Pathology Graduate Students

Razie Amraei

ramraei@bu.edu

2nd Year PhD Candidate

James Ford

jjford13@bu.edu

1st Year Masters Student

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Jamail Ghafwari

jamail@bu.edu

1st Year Masters Student

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Jordyn Osterland

josterla@bu.edu

1st Year Masters Student

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Kevin Rop

kevin254@bu.edu

1st Year Masters Student

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Lila Sultan

lsultan1@bu.edu

1st Year Masters Student

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Anna Tseng

aetseng@bu.edu

1st Year Masters Student

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Meng Wei “Winnie: Zhang

wmzhang@bu.edu

1st Year Masters Student

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Qiuyang Zhang

qiuyangz@bu.edu

1st Year Masters Student

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Richard Darko

rdarko@bu.edu

2nd Year Masters Candidate

Dr. Joel Henderson Lab

Manisha Cole

manishac@bu.edu

2nd Year Masters Candidate

Dr. Yachana Kataria & Liz Duffy Labs

Victoria Gibson

vmgibson@bu.edu

2nd Year Masters Candidate

Dr. Lawreen Connor’s Lab

Tochukwu “Nola” Ihejirika

niheji@bu.edu

2nd Year Masters Candidate

Dr. Joel Henderson Lab

Jessenia Laguna-Torres

jlaguna@bu.edu

2nd Year Masters Candidate

Dr. Tiffany Mellot Lab

Paige Montanaro

pmontana@bu.edu

2nd Year Masters Candidate

Dr. Nick Crossland Lab

Marcela Alvia

marcelaa@bu.edu

Thor Stein Lab

Graduated May 2020; Marcela’s Thesis was “MICRORNA ALTERATIONS IN CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY AND AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS”

Amanda Araujo

amaraujo@bu.edu

Jonathan Wisco Lab

Graduated May 2020: Amanda’s Thesis was “Assessment and Visualization of Neuronal Remodeling in Association with Various Cardiovascular Conditions”

Julia Breda Camessola

jcbreda@bu.edu

Sarah Mazzilli Lab

Graduated May 2020: Julia’s Thesis was “Identifying Mutational Landscape and Inflammatory Pathways Associated with Lung Squamous Premalignant Lesion Progression”

Kyle de la Cena

kdelacen@bu.edu

Nader Rahimi Lab

Graduated May 2020: Kyle’s Thesis was “The Role of Transmembrane Immunoglobulin Domain Containing-1 in Colon Cance

Thang Hoang

hthang93@bu.edu

Gerald Denis Lab

Graduated May 2020; Hoang’s Thesis was “BET bromodomain proteins control breast cancer aggressiveness promoted by adipocyte-derived exosomes”

Kunlin Huang

klhuang@bu.edu

Gerald Denis Lab

Graduated May 2020; Kunlin’s Thesis was “BET BROMODOMAIN PROTEINS REGULATE IMMUNE CHECKPOINTS THROUGH BOTH AMPK-DEPENDENT AND -INDEPENDENT PATHWAYS”

Claire Marcus

cmarcus1@bu.edu

Deborah Anderson Lab

Graduated May 2020; Claire’s Thesis was “The Development of an ELISA for the Quantification of Antibodies Against CD52g, a Sperm Coating Glycoprotein, in the Sera of Patients with Infertility.”

Grace Marden

gemarden@bu.edu

Maria Trojankowska Lab

Graduated May 2020; Grace’s Thesis was “Investigating the defects of postnatal global Fli1 deletion in a mouse model”

Linzi Sun

linzi@bu.edu

Nader Rahimi Lab

Graduated May 2020; Linzi’s Thesis was “Role of ubiquitination in IGPR-1 regulation”

Ekow Ambaah

eambaah@bu.edu
Daniel Remick Lab

Graduated May 2019: Ekow’s thesis was “”INHIBITION OF PHAGOCYTE KILLING OF BACTERIA VIA INHIBITORY IGG-FCR SIGNALING”

Razie Amraei
ramraei@bu.edu
Nader Rahimi Graduated May 2019: Razi’s thesis was ““IGPR-1 interacts with MIA to regulate melanoma cell migration and invasion”

Ellie Bruns
Brunse@bu.edu
Blusztajn Lab Graduated May 2019: Ellie’s thesis was “The effects of BMP9 and perinatal choline supplementation on the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease”

Nicole Derosia

nderosia@bu.edu

Susan Winandy Lab

Graduated May 2019: Nicole’s thesis was “”Investigation of a role or Ikaros in repressing the type-I interferon response gene program in T-cells”

Catherine King

cgking@bu.edu
(Undecided)

3rd Year PT Masters Candidate

Sarah Langloisslang@bu.edu

Liz Duffy/BARC

Graduated May 2019: Sarah’s thesis was “IHC Validation in Clinical Settings; How Lab Developed Assays Drive Clinical Therapies”

Zachary Stewart
zstewart@bu.edu

(Undecided)

3rd Year PT Masters Candidate

Joseph Tashjian
jytash@bu.edu
Rahimi Lab Graduated May 2019: Joe’s thesis was “”Role of Transmembrane Immunoglobulin Domain Containing 1 (TMIGD1) in Renal Epithelial Cells”

Yibing “Michelle” Wei
ybwei@bu.edu
Daniel Remick Lab Graduated May 2019: Michelle’s thesis was ” “UTILITY OF AN EX VIVO HUMAN WHOLE BLOOD ASSAY FOR BACTERIAL KILLING ABILITY QUANTIFICATION”

Rawan Tahboub
rtahboub@bu.edu
Nader Rahimi Lab

Graduated May 2018; Rawan’s thesis was “The mechanism of IGPR-1 activation in endothelial cells”

Subha Singh
ssingh1@bu.edu
Deborah Anderson Lab

Graduated May 2018; Subha’s thesis was “EXPOSURE OF 3D ORGANOTYPIC VAGINAL TISSUES TO SEMEN INDUCES EXPRESSION OF THE CHEMOKINE MCP-1, BUT DOES NOT ALTER TISSUE INTEGRITY”

Subha is currently Working in industry at OPKO Diagnostics as a Research Associate

Ahmad Al Moujahed
ahmad1@bu.edu
Dr. Demetrious Vavvas (MGH)Defended on June 5th, 2018; Ahmad’s thesis was ““The Role of Cytosolic Accumulation of Nuclear DNA in Retinal Pigment Epithelium Dysfunction and Age-related Macular Degeneration”

Greg Hall

grhall@bu.edu
Kurosawa Lab
Defended July 24th, 2018; Greg’s thesis was “Dextran sulfate sodium colitis facilitates murine colonization by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli: A novel model for the study of Shiga toxicosis”

Keith Keller

khkeller@bu.edu
Joel Henderson Lab
Graduated May 2017; Keith’s thesis was “The Effects of Mechanical Strain on Adhesion in Myh9-ablated Podocytes”

Keith is gainfully employed at Brigham & Womens Hospital in Boston

Maya Kim

mayakim@bu.edu
Bachschmid Lab
Graduated December 2017Maya is currently working as a Pharmacy Tech and applying to Pharmacy School

Denis Kyabaggu

kyabaggu@bu.edu
Rahm Gummuluru Lab
Graduated May 2017; Denis’s thesis was“HIV-TB Coinfection: Exploring HIV-2 Restriction in Macrophages by Interferon-Induced Effectors GBP5 and SP110”Denis, a Fogherty Scholar, returned to his home in Uganda to pursue a PhD Degree

Carolina Lyon de Ana
clyon23@bu.edu
Susan Winandy Lab
Graduated May 2017; her thesis was “Evaluation of a conditional knockout of Ikaros in peripheral T-cell differentiation into helper T-cell subsets”

Carolina entered BU’s PiBS PhD Program in September 2017 and is currently doing her research in Jay Mizgerd’s Lab

Morgan Thompson

mpt@bu.edu
Kurosawa Lab
Graduated May 2017: Morgan’s thesis was “”Changes in Tissue Expression of Coagulation-Related Molecules after Challenge with Coagulopathic Shiga Toxin-2” Morgan is employed at Boston Medical Center working on several research projects with the BARC

Max Vaickus
mvaickus@bu.edu

Daniel Remick Lab
Graduated May 2017; his thesis was “MICROARRAY ANALYSIS OF MOUSE LUNG EXAMINING THE AUGMENTED PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA CLEARANCE FOLLOWING MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY” Max was at Boston Medical Center working on several research projects, however he recently left to attend Boston University Medical School

Stephanie Adams

ladams@bu.edu

Ivana Delalle Lab

Stephanie Defended her thesis “NEURONAL PHENOTYPES IN HUMAN HIPPOCAMPUS AND NEOCORTEX IN LATE-ONSET ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: PROTEIN EXPRESSION OF NOVEL GENES IMPLICATED IN PATHOGENESIS” on May 1, 2017. Stephanie has returned to OD School

Lois Bayigga, MA

Deborah Anderson Lab

Graduated, May 2016: Lois’s thesis was: “”Innate immune responses of vaginal epithelium and activity of monoclonal antibody-based microbicide in the presence of lactic acid, a lactobacillus metabolite”. Lois returned to Uganda to pursue a PhD Program. In August Lois awarded the MUII Wellcome Trust Scholarship. The program is Makerere University, Uganda’s Infection and Immunity program (MUII). It is funded by Wellcome Trust of the U.K. and offers a 3 year PhD scholarship which is affiliated with BUSM

Evan Catudal, MA

Kurosawa Lab

Graduated, May 2016: Evan’s theis was “Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) Alters Pneumonia-Induced Coagulopathy in Mice”.

Evan completed his Master of Science in Criminal Investigation; currently conducting research at BUSM in the Amyloidosis Center towards a M.S. in Clinical Investigation here at BUSM

Junbo Chen

cjunbo@bu.edu

Joel Henderson Lab

Graduated May 2018; Junbo’s thesis was “”Fine granular deposition of clonal immunoreactivity on podocyte cell bodies: A primary podocytopathy marker and potential clue to disease mechanism”

Junbo is working as a medical specialist technologist here in BMC Pathology Department that back up Hui Chen to process kidney biopsies for Dr. Joel Henderson

Ruoyu Tian, MA

Herb Cohen Lab

Graduated, May 2016: Ruoyu moved on to the Georgia Institute of Technology into the PhD Biology Program

Bernard “BJ” Varian

bvarian@bu.edu

Daniel Remick Lab

Graduated September 2016

Yuri Kim

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yurilkim@bu.edu

Lee Quinton Lab

6th Year PhD Student

Timothy Norman

tanj@bu.edu

Alan Fine Lab

6th Year PhD Student

Terry Hsieh, PhD

Daniel Remick Lab

Defended his thesis “Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Augments the Innate Immune Response Through Neurokinin and Cholinergic Signaling” in May 2016; then Terry headed back to medical school.

Melody Lun, PhD

Maria Lehtinen (Children’s Hospital)

Defended her thesis “Coordination of Cell Intrinsic and Extrinsic Signals in Development of the Mammalian Brain” in April 2016; then Melody headed back to medical school.

Elizabeth Moses

emoses@bu.edu

Avi Spira Lab

Liz Defended her thesis “Characterizing the Airway Epithelium following Chemical Exposure: Molecular Alterations and their Potential Utility in the Treatment of Lung Disease” on March 21, 2017. Liz is currently completing a Post-Doc in the Spira Lab

Nisma Mujahid

nm142@bu.edu

Dr. David Fisher (MGH)

Nisma Defended her thesis “The LKB1-SIK Pathway: Dysregulation in Melanomagenesis and Regulated Use in Skin Cancer Prevention” on May 1, 2017. Nisma has now returned to BU’s Medical School.

Mark Wojnarowicz

markwojo@bu.edu

Lee Goldstein Lab

Defended March 14th, 2018; Marks’ thesis was “The relationship of brain and retina pathology in a novel mouse model of closed-head concussive impact injury”

Jess Allen Ritter

jlallen1@bu.edu

Caroline Genco Lab (BU/Tufts)

Jess Defended her Thesis “Induction of Human Macrophage Cell Deathby Neisseria gonorrhoeae” on March 10, 2017

Mostafa Belghasem, PhD

Joel Henderson Lab

Defended his thesis “Pathological and Molecular Profiling in Hypertension-Induced Glomerular Injury” in July 2015; Dr. Belghasem is currently a Pathology Faculty Member at BUSM.

Caitlin Miller

cm12@bu.edu

Rahm Gummuluru Lab

Caitlin Defended her thesis “Role of viral protein R in infection of human dendritic cells by primate lentiviruses” on May 9, 2017

Jacquelyn (Sikora) Hansen, PhD

Lawreen Connors Lab

Defended her thesis “Transthyretin gene regulation in wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis” on November 21^st, 2016. She is currently seeking a postdoc position.

Jason Sutin, PhD

Maria Franceshini Lab (MGH)

Defended his thesis “Development of a Novel Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy Platform for Neuromonitoring Cerebal Blood Flow and Oxygen Metabolism: From Novel Concepts and Devices to Preclinical Live Animal Studies” on September 12, 2016. Jason is currently employed at Childrens Hospital, Boston

Parul Agnihotri, PhD

Susan Winandy Lab

Defended her thesis “The Role of Ikaros in Foxo1-Driven Gene Expression in CD4 T Cells” in April 2016; Parul

is currently seeking a postdoc position in academia or industry.

Nicole (Stauffer) Smith, PhD

Jay Mizgerd Lab

Defended her thesis “Respiratory Infections with Pneumococci Establish Multi-pronged Heterotypic Protection Against Pneumonia” in April 2016; Nicole is currently seeking a postdoc position in academia or industry.

Martin Steinbuck, PhD

Susan Winandy Lab

Defended his thesis, “NOVEL T-CELL RECEPTOR MEDIATED MECHANISMS OF NOTCH ACTIVATION AND SIGNALING” in July 2016; Martin is a Scientist at Vedantra Pharmaceuticals, Inc, in Cambridge, MA.

Atsushi Ebata, PhD

Benjamin Wolozin Lab

Defended his thesis “Development of TDP-43 Granule Inhibitors as Potential Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Therapies” in November 2015; Atsushi is currently seeking a postdoc position in academia or industry.