then went to Cambridge Hospital for a transitional year after graduating. I am now at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for a Radiology residency.

Haley Hieronymus, Ph.D., CDB, 2004-2005

hieronyh (at) mskcc.org

After doing a post-doc with Todd Golub's group at the Harvard-MIT Broad Institute and the Dana Farber, I took a job as senior scientist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. I am having a great time in lab as well as at home, where my wife and I are constantly in stitches over the antics of our new son.

Sebastián Kraves, Ph.D., Neuroscience, 2004-2005

kraves (at) post.harvard.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow, HMS Department of Neurobiology, 06/2005-02/2006

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Alex Schier's group, 03/2006-04/2007

Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group, 04/2007-present

Brendan N. Lilley, Ph.D., Microbiology, 2004-2005

lilley (at) mcb.harvard.edu

I am currently a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Joshua Sanes at Harvard University with a fellowship from the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation. My research focuses on the molecular mechanisms that contribute to formation of synapses in the central and peripheral nervous systems.

Christin (Cvetic) Munkittrick, Ph.D., BCMP, 2004-2005

munkittrick (at) gmail.com

I was a postdoc in Tim Stearns' lab at Stanford for one year after grad school. I then decided to try something different, and now I'm a Research Manager at the University of California, San Francisco.

Friedrich W. Peyerl, Ph.D., Virology, 2004-2005

peyerl (at) post.harvard.edu

Post-doc for 2 years in the laboratory of Dr. John Kappler and Philippa Marrack at Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Now consultant for Boston Strategic Partners, Inc.

Donald M. Prather, Ph.D., Genetics, 2004-2005

dwj5 (at) cdc.gov

I did a postdoctoral fellowship for two years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Malaria Branch with Dr. Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, and I am now working in the Technology Transfer Office at the CDC as a Technology Marketing and Licensing Specialist.

Brian M. Whalen, Ph.D., Neuroscience, 2004-2005

whalen (at) ccgmetamedia.com

Current position: Account Director, CCG Metamedia Inc.

Previous position: Associate Scientific Director, CorbettAccel HealthCare Group

Robin E. Williamson, Ph.D., Genetics, 2004-2005

rw001d (at) yahoo.com

Took a job at the American Journal of Human Genetics as Deputy Editor.

Andre Catic, Ph.D., Immunology, 2005-2006

catic (at) post.harvard.edu

Current position: Research Fellow, Harvard Stem Cell Institute

Previous position: Research Fellow, Whitehead Insitute/MIT and Harvard Stem Cell Institute

Isin Dalkilic-Liddle, Ph.D., Genetics, 2005-2006

idalkilicliddle (at) ccib.mgh.harvard.edu

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, in Seed Laboratory since 2006.

Joshua Eric Elias, Ph.D., CDB, 2005-2006

jee3 (at) cornell.edu

Current position: Research Fellow in Cell Biology, Gygi Lab, Harvard Medical School

Phillip Allen Erwin, M.D./Ph.D., BCMP, 2005-2006

erwin (at) post.harvard.edu

Returned to medical school after Ph.D. and now beginning residency program in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Nathan Walter Goehring, Ph.D., Microbiology, 2005-2006

goehring (at) mpi-cbg.de

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Plank Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany
website: www.mpi-cbg.de

Raúl Carlos Gomila, Ph.D., Virology, 2005-2006

rcgomila (at) post.harvard.edu

Currently working as a postdoc on John Coffin's lab, at Tufts University, where I am working on virus evolution.

Christina May Hughes, Ph.D., Virology, 2005-2006

chughes (at) mail.rockefeller.edu

Currently working as a post-doc at The Rockefeller University. Have been with the lab just under a year.

Zainab Jagani, Ph.D., Pathology, 2005-2006

zainab.jagani (at) novartis.com

I have been a post-doc in the oncology department at Novartis (Cambridge) for the last year and am enjoying learning about the drug discovery process.

David Hyun Jung, M.D./Ph.D., Genetics, 2005-2006

david.h.jung (at) gmail.com

I came to DMS through the HMS MD-PhD Program. After defending my dissertation, I completed the last 2 years of medical school. I was fortunate to match in otolaryngology at Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary, and I will begin my residency there following a one-year surgery internship at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Vuk Koprivica, Ph.D., Neuroscience, 2005-2006

vuk.koprivica (at) otsuka.com

Worked briefly at Curis, Inc. in Cambridge as a scientist before moving to Otsuka Pharmaceuticals in Maryland.

Nitasha Manchanda, Ph.D., Genetics, 2005-2006

nitasha.manchanda (at) gmail.com

Have been working at Decision Resources, Inc. since graduation, analysing markets for CNS diseases.

Brooke Ann Patten, Ph.D., Neuroscience, 2005-2006

brookepatten (at) hotmail.com

I work at the Advisory Board Company doing business development for hospitals.

Nina Reiniger, Ph.D., Microbiology, 2005-2006

nr2207 (at) columbia.edu

I have been working at Columbia University Medical Center in Manhattan for over a year now as a postdoctoral scientist. I chose to switch fields from Cystic fibrosis research in my Ph.D. to Diabetic complications in my postdoctoral work. Integrating into a new field has been challenging and rewarding. I've also gone through the grant writing process and have been awarded a NRSA postdoctoral award from the NIH.

Living in Manhattan has been wonderful, albeit very expensive. I have enjoyed my time in New York.

Currently I am hoping to pursue an academic route, provided the job I need is there when I need it!

Nicole Lynne (Collins) Solimini, Ph.D., BCMP, 2005-2006

nsolimini (at) rics.bhw.harvard.edu

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Started my postdoc immediately after graduating. I have been here 1 year.

Alina Mihaela Vrabioiu, Ph.D., BCMP, 2005-2006

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University

Previous position: I finished a project in my thesis lab, as a postdoc, for a year.

Geoff Whitehead, Ph.D., CDB, 2005-2006

gwhitehead (at) flagshipventures.com

Current position: Senior Associate at Flagship Ventures.

Previous position: Management Consultant at PRTM in their Life Sciences Business Group, providing operational strategy consulting for leading Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Diagnostics and Device companies.

Carolyn Nicole Wrobel, Ph.D., CDB, 2005-2006

caz.wrobel (at) gmail.com

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago

Previous positions: Postdoctoral Fellow, Chenn lab, Northwestern University, August 2005-March 2007; Participant, Preparing Future Faculty Program, Northwestern University, 2005-2006

Marc Schwabish, Ph.D., BCMP, 2006-2007

schwabish (at) post.harvard.edu

After graduating I started a position at NEB (New England Biolabs) as a product manager (glycobiology and kinase product lines). It was a great experience. I recently moved to Manhattan and am now an Investment Banker at RBS, in a healthcare start-up group. It’s a very different experience, but I’m learning a lot and enjoying the change. I’m happy to discuss/meet up with anyone in similar areas (or thinking about such a drastic career switch).