MD-PhD Class of 2021 - Harvard Medical School
Academic Degrees/PhD Titles/Postgraduate Year Destinations
Ann M. Cathcart
B.A., Harvard College (2013)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Biophysics (2019)
DISSERTATION: Ubiquitin Pathway Blockade by Stapled Peptide Targeting of the Ubiquitin E1 Activating Enzyme
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Obstetrics-Gynecology at Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
David J. Cote
B.S., Boston College (2014)
Ph.D., Harvard University in PHS-Epi (2019)
DISSERTATION: Etiology of glioma and glioblastoma
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Neurological Surgery at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Nicholas R. DeStefino
B.A., B.S., University of Pittsburgh (2011)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Neuroscience (2019)
DISSERTATION: Mechanisms of Neuronal Activity-Dependent Transcription
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: General Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Jacob A. Donoghue
B.S., Brown University (2009)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in BCS (2019)
DISSERTATION: Neural dynamics of the anesthetized brain and the control of conscious states
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
POST-GRADUATE: CEO & Co-Founder at Beacon Biosignals, Boston, MA
Senan Ebrahim
B.A., Harvard College (2012)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Neuroscience (2019)
DISSERTATION: Automated detection and prediction of seizures using probing neurostimulation
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
POST-GRADUATE: CEO at Delfina, San Francisco, CA
Richard Y. Ebright
B.A., Harvard College (2014)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2019)
DISSERTATION: CRISPR activation screening of circulating tumor cells identifies enhancers of blood-based metastasis
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Sun Jin Fletcher
B.S., M.S., Yale University (2009)
Ph.D., University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) through the National Institutes of Health Global Partnership Program (2018)
DISSERTATION: Malaria in pregnancy: placental and trophoblast responses in placental malaria pathogenesis
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA
Jennifer Y. Ge
B.S., Brown University (2013)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2019)
DISSERTATION: Tumor evolution and resistance in response to BET inhibitor combination therapies in triple-negative breast cancer
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
David B. Gootenberg
BA, Harvard College (2011)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Virology (2019)
DISSERTATION: HIV-associated gut microbiome differences and immune activation are dependent on host context
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Sharon R. Grossman
B.A., Harvard College (2008)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Biology (2019)
DISSERTATION: Predicting enhancer activity from DNA sequence
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
James M. Harris
B.A., Bowdoin College (2008)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Neuroscience (2019)
DISSERTATION: Mechanisms of guided axon repair and molecular damage in neurons
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Ophthalmology at MEEI, Boston, MA
Thomas P. Howard
B.S., M.S., Yale University (2012)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2019)
DISSERTATION: Identification and Characterization of Vulnerabilities in Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCIES: Medicine-Preliminary at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston MA; Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Mark Kalinich
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Biophysics (2019)
DISSERTATION: Molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells for the earlier detection and longitudinal monitoring of hepatocellular carcinoma
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
POST-GRADUATE: Co-Founder at Watershed Informatics, Cambridge, MA
Aditya S. Kalluri
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Biophysics (2019)
DISSERTATION: Defining endothelial cell functional heterogeneity and plasticity using single-cell RNA-sequencing
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Chen Lossos
B.S., Stanford University (2012)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2019)
DISSERTATION: Harnessing the Tumor Microenvironment for the Treatment of Double Hit Lymphoma
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Pathology at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Ethan C. Manelin
B.A., Amherst College (2012)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Anthropology (2021)
DISSERTATION: Complex Care: Health, Bureaucracy, and Neo-Welfarism in Los Angeles County
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Medicine-Primary at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston MA
Yuzhong Jeff Meng
B.A., Williams College (2011)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2019)
DISSERTATION: Genomic Correlates of Outcome in Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy for Metastatic Melanoma
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCIES: Transitional at Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA; Radiation Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, New York, NY
Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enwerem
B.S., Morehouse College (2012)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BPH (2018)
DISSERTATION: On Aging: Analyses of Long-term Fine Particulate Air Pollution Exposure, Genetic Variants, and Blood DNA Methylation Age in the Elderly
M.P.P., Harvard Kennedy School (2021)
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Sachin H. Patel
B.A., Harvard College (2013)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2019)
DISSERTATION: Characterizing the developmental origins and clonal organization of the hematopoietic system
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCIES: Surg/PreLim/General/Specialty at University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Ophthalmology at University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
David N. Reshef
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2008)
M.Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009)
D.Phil., University of Oxford (2011)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in EECS (2017)
DISSERTATION: Equitability and Dependence: Detecting Novel Associations in Large Data Sets
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Abigail E. Schiff
B.A., Harvard College (2011)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Immunology (2019)
DISSERTATION: HIV Infection of Alveolar Macrophages and its Association with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Intracellular Growth
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Eriene-Heidi Sidhom
B.S., Tufts University (2013)
Ph.D., Harvard University in BBS (2019)
DISSERTATION: Unraveling the molecular and cellular complexities of the kidney in health and disease
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCY: Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Mack Y. Su
B.S., Yale University (2013)
Ph.D., Harvard University in Biophysics (2019)
DISSERTATION: Tumor neoantigens and a novel hapten vaccine promote immune targeting of wild-type tumor lineage antigens and improve response to immune checkpoint blockade
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
RESIDENCIES: Medicine-Preliminary at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Suan L. Tuang
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2014)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Chemistry (2020)
DISSERTATION: Development of a reactive peptide sequence for site-selective bioconjugation
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
POST-GRADUATE: Biotech Analyst at Eventide Asset Management, Boston, MA
Adrian Veres
B.A., Harvard College (2012)
Ph.D., Harvard University in SSQB (2019)
DISSERTATION: Charting and navigating fate decisions in directed differentiation of stem-cell derived beta cells
M.D., Harvard Medical School (2021)
POST-GRADUATE: Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA