MD-PhD Class of 2019 - Harvard Medical School
Academic Degrees/PhD Titles/Postgraduate Year Destinations

AZA Allsop
B.S., North Carolina Central University (2010)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in BCS (2016)
DISSERTATION: Decoding observational learning: A circuit level analysis of the social brain
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: Psychiatry/Research at Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Neil B. Blok
B.S., Western Michigan University (2010)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2017)
DISSERTATION: Structural and functional studies of peroxisome matrix protein import
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: General Surgery at University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI

Ershela Durresi
B.S., M.S., Yale University (2010)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Neuroscience (2017)
DISSERTATION: Genome-wide identification and analysis of human neuronal activity-dependent enhancers in evolution and disease
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine/Clinical Investigator Track at NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY

Dustin S. Griesemer
B.S., Washington University (2010)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS-BIG (2017)
DISSERTATION: Assaying 3-Prime Untranslated Region Variants in a Massively Parallel Fashion
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: Anesthesiology/Research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Dan Y. Gui
B.S., Stanford University (2009)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Biology (2016)
DISSERTATION: The Role of Respiration in Supporting Cell Proliferation
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Joyce K. Hwang
B.A., Princeton University (2009)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Immunology (2017)
DISSERTATION: Elucidating influences of substrate DNA sequences on AID targeting and outcome during antibody maturation
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Vipul Kumar
B.A., M.S., University of Pennsylvania (2009)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2017)
DISSERTATION: Elucidating Classical and Alternative Pathways of Non-Homologous End-Joining in B-Lymphocytes
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Dayan (Jack) Li
A.B., Harvard College (2011)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Biology (2017)
DISSERTATION: Establishment and Maintenance of Pattern at the Ends of the Planarian Anterior-Posterior Axis
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCIES: Medicine-Preliminary at MedStar Health, Baltimore, MD
Dermatology at Stanford University, Stanford, CA

William Lo
B.A.Sc., M.Sc, University of Toronto (2007) (2009)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Biophysics - HST MEMP (2016)
DISSERTATION: Microscopic Image Guidance: Real-time Thermal Therapy Monitoring for Epithelial Lesions
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCIES: Medicine-Preliminary at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Radiation Oncology (PSTP track) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Cassandra G. K. Peitzman
B.A., Wellesley College (2008), M.P.H., Harvard University (2012)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Health Policy - Economics (2019)
DISSERTATION: Private Markets, Public Aims: Welfare Analyses of Regulated Competition in the ACA Marketplaces
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: Emergency Medicine-Harvard at Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Quinlan L. Sievers
B.A., Williams College (2009)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2017)
DISSERTATION: Thalidomide analogs induce targeting of C2H2 zinc finger degrons by the CRL4-CRBN E3 ubiquitin ligase
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Benjamin S. Steinhorn
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2012)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Biophysics (2017)
DISSERTATION: Targeted measurement and manipulation of hydrogen peroxide in the cardiovascular system
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Vincentius Jeremy Suhardi
B.S., M.S., California Institute of Technology (2012)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in HST MEMP (2017)
DISSERTATION: Drug Eluting Prosthetic Jointsthrough Drug Cluster Morphology Control
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: Orthopaedic Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

Zhi-Yang Tsun
B.S., University of California-San Diego (2008)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Biology (2015)
DISSERTATION: The Smart-Lysosome: Regulation of the mTORC1 growth pathway by amino acids
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: Psychiatry at University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY

JeremiahA. Wala
B.S., M.S., Cornell University (2009) (2011)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS-BIG (2017)
DISSERTATION: Genome-wide detection of structural variants and signatures of their selection in cancer
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Rachel L. Wolfson
B.S., Stanford University (2011)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Biology (2017)
DISSERTATION: Understanding the nutrient sensing branch upstream of mTORC1
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2019)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA