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 |