Our Graduates

The program has awarded the PhD degree to more than 155 doctoral students. Graduates from the program have obtained positions at prestigious academic, governmental, and industrial institutions and include a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator, a Pew Scholar, and a vice president of a biotechnology corporation. Among the graduates are more than 30 faculty members, most of whom are tenured or on tenure-track. Many others hold senior-level positions at pharmaceutical or biotechnology firms. Recent graduates are pursuing their studies at the postdoctoral level or research associate level. Others have gone on to obtain M.D., D.V.M., D.M.D. or J.D degrees.

Graduate Degree Position Employer
Tim Montminy PhD 2009 Postdoctoral Associate Baylor College of Medicine
Jason Pratt PhD 2009 Scientist Blue Sky Biotech, Inc.
Mingyu Liu PhD 2008 Postdoctoral Associate Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Vicki Losick PhD 2008 Postdoctoral Associate Carnegie Institution
Jared Nordman PhD 2008 Postdoctoral Associate M.I.T.
Julianna LeMieux PhD 2008 Postdoctoral Associate Tufts University
Melisa Medrano PhD 2007 Scientific Recruiter Kelly Services, Boston
Anuradha Villapakkam PhD 2007 Postdoctoral Scholar Stanford University
Chae-ryun Yi PhD 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow Mass General Hospital, Boston
Mara Stewart PhD 2007 Research Associate University of Colorado, Boulder
Joeli Marrero PhD 2007 Postdoctoral Associate Weill Cornell Medical College
Melissa McCoy PhD 2007 Postdoctoral Associate University of Colorado Health Center, Denver
Zhiru Li PhD 2007 Postdoctoral Associate N.E. Biolabs
Melissa McCoy PhD 2007 Postdoctoral Associate Nat'l Jewish Medical Research Center, UCHSC
Sze-wan Leung PhD 2006 Business Development Associate Harvard University
Joan-Miquel Balada-Llasat PhD 2006 Assistant Professor Ohio State University
Christopher Brigham PhD 2006 Postdoctoral Associate MIT
Joeli Marrero PhD 2006 Postdoctoral Associate Cornell Medical College
Susan Butler-Wu PhD 2005 Assistant Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory University of Washington Medical Center
Cromwell Cornillez-Ty PhD 2005 Research Associate Scripps Research Institute
Lauren Logsdon PhD 2005 Postdoctoral Associate Harvard Medical School
Mariam Quinones PhD 2005 Computational Molecular Biology Specialist Nat'l. Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, NIH
Alisa W. Serio PhD 2005 Postdoctoral Associate University of California, Berkeley
Robert Shivers PhD 2005 Assistant Professor Commonwealth Medical College
Anna Tischler PhD 2005 Postdoctoral Associate Rockefeller Institute
Marcelo Vinces PhD 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard Medical School
Ka-Wing Wong PhD 2005 Postdoctoral Associate Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Anthony Baughn PhD 2004 Research Associate Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
Jeralyn Haraldsen PhD 2004 Postdoctoral Associate University of Vermont
Christopher Tipper PhD 2004 Research Fellow Harvard Medical School
John Beaber PhD 2004 Scientist Protein Expressions Technologies
Michael Angelichio PhD 2003 Assistant Professor University of New England
Gloria M. Conover PhD 2003 Research Assistant Professor Texas A&M University
David L. Hava PhD 2003 Senior Scientist Pulmatrix, Inc.
Brendan O’Malley PhD 2003 Associate Attorney Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, NY
Shuji Sato PhD 2003 Research Fellow N. E. Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School
Robert M.Q. Shanks PhD 2002 Associate Professor University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Swee Kee Wong PhD 2002 Research Associate N.E. Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School
Regina Baker Park PhD 2001 Research Scientist PKC Corporation
Sang Ho Lee PhD 2001 Senior Research Microbiologist Merck Research Labs
D. Scott Merrell PhD 2001 Associate Professor Uniformed Services University, MD
Manoja Ratnayake Lecamwasam PhD 2001 Director, Technology Transfer St. Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
Carl E. Reid PhD 2001 Scientist Biogen Idec, Inc.
G. Scott Gordon PhD 2000 Jurisdictional Coordinator Dept of Health, MA State Laboratory Institute
Helene Andrews-Polymenis PhD 1999 Assistant Professor Texas A&M University
Ashita A. Doshi PhD 1999 Associate Attorney Townsend, Townsend & Crew LLP
Jonathan J. Schimmel PhD 1999 Manager, Customer Operations Bio-Rad Laboratories
Jing Zhao PhD 1999 Assistant Professor Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Haobo Zhou PhD 1999 Medical Resident Roger Williams Medical Center
Heather Cook PhD 1998 Assistant Professor Wagner College
Ruchi Mathur Newman PhD 1998 Research Fellow N.E. Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School
Carol Bascom-Slack PhD 1997 Lecturer Yale University
Eric Krukonis PhD 1997 Assistant Professor University of Michigan
Martha J. Grossel PhD 1996 Associate Professor Connecticut College
Sorab Nariman Dalal PhD 1995 Assistant Professor Scientific Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre
Veronica S. Godoy-Carter PhD 1995 Assistant Professor Northeastern University
Ole Gjoerup PhD 1995 Assistant Professor University of Pittsburgh
Lyle Ross PhD 1995 Second Vice President Special Projects New Era Life Insurance Company
Karen Berger PhD 1994 Senior Scientist Ernst Gallo Clinic & Research Center-University of California-San Francisco
Anne B. Giersch PhD 1994 Assistant Professor Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Cynthia Murphy PhD 1994 Scientific Curator Mt. Desert Island Biological Lab
Michele Shuster PhD 1994 Assistant Professor, Tenure Track New Mexico State University
Shilpi Banerjee PhD 1993 Associate Attorney Sidley Austin LLP
Frank Slack PhD 1993 Associate Professor Yale University
Jenifer Coburn PhD 1991 Associate Professor Medical College of Wisconsin
Frederick W. Whipple PhD 1991 Assistant Professor California State University
Alan Engelman PhD 1990 Associate Professor Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Steve J. Hecht PhD 1990 Associate Professor Grand Valley State University
Fariba Houman Cipriano PhD 1990 Associate Director Harvard School of Public Health
Young Mie Lee PhD 1990 Lecturer Yonsei University
Sing Rong PhD 1989 Senior Research Investigator Pfizer Inc.
Eric J. Rubin PhD 1989 Associate Professor Harvard School of Public Health
Robert C. Huebner PhD 1988 Manager, Health Science Section Midwest Research Institute
S. Mahadevan PhD 1987 Professor Indian Institute of Science
Steven A. Herman PhD 1986 Director, Blood Screening Development Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
Charles S. Hoffman PhD 1986 Professor Boston College
Jeffery F. Miller PhD 1986 Professor & Chair University of California-Los Angeles
Pamela A. Norton PhD 1986 Associate Professor Drexel University College of Medicine
Robert E. Braun PhD 1985 Associate Director and Research Chair The Jackson Laboratory
Kathleen F. Conklin PhD 1982 Associate Professor University of Minnesota
William G. Hendrickson PhD 1981 Associate Professor / Associate Director University of Illinois-Chicago / Research Resources Center
John J. Kilbane PhD 1981 Senior Scientist Qteros, Inc.
Jeffrey R. Felton PhD 1980 Professor Western University of Health Sciences
Donald B. Oliver PhD 1980 Professor & Chair Wesleyan University
Susan H. Fisher PhD 1978 Professor Boston University School of Medicine
Marcia Osburne PhD 1977 Senior Research Scientist & Chief Scientific Officer MIT & EarthGenes Pharmaceuticals LLC
David M. Rothstein PhD 1977 Vice President for Biology Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Suzy V. Torti PhD 1977 Associate Professor Wake Forest University Health Sciences Center
Daphne D. Blumberg PhD 1976 Associate Professor University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Michael R. McConnell PhD 1976 Professor of Biology Point Loma Nazarene University
Barbara D. Beck PhD 1975 Principal Gradient Corporation
Lynn L. Silver PhD 1974 Independent Consultant LL Silver Consulting
Charles P. Van Beveren PhD 1974 Senior Manager, Research Favrille Inc.
Trudy G. Morrison PhD 1972 Professor University of Massachusetts Medical School
Maxine L. Linial PhD 1970 Member/Research Professor Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Howard J. Singer PhD 1970 Professor New Jersey City University
Allan C. Wais PhD 1970 Professor University of West Indies