Past Lab Members

Jennifer (Kerry) Miller, Research Associate, 2022 - 2023. Kerry worked with targeted nano-therapies for inv(16) acute myeloid leukemia. Next position, Graduate student, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

 

Mohd Hafiz Ahmad, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2014 - 2023. Training research: Mohd’s research focused on studying how inherited mutations in the transcription factor RUNX1 predispose to hematologic malignancies, utilizing a novel mouse model for Familial Platelet Disorder. Next Position: Scientist, Foghorn Therapeutics Inc., Cambridge, MA.

Neethu Issac, PREP student, 2021 – 2022. Neethu worked in the estimation of DNA-damage response in hematopoietic cells with Runx1 mutations. Next Position: Graduate Student, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte CA.

Anneliese Carrascoso BS, Research Lab Tech, 2020-2021. Next position: Senior Process Development Associate, at SOTIO.

Nayara Ferrera, PREP Student, 2019-2020.  Nayara worked with Hafiz Ahmad Ph.D. on understanding platelet dysfunction and DNA damage repair deficiency, using a mouse model for Familial Platelet Disorder.  Next position:  Graduate Student, Brandeis University, Waltham MA.

John Anto Pulikkan Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2018. Training research: Mechanisms of CBFb-SMMHC driven oncogenecity, with focus on the regulation of the MYC locus. During his tenure in the lab, Pulikkan received the UMass Chan Cancer Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation-Young Investigator Award, and the Lauri Strauss Leukemia Foundation-Discovery Grant. Next position: Assistant Professor, Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, WI.

Kelsey O’Hare, Research Assistant, 2016-2018. Next position: Medical School.

Emmanuel Bikorimana, PREP student, 2014-2015. Next position: Research Assistant, Indiana University. Current position: Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Liting Xue, Graduate Student, 2008-2014. Thesis Project: Oncogene Function in Pre-Leukemia Stage of inv(16) Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Next position: Senior Scientist, GenScript, China. Current position: Associate Director, Simcere Pharmaceuticals, Nanjin, China.

Dmitriy Madera, Graduate Student, 2004-2011. Thesis Project: Cooperating Events in Core Binding Factor Leukemia Development.  Next position: Postdoctoral Fellow at National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health. Current position: Product Development Team Lead at BIOCAD, Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Susan Heilman, Graduate Student, 2002-2005. Next position: Science Educator, Museum of Science, Boston MA. Current position: Program Manager, Community Initiatives, Museum of Science, Boston.

Ya-Huei Kuo PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2001-2007. Training Research: Study of pre-leukemic hematologic changes driven by the leukemia oncoprotein CBFb-SMMHC.   Recipient of a Danny Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship (2003) and a Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award (2004-2007).  Next position: Assistant Professor, City of Hope Cancer Center, CA. Current position: Associate Professor, City of Hope Cancer Center, CA.

Sean Landrette, Graduate Student, 2001-2006. Thesis Project: PLAGL2 cooperates in leukemia development by upregulating MPL Expression. Next position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Tian Xu’s laboratory, HHMI - Department of Genetics, YALE University. Current position: Senior Research Investigator, Translational Biology, Arvinas, New Haven CT.

Natalia Martinez, Research Assistant 2001-2003. Next position: Graduate Student, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester MA. Current position: Research Scientist, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, MD.

Paola Perrat, Research Assistant 2001-2003. Next position: Graduate Student, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester MA. Current position: Scientist II, eGenesis, Cambridge MA.