MD-PhD Class of 2017 - Harvard Medical School
Academic Degrees/PhD Titles/Postgraduate Year Destinations

Melis N. Anahtar
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2008)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Immunology (2015)
DISSERTATION: The contribution of cervicovaginal microbiota and hormonal contraceptives to genital inflammation and HIV acquisition risk
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: Pathology-Clinical at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Joseph S. Bell
A.B., Harvard College (2003)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Neuroscience (2015)
DISSERTATION: Non-linear stimulus integration in olfactory computation
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: Neurological Surgery at UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Alona Birjiniuk
B.S., B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Chemical Engineering (2015)
DISSERTATION: Particle tracking for understanding the properties and dynamics of bacterial biofilms
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Daniel B. Chonde
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2007)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Biophysics (HST MEMP) (2015)
DISSERTATION: Improved PET Data Quantification in Simultaneous PET/MR Neuroimaging
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCIES: Transitional/Brockton-BIDMC at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, Brockton, MA
Radiology-Diagnostic at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Luciano F. Custo Greig
B.S., M.S., Yale University (2007)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2015)
DISSERTATION: Transcriptional controls over specification of neocortical projection neuron subtype and area identity
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: Transitional/Brockton-BIDMC at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Darja Djordjevic
B.A., Harvard College (2008)
M.A., ��cole normale sup�rieure and ��cole des hautes �tudes en sciences sociales, Paris, France (2010)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Anthropology� (2016)
DISSERTATION: The Cancer War(d): Onco-Nationhood in Post-Genocide Rwanda
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP:� Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Anna Cristina (Cristy) Garza-Mayers
B.A., Washington University (2007)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2014)
DISSERTATION: ARF6 GTPase in Shigella infection via a positive feedback loop
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCIES: Preliminary Pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Dermatology/Harvard Combined at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

William J. Gibson
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2010)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in HST MEMP (2015)
DISSERTATION: Evolution and vulnerabilities of somatic copy number alterations in cancer
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Morgan L. Hennessy
B.A., University of Pennsylvania (2009)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2015)
DISSERTATION: Function-specific serotonergic neurons in the control of breathing and body temperature
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: General Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Katie Lee Hwang
B.S., University of Minnesota (2007)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2015)
DISSERTATION: The Metabolic Role of the Hippo Pathway in Liver Development and Cancer
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCIES: Preliminary Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Radiation Oncology/BWH-Harvard at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Divya Jayaraman
A.B., Harvard College (2008)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Neuroscience (2015)
DISSERTATION: The role of centriole biogenesis in control of brain size
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: Child Neurology at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Wilson F. Kuswanto
B.S., University of California-San Diego (2007)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Immunology (2015)
DISSERTATION: The regulatory T cell response to skeletal muscle injury and its decline with age
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Stanford University Programs, Stanford, CA

Alisha V. Ling
B.Sc., Columbia University (2009)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2015)
DISSERTATION: The Role of Hepatic FoxO1 in Insulin Resistance
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: Anesthesiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Justin H. Lo
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2008)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in HST MEMP (2015)
DISSERTATION: Targeting nucleic acids for pancreatic cancer: disease modeling and therapy
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

James W. Luccarelli
B.S., M.S., Yale University (2010)
D.Phil. University of Oxford (UK) in Organic Chemistry, NIH GPP (2013)
DISSERTATION: Conformational Control by Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: Peds/Adult/Child Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Jared R. Mayers
B.A., Williams College (2007)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute in Technology in Biology (2015)
DISSERTATION: Whole body metabolic alterations as an early event in Kras-driven cancers
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Aaron L. Schwartz
B.A., Swarthmore College (2009)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Health Policy (Economics) (2015)
DISSERTATION: Measuring Health Care Quality and Value: Theory and Empirics
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine, HVMA Primary Care Track at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Priya Srikanth
B.A., Washington University (2008)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Neuroscience (2015)
DISSERTATION: Schizophrenia-Relevant DISC1 Interruption Alters Wnt Signaling and Cell Fate in Human iPSC-Derived Neurons
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCIES: Preliminary Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Neurology/BWH-MGH at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Michael W. Susman
B.A., Stanford University (2007)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Neuroscience (2015)
DISSERTATION: The Wnt5a-Ror Signaling Pathway in the Morphogenesis of the Embryo
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCY: Pathology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Jennifer E. Yeh
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2015)
DISSERTATION: Molecular Modulators of the Oncogenic Transcription Factor STAT3
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2017)
RESIDENCIES: Preliminary Medicine at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Dermatology/Harvard Combined at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA